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March was really hard because when the war started February 28th, I couldn't sleep for 2 weeks because I was so anxious and afraid. You know, I have three kids. I'm just worried about the world that they will inherit. And I was just following the news for 2 weeks straight and my mind was like a beehive. And there were also some attacks against me. There was clearly a smear campaign that was coordinated because certain influencers were using the same talking points and using the same, it seemed as though they got the same memo, basically. But I really didn't mind that. I was more concerned about like where this war might go and where this might might lead. It was making me very anxious. And and then, you know, a lot of people reached out and I was overwhelmed with media requests, and I had to turn a lot down just because, because I had just so many commitments.
I I want to like maintain teaching my class and I reached a point where I actually don't want to do this. I don't want to be the center of a storm. I don't want to be the center of attention. And like, what I specialize in is doing deep analysis and trying to tie current events to historical patterns and try to offer some insight and clarity as to how the future might reveal reveal itself. And that's something I've been doing for the past 2 years. It was something I really enjoyed doing. And in the beginning, you know, when I was when I was when I only had like, you know, 20,000 fans, it was really rewarding. It was very edifying. Everyone was really happy to have found me. It seemed as though it was a really small club, um, and everyone enjoyed being in it.
But then, as you know, this past year I became more and more prominent, and then in March I sort of blew up everywhere, and that put me in the eye of sto of the storm. And and I asked myself the question I asked myself is, am I capable of still doing insightful analysis while being a celebrity of some sorts? And if the answer is no, then I should stop being a celebrity and continue doing research and teaching because that's my value to the world. That's what I should focus on. And so I was seriously considering just not doing YouTube and taking some time off and just trying to clear my head and trying to get some perspective on what's going on because I don't want to be influenced by this attention. I I don't want to be a player in this game, right?
But you know, as things moved on, I recognized that the internet, it has no attention span. You know, it um, you know, eventually people just shift focus and so, and I was able to manage my schedule more properly. So I so so, um, my plan now is, I want to continue teaching until the end of semester when my contract runs out, and then I want to do more traveling to see more of the world and hopefully do some lectures because I talk a lot about geopolitics, but I think it's very important to experience the world. So I've been invited to a conference in Moscow in late June, and I'm really excited about that because I've never been to Russia, even though I talk a lot about Russia. I would love to visit Japan at some point because I've never actually visited, um, Japan. I I would like to go to Europe, and I would like I would like to go back to United States, visit South America.
So, I really think it's important for me to do more deep dive research and I want to continue to do my YouTube because I built a very strong following and they really enjoy learning from me. I want to continue doing my Substack. At some point, I want to switch gears and write a book to really systemize game theory in a way that allows people to start thinking in terms of game theory themselves. And yeah, so right now, I I I was in I was in mid March pretty anxious, pretty depressed with the state of affairs, and I I felt that for my mental health and for the sake of my family, I should take some time off. But fortunately, I've been able to manage a lot of stress more effectively. And so, I'd like to continue doing what I'm doing, but at a much more manageable schedule. So, basically cut back on media requests, podcast interviews, and maybe move like scale down the teaching. Before I was uploading like three lectures a week, and that was pretty unsustainable. So, maybe in the future, I'll move towards one or two lectures a week. So, so continue to update my community, continue to educate my community, but making sure that it's long-term sustainable.
>> Does it feel like you've been at the start of this war in an ideological war or a spiritual war?
>> Yeah. I mean, I I feel as though there's so much temptation to take advantage of my celebrity, right? So, a lot of people have reached out and said, you know, they want me to invite me to do a lecture. People have invited me to do a podcast and they'll pay for my media appearance. There are a lot of people in China who've reached out and they want to make me famous in China. Basically, I'm not famous in China. I'm actually more famous. It's really strange. I'm actually more famous United States than I than I'm in China. I purposely keep a low profile. So, I think my priority is, I can't get distracted by any of this. Like, I'm very I've been very clear for the longest time, these past few years, what my mission is. My mission is to raise my children and h to be good people and to be a good role model to them. My mission is to educate people to the best of my ability. If you want to get educated, I want to provide the best education to you possible. And my mission is to constantly learn about the world, to constantly maintain my curiosity, maintain my objectivity, and try to provide enlightenment to humanity. Okay. So those are my three major missions, and this is something that I set set up for myself a long time ago when I started to have children, and I want to maintain my my mission.
