81Monk

Where do we go from here? Think for yourself. Strength, good will, personal responsibility, intellectual honesty.

[81Monk @81Monk]

We need to help enough of the population to understand the downside of unrealistic moral idealism of socialism. And the ways in which we have been moving toward it.

Equally important, we need to help them understand clearly the principles of liberty - a positive direction. As many as possible.

[81Monk @81Monk]

@bluelivesmtr How many of these do Democrats need to see before they get the message? How many ways can messages be sent?

[81Monk @81Monk]

@OcrazioCornPop How many likes csn we give this?

[81Monk @81Monk]

@grey4626 What say Democrats who say they are concerned for people's welfare? Just blow it off, nothing to be concerned about?

[FreeStateColorado @FreeStateColor1]

This isn't right...

Republican voters have an orange return envelope for their ballot.

Unaffiliated voters have an purple return envelope.

If someone wanted to tamper with ballots, this makes it easier...

Why not just use the same return envelope for everyone?

[81Monk @81Monk]

In the old musical Westside Story, a gang member who was seriously offended told his gang's leader, "I wanna BUST!" The leader responded, "Bust cool!"

Let frustrated whites keep their heads. Many reactions are constructive but escalate matters. Be careful. Think what you're doing.

[81Monk @81Monk]

@bluelivesmtr How did he try to dismantle it?

[81Monk @81Monk]

America's laws shape the ways that American citizens live together. They have always been tolerant.

For 250 years Americans have had the freedom, the liberty, to choose the way they want to live. And we have allowed, tolerated, a great variety of ways of living. Christians. Jews. Muslims. Hindus. Buddhists. Secularists (atheists, agnostics). Others. All with many sub-varieties.

This freedom applies not only to public and personal worship practices, but many other aspects of life.

Why have these ways of living, these sets of behaviors, been tolerated, accepted, protected?

In addition, our laws have always defined limits. We do Not tolerate or accept certain behaviors. For example dishonesty (fraud), theft, government overreach, rape, child abuse, and others.

We don't have to maintain current definitions of acceptable behavior (laws) simply "because we've always done it that way". We can change the list of behaviors that we tolerate if we think there is good reason to. For example, we dropped slavery.

Small changes don't make much difference. Big changes and enough small ones will change "what America stands for".

Do we want to expand our list of accepted behaviors to include those supported by Sharia law? Why/why not? What are those behaviors? Grok is not infallible, but this short summary is a starting point.
https://t.co/zTt9PtUWFI

Looking beyond the agressive, demanding tone in many statements I've seen, I would expect as much variety of interpretation and practice of these descriptions as I do of Christians or any culture.
https://t.co/N6ZIou1egO

[81Monk @81Monk]

@timeaton1758673 @sowelleconomics She may not have used the word "uncomfortable". I forget where I saw the comment. I use self-responsible because of the common connotation "selfish" has acquired.

[81Monk @81Monk]

@WallStreetApes 💯 He has gotten the attention he wants. Now, what law allows or prevents this from happening? Only citizens should be allowed to run for office, and people with these views should not be allowed to be citizens.

[81Monk @81Monk]

@KETRafael @AslansPrincess @ksorbs @jaybabula Was thinking the reason govt wants taxes is to "provide services". Some are good. Some should be cut.

[81Monk @81Monk]

The supposed altruism of socialism and the far Left follows the moral precept of self-indulgence. If it isn't self-serving by promising(!) to give(!) you more of what you want, its view of human nature is off.

Classical liberalism and capitalism have done a better job of balancing incentives to improve the human condition. Such as removing or reducing slavery, monarchism, absolute religious authority, and other ideas that restrict individual freedom (and responsibility).

A professor once proclaimed that 'It took the West 150 years to industrialize. Stalin did it in 10!' Apparently he didn't notice that it took 150 years for the free West to create - by trial and error and while increasing freedom - what the authoritarian simply used after that to reduce freedom.

