The Northern Virginia doctor knows at least that much about his situation. He knows he is no longer considered a citizen of the United States — the place where he was born, went to school and has practiced medicine for more than 30 years — and that he also belongs to no other place.
A letter from a State Department official informed him that he should not have been granted citizenship at the time of his birth because his father was a diplomat with the Embassy of Iran. The letter directed Sobhani to a website where he could apply for lawful permanent residence.
a few nice quotes:
anti-intelectual
nationalism/body Politics:
Appeal to tradition:
maybe some contempt of the weak and pacifism is trafficking with the enemy (a two-fer!):
maybe some (not inherently racialized) Ubermench philosophy along with some selective populism?:
tho, I quite like the Appeal to some aristocratic ruling class of your betters:
or hey, maybe some straight-up anti-democratic rhetoric:
Obsessions with plots:
Machosim:
a bit more rejection of modernism:
oh let’s not forget this gem, that comes from his book advocating for a gun based Social Darwinism Eugenics (yes the argument was that smart people would survive and thus out produce the “stupid”):
or this one:
do you want more, they are surprisingly easy to find from a guy who authored a book advocating for a “strong” indoctrinated military oligarchy to replace the Democracy dragged down by the “weak”