So you know, I mean, I was posting my my lectures to YouTube. I said there were there would be three major reasons for a US invasion of uh Iran, and the three reasons were, number one, Christian Zionist Zionism, the evangel evangelicals, uh, in in America. The second was Saudi Arabia, and the third is hubris empire, right? So for me, Israel is not a factor, a larger a factor as people assume it to be. I I think the Christian Zionists are a much larger problem. And so for them, um, this war in the Middle East is the fulfillment of biblical prophecy. Meaning that this will eventually culminate with the second coming and the return of Jesus and the rapture. And so if they can provoke events in a certain way, then they it will cause a domino effect, a ch a chain reaction which will lead to the end of the world, right? And so, um, the certain conditions they have to meet is, one is a war in the Middle East, which is happening right now. Uh, second is the destruction of the Actric mosque and the building of the third temple. This will happen, I think, with next 2 years. It will happen very, very soon, and I think it's going to shock people. If you don't believe that this war is esotical or religious in any way, when the Alex mosque is destroyed, I guarantee you, you you will you will start to believe this is a religious war. Anti-semitism is actually a very important part of a puzzle as well because they need the Jewish diaspora to return to Israel, and then have the uh Jewish Messiah, the coming of the Jewish Messiah, and then you have the war of Gog and Mog. Okay, so you have these, you have you need to have the these different elements in place. So it seems as though there's a script in place, and there are fundamentalists, just crazy religious extremists on, and and you know, they occupy different countries, right? So you have these Zionists in Israel, but then you have the Zionists in America, and they're all working towards the the same goal. And and I I don't think people, espec especially young people, appreciate the appeal of this esquetology.
Well, you know what, two two years ago when I, um, it's it's almost like a drug, it because it's a way to structure your life and give it meaning and purpose, right? You're just trying to achieve one goal, and it's a script. So you all you have to do is play your your part, you know, speak one or two lines in the script, and the script will move automatically, uh, naturally, almost divinely, um, towards the, um, end of the world and the and the coming return and the return of Jesus. And people don't appreciate how powerful this movement is because if you look at the stats, okay, about a quarter, 1/4 of Americans are evangelicals. Okay, most are not Christian Zionists. So maybe maybe about 10% are Christian Zionist. But then you're talking about like at least in America, 10 to 20, 30 million people who are Christian Zionist. Okay, that's a lot of people because remember, not only do they believe this stuff, but they're actively contributing and acting towards achieving this vision, which means that they're donating money to this cause. So there's a pastor named John HAGE, and he runs an organization called Christians United for Israel. It's about 7 million people. They have 7 million people in this group, and what they specialize in is fun raising funds to fund West Bank settlement. Okay. So these are the people driving a lot of the conflict in the Middle East because they want the Jews to return to Israel, which would initiate a chain of events that would lead to the return of Jesus. So they do fundraising, but also they will also work for the government. They'll lobby politicians. If you speak out against Israel, these people will call you up every single day and batter you, and they'll go to the office and protest you. Okay? So these people, they may not have that much money, but they certainly are willing to work their ass off in order to achieve their vision. And they're united. They have the same purpose. And then you combine this with Apac money, right? The Apac people and all these Jewish Zionist billionaire money, and they become like an unstoppable political force in America.
I'm I'm getting millions of views on YouTube, and you know, I mean, I could easily monetize it and retire a millionaire in a few years, right? But I don't want to do that. I want to keep myself lean and hungry. I I want to provide restraints on myself. I I don't want to make life easy for myself. I mean, like I I mean, I I want to maintain a very disciplined rigorous lifestyle where I'm forcing myself to be to be the best I can be. So, but you know, at the same time, it's always like, well, you know, I mean, you have three kids, and you get famous in China, then they go didn't go to the best schools. Everyone will be nice to them, and they they have nothing to worry about for the rest of their lives. And honestly, if I were younger, I if I'm my 20s and 30s, I would easily give in to all the temptation. But I've reached a point in my in my life where, um, I don't actually care anymore. I don't really don't care about the wealth or the status or the power or the fame. I just know who I am, and I know what I want to do, and I'm very focused on achieving my my my mission. So yeah, there is temptation. It is a spiritual war. But but I feel feel as though I'm very fortunate in that I've reached an age where I can handle all the temptation pretty well. And I've reached an age where I have the maturity and the perspective and experience to know what matters and what is