This is an interesting question that I've been asking myself too. He recently made an agreement with the Kurds which is good. I initially was negative about him but I'd consider myself only dubitative now. Despite coming from the Islamic far-right, making an agreement with the Kurds had me think twice about this guy. Let's see how he deals with the Kurdish population.

I know what we all think. We will never trust a djihadist/nazi. We had Khomeini play a magic trick in France before his far-righty revolution by pretending that he wanted an "Enlightenment of Islam" and fooled everyone with his bullshit. But maybe we shouldn't compare him to Khomeini so quickly and wait a bit. After all, hardcore commies who became liberals exist. I'm not saying al-Sharaa is gonna be a wise man or what, I don't know, let's watch for now. Even though he's probably currently radically on the right, I can't overlook the context and pretend that every Arab and Muslim think the same or something like that just like an ignorant westerner bigot would. I'm aware that even within the international djihadist movement, there is some kind of complexity.

Everyone is watching. A democracy would indeed be a problem for many of its neighbors in the region who would fear it to be spread all over the middle-east. I wish for now that there won't be a war against the Kurds and that the roads that lead Tehran to fund far-righty groups like Hezbollah and Hamas get completely cut.
What about the massacres going on??
 
This is also something to look into. For context they are massacring the people who were close to the Assad power yet these are pure vendetta massacres nonetheless. Fucked up but happens a lot when a dictator falls. Not saying it’s good in any way. Thousands are said to have been killed.
They are massacring Christians, Alawis and civilians from other minorities. Well, they are ISIS, they have been massacring religious minorities for ages. I don't see why you liberals feel the need to justify this, perhaps you are enjoying the show.
 

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What are your thoughts on Ahmed al-Sharaa so far ?
He is a recent example of a person who became famous as a successful revolutionary leader in the modern world.
I commented in the Brazilians group that the concept of revolutions should not be forgotten in the modern world, as they can be the answer in times of great political crisis.
He said he wants to guide Syria back to democracy. Does it look like he can do it ?
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I suppose something small like arbitrary massacres of civilians won't affect the opinion you have of them.
My opinion of them is already bad. I just think that the wave of optimism might be a valuable vision of the country compared to Assad.

Also the massacres are wrong but even if they involve children too and are always evil—- they aren’t really arbitrary
 
What's your obsession with framing materialism as something positive?
Imagine entering a large hangar filled with columns of big boxes.

It's dark and you only have a lamp to move. There are monsters hidding in the shadows.

A bit like that:



In such an environment, it's hard to see and understand your surroundings. There may be monster in shadows, it's hard to understand the path or the structure of the entire thing and what you need to do to arrive to destination.

Well..

When you use Materialism, it's like someone turned on the lights and made space for you.



The system becomes much more easier to understand in its globality. You will still need to fight the monsters hidding in the system, but you will see them, know who they are and know where they come from.

Materialism allows us to understand the world. From the Quanta to possible multiverses and from your relationship with your family, to the entire structures of societies on earth.

I'm not joking when I say that being a materialist is form of enlightenment. Everything becomes clearer, the monsters become humans, the path become simpler, the structures of society become more interesting and the world becomes a surprising wonder instead of a chaotic dark hangar.

And most of all, materialism shows us that there is something to fight for. A form of society that most people can't even dream of. Materialism allows us to materialize utopia. To make it real, tangible and atteignable.

It's the philosophy that shows us that the dream of Piece is not impossible to realize.

It's light in darkness.
 
My opinion of them is already bad. I just think that the wave of optimism might be a valuable vision of the country compared to Assad.

Also the massacres are wrong but even if they involve children too and are always evil—- they aren’t really arbitrary
What fucking optimism? Again, this is literally ISIS.
Yeah not arbitrary, it is their religious sect that makes them do it to infidels.
 
What fucking optimism? Again, this is literally ISIS.
Yeah not arbitrary, it is their religious sect that makes them do it to infidels.
I have only seen a handful of media who didn’t say that a wave of optimism is blowing on Syria. I’m not expecting much or just barely expecting that the power in Syria won’t be an ally of Tehran for instance. Al Sharaa is playing a fools game pretending to be moderate, but maybe he isn’t « literally Khomeini ». Anyway, I’m preoccupied and my pessimism still persists
 
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