Despite any progress, people are complicated and will always be vulnerable to regression (Stalin, Hitler). We can always move back toward a narrow, all-"knowing" authority that would decide for others how they "must" live. One party. One religion. One school of science.

What the US celebrates on July 4 was in 1776(!) a commitment to allow individuals to choose how they will live.

Yes within certain "minimum"(!) limits. But you can choose what norms you want to follow, along with others in collective groups(!). Groups who will leave each other alone unless the parties voluntarily agree to exchange things or actions for mutual benefit.

An example of this is Brooklyn. One borough. 13 "neighborhoods". 38,000 people/square mile (Wikipedia).

Large numbers living together, now globally, always disagree a lot. But the answer is not for "one neighborhood to rule them all." (Lord of the Rings)

[Sowell Economics @sowelleconomics]

Ayn Rand: "The moral code which is implicit in capitalism has never been formulated explicitly. The basic premise of that code is that man, is an end in himself, not a means to the ends of others. That man must exist for his own sake, neither sacrificing himself to others nor others sacrificing themselves to himself.

This is the moral premise in which the United States of America was based.

The principle of man's right to his own life, to his own liberty, to the pursuit of his own happiness."

[81Monk @81Monk]

@timeaton1758673 @sowelleconomics I can't find the reference, but I believe she wasn't comfortable with the word "selfish" but couldn't think of an alternative. I suggest "self-responsible".

[81Monk @81Monk]

"guilt is not collective but individual and that justice is individual and that every life matters because every individual has worth."

A little different angle:
Responsibility, guilt, and justice are not collective but ultimately individual, because in every case individuals decide what they'll do.

[Eli Steele @Hebro_Steele]

What @KonstantinKisin is describing is the evil logic of white guilt. It is the collective guilt that says whites, whether their ancestors owned slaves or just got off the plane from Siberia, will always be made to pay for the West’s sins of slavery, colonialism, etc.

Within this logic that drives the Left, whites aren’t people anymore. They’re a permanent defendant class. Their individual lives, choices, and character don’t matter. Only their skin does.

The flip side of this evil, is that it locks the rest of us into tribes. A white man’s death is largely ignored. A black man’s death becomes the call to dismantle the West.

This evil has continued for so long because too many of us refused to see it for what it is or simply do not understand it. We prefer pithy explanations that scratch the surface and this only strengthens the white guilt racial order.

We have not fought hard enough for the truth that guilt is not collective but individual and that justice is individual and that every life matters because every individual has worth.

[Mike Netter @nettermike]

Let’s now introduce you to the woman who’s culpable in the murder of a young lady that was stabbed to death inside the Skyline Chili in Norwood Ohio
She not only gave the animal probation with no bond over a year ago after he assaulted a police officer, a warrant for his arrest was out to no avail.
The murderer was just walking the streets of Norwood for a year until he finally was arrested for the murder of a woman that was just trying to make money for her 2 kids and her ill father.
This is an absolutely heartbreaking and infuriating case. Alyssa “Ally” Hill, a 27-year-old single mother of two young children who was also caring for her ill father, was brutally stabbed to death on June 2, 2026, while working her shift at the Skyline Chili on Montgomery Road in Norwood, Ohio, during the lunch rush.
Feel free to share Aren’t you just sick of judges not “judging?

[81Monk @81Monk]

@KETRafael @AslansPrincess @ksorbs @jaybabula Does it reduce govt "services" and encourage transfer to private responsibility?

[81Monk @81Monk]

@Karoleigh1 It's possible to "think too much". With all our "free" "education", too many ppl haven't learned to think enough.

[81Monk @81Monk]

@schotts They always heroically "fight". And it will factually turn out the same. Bc their view of human nature is off.

[81Monk @81Monk]

@SaltyGoat17 @Ratio_Disputati Keep track as a separate category, since their presence does impact in different ways.

[81Monk @81Monk]

@EchoesofWarYT @schotts Don't let the hard days win.

[81Monk @81Monk]

@TrumpsHurricane Meh...