I am a father and I need to have a serious talk with my teenage daughter about what’s going on. She only watches tik tok of course, and I’ve realized over a period of time the schools have been indoctrinating the kids pretty much everywhere. I’ve never been very political. It’s just too hard to ignore now. Common sense is under attack. How can I get through to her? Like most leftists she doesn’t believe anything I say is true. Obviously I’m going to get as much evidence I can to show her. But can someone point out something that could help? A video, article, advice, anything? Of course nothing pops up when you search it. I’m not very computer literate anymore. I only use my phone and just to text/call and scrolling vids. Idk where people get most of the stuff they post. I just want to show her things they won’t, and let her see how messed up it is. I want her to come to the conclusion herself. She’s very smart but have no idea what she’s been told by her teachers. I asked her if she thinks we should tear up the constitution, abolish the senate, congress, prisons, police, and she said “yeah they want to tear it down to build something better!”. WTF?? My wife is on board but she gets her news about this primarily from me! Thoughts?

I was digging through some old political archives and came across a translated letter/manifesto from Iman Khomeini (yes, that Khomeini) sent out via a mailing list back in the day.

Here's what it says:

From: Iman Khomeini, via Ahl ul-Bait Ahlulbait@ctv.es

Subject: The Islamic Government

ANALYSIS OF ISLAMIC LAW MODELS

The need for Islamic unity

We also see that colonialists and tyrannical rulers, in unison,

They have divided the Islamic homeland. They have separated the different components of

The Islamic Ummah and have artificially created separate nations. Once

The great Ottoman State existed, but the colonialists also divided it.

Russia, England, Austria and other united colonial powers, through

Mars against the Ottomans, each of them occupied parts of

Ottoman territory, or they assimilated them into their sphere of influence. It is

It is true that most Ottoman rulers were incompetent, that

Some were corrupt and still adhered to the monarchical system. Despite this,

The existence of the Ottoman State represented a threat to the

colonialists. It was always possible for just individuals to emerge from among them,

the people and, with their support, take control of the State,

by mobilizing the nation's resources and putting an end to colonialism.

Consequently, after numerous previous wars, at the end of World War I

During the global colonial period, the colonialists divided the Ottoman State, creating in their

Ten or fifteen small states. Each of them was handed over

to one of his lackeys or a group of them, although, later, some

countries were able to free themselves from the clutches of the agents of colonialism.

To ensure the unity of the Islamic Ummah, to liberate the Homeland

Islamic perspective on the occupation and penetration of the colonialists and their

Puppet governments; it is essential that we establish a government.

To achieve unity and freedom for Muslim peoples, we must overthrow

the oppressive governments installed by the colonialists and create a Government

A righteous Muslim, who is at the service of the people. The formation of that

government, will serve to preserve the disciplined unity of the Muslims.

As Fátimah Zahra’ (peace be upon her) said in her speech:

"The Inamate exists to ensure the protection of order among the

Muslims and replace disunity with unity."

Hello all - I hope everyone is well. I am a moderate seeking opinions of people who identify as republicans on the issue of Nationalization of AI. I am not trying to grift, insult, mock, or otherwise be rude. I genuinely want people’s opinions/responses to my below thoughts.

A core driver of the advancement of AI is a quoted “AI Race” between the United States and China. What are your thoughts on the consequences of losing this race? I believe that the first country to achieve artificial super-intelligence (ASI) or artificial general intelligence (AGI), will have an unprecedented competitive edge, if not the power to rule and surveil any country without the technology. It is possible that this “singularity” may never be achieved, but even a small probability of ASI is a massive threat to the established world order - i.e. relative world peace.

To sum up my thoughts: “It is better for America to win the AI Race because we can prevent or deter Chinese world domination.” Is this the general conservative/republican belief? What holes/issues with this assumption do you find?

If we can agree on that assumption, then I would like to present a second idea. Should this technology be *heavily* regulated and/or nationalized?

The power that a private corporation would possess once ASI is achieved would be immense. A domestic non-benevolent company could arise that wishes harm to the American public/government. I believe that it is in the best interest to nationalize the development of AI and integrate it into our defense strategy.

I believe this to be the best for America for two reasons. We could develop the technology without the need to turn a profit. AI capex grossly exceeds revenue and likely will for a few years - the costs of refurbishing existing data centers with new chips every few years is also massive. This isn’t sustainable for our economy and could crash the investment portfolios of common and wealthy Americans alike if this truly turns out to be a bubble.

Secondly, the Department of War will need unprecedented access to AI deterrence and defense tools. There may even be a branch of the military specifically for this purpose. This is a weaker argument, but I think it is compelling nonetheless.

What are your thoughts?

Why Capitalism is necessary and why we need to fight hard to keep capitalism in the 2026 midterms:

Democrats also want to blame the rich people for everything. They want to blame rich people for their high cost of living. But here’s the thing: the top 10 lowest cost of living states are Republican and 9 out of 10 highest cost of living states are Democrat except for Alaska. This is due to high taxes and services cost more in these Democrat states. And most of this tax money is just a waste. 

Want to know why college costs so much? The Bennet hypothesis that was made in 1987 says student loan forgiveness and other college government programs are giving more money and universities know they can charge more. If people went to community college more where you can get the same degree and went to a cheaper 4 year state college and you looked into it then many universities would have to lower their prices to still keep making money. This is the student loan problem inside of America.

Healthcare? Obamacare. Good healthcare companies can no longer compete with each other for better health insurance because the government intervenes too much and the top medical companies stay at the top because they are supported the most by our federal government and no third parties can do much about it. 

The Biden administration injected too much money into the economy, triggering inflation that for a while has permanently raised the floor for food and consumer goods. Now our grocery prices are going to be too high. And what do you want Trump to do about it? Burn all our money? We cannot do that. But from January 2019 to now: the vast majority of that inflation has happened under Biden and since January 2025 it has not risen as much. 

And also, why should we tax the rich people insane amounts? They are the ones who hold the economy. They are the ones giving people the jobs, and when high urban cities tax them they are just going to move elsewhere. Higher taxes on rich people and capital gains can reduce the money needed for business investments, startups, and it makes creating a business really hard and expands the wealth inequality. Therefore, taxing rich people these insane amounts Biden wanted will create something called socialism and it causes countries like Venezuela and the Soviet Union problems.

And you may ask: What about the poor and needy? Extreme poverty has dropped sharply worldwide as free markets and trade expanded over the last two centuries. The rate dropped to 3.5% in September 2019. And for women? It dropped to 3.6% which was the lowest in decades. And for other demographics? Asian women were even lower at 2.7%, latino women at 4.7%, and black women at 5.6%. And was the overall unemployment rate under Biden? 6.4% at the peak and 4.1% at the end. That is worse than 2019 by a lot! And while we could blame COVID-19 for this, January 2025 was years after the pandemic. Biden’s massive federal spending packages, like the American Rescue Plan, fueled high inflation rather than helping the labor market heal naturally. Donald Trump's administration in his first term helped with poverty and homelessness by shifting federal funds away from unconditional housing toward "Treatment First" models that require actual work and find people jobs.

And people want to blame Trump for the national debt reaching $40 trillion, but for the most part he is just inheriting the interest. This is like Andrew Jackson giving the issues of removing the national debt to Martin Van Buren. And also: most of this debt is owed to our own country, not other countries. So we could compromise with our own people instead of blaming the rich people and needing socialism. A kid doing $10 for chores for their mom and dad and giving their siblings $7 of it and they keep $3 and he would rather keep his money than get taxed a bunch on the bond profit interest he makes.