Probably the only unwise thing he ever said … although, let’s be honest, it’s tough to really know exactly what he said, and what’s been simply attributed to his name. Marcus Aurelius was not a communist. This sounds more like Karl Marx. Money isn’t ours? Possessions aren’t ours? Yes, they absolutely are. And they can be passed on to future generations. So, yeah, people do have something to lose. Some of us more than others, but all of us in some way. Even the time that is given to us, is lost with every second that passes. And even though we do not possess our family and friends, when we lose them, we certainly lose something. Marcus Aurelius was a very wise man, perhaps the wisest of all of the ancient Romans, but there are better, smarter, more thoughtful, deeper quotes. I hope not too many walk away from this one believing it, because nothing could be further from the truth. We shouldn’t need to devalue such things in order to be fearless. There’s nothing brave about moving forward with something if you have nothing to lose. Bravery is moving forward with something when you know you have something to lose, but you do it anyway. Big difference.
Please don’t ever tell me that this dude is the best player ever or the second best player or even in the top five. The greatest don’t flop like he has throughout his career, and they don’t go chasing championship caliber rosters to get a chip. They don’t take games off. They don’t choke in the Finals. They don’t have a losing record in the finals. They don’t have a losing record in the Finals against their rival of their era. They play better defense. They have more first-team selections. And, they don’t get schooled every time they go one-on-one with the true goats, like Kobe. Kobe is the only one who could go one-on-one with MJ. Can you imagine LeBron trying to do that? Every time he was matched up against Kobe, whether in a regular season game, or the All-Star game, LeBron got dominated. Every single time. And get out of here with his all-around game. Bird was a better shooter, and a better passer, and a better rebounder … and had more steals per game. If you believe LeBron James is the second greatest player of all time, then you have bought into his marketing campaign. Any real NBA player, like the good ones, know better and have said so themselves. It’s MJ and Kobe all day. They also know Kobe got robbed of 4 MVPs by a woke NBA. Look at his stats vs the winners … it’s not even close. Kobe Bryant what’s the most dominant player in the league for at least a decade straight. Nobody else can claim that, except for maybe MJ. Certainly not LeFlop. Time to get off the hype train. It’s final destination is Philadelphia.
🇬🇷 Thousands of young COMMUNISTS flooded the streets of Athens, waving red flags as far-left movements continue mobilizing across Europe.
Europe's growing unrest could serve the interests of powerful political actors who benefit from weakened national governments and increasingly divided populations.
Now, watching thousands of activists take to the streets, it's worth asking WHO is organizing these movements, who's funding them, and what political objectives they're pursuing.
I find the scale of these mobilizations suspicious, especially with so many European governments already facing mounting public anger.
Are we watching a spontaneous wave of ideological activism, or is someone trying to turn Europe's political frustration into something much bigger?
Writer: Sol
Bill Ackman on the current state of the Democrat party:
“The Democratic Party is in the worst place it’s ever been in the 250-year history of the country. It has become a crazy, radicalized, anti-American force. There are still some very high-quality Democratic senators and a few congressmen, but the party itself is in a very bad place.
“The problem with people who choose politics as a career is that you either get with the party or you get primaried.
“I had a good relationship with Senator Schumer over the years and thought he was a good man. In recent years, though, I’ve felt he’s mainly just trying to keep his job.
“That’s the real low point for politicians—when they compromise their values and support a quasi-terrorist, or a terrorist supporter, running for Senate in Michigan simply because the party demands it. I find that deeply concerning.”
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More weak and incompetent politicians, even on the right. These morons in Europe and in the politicians in the United States of America don’t understand that all of this has been happening for as long as it has, because Vladimir Putin knew that we would react exactly like this, which is to do nothing but throw money at it. He knew that Europe and the United States of America would never actually do anything to really stop him. When a man isn’t scared to take something he wants, he’ll take it. The only way to deter him, is to show him that if he does it, he will suffer real consequences. Sanctions aren’t the consequences that deter a man like that. A show of force is the ONLY way. I understand the reluctance, but it’s just that sometimes it’s necessary. If a man breaks into your house, do you think you’re going to be able to have a conversation with him to convince him to leave? Sometimes, very unfortunately, you have to fight, or you’re going to lose, and winning or losing could mean everything. The West is governed by pathetic men and women, who are completely and utterly incompetent and weak … and, our enemies know it, and they’re taking advantage of it every single day.
🇩🇪🇺🇦 AfD Leader Weidel on the Ukraine War:
"This is our stance: It is not our war. It is very dangerous, and it is very costly, especially for us.
Germany has spent over €100 billion on the war in Ukraine."
Instead of spending so much, Germany should shift its focus toward making peace possible...
Writer: Samuel
More weak and incompetent politicians, even on the right. These morons in Europe and in the politicians in the United States of America don’t understand that all of this has been happening for as long as it has, because Vladimir Putin knew that we would react exactly like this, which is to do nothing but throw money at it. He knew that Europe and the United States of America would never actually do anything to really stop him. When a man isn’t scared to take something he wants, he’ll take it. The only way to deter him, is to show him that if he does it, he will suffer real consequences. Sanctions aren’t the consequences that deter a man like that. A show of force is the ONLY way. I understand the reluctance, but it’s just that sometimes it’s necessary. If a man breaks into your house, do you think you’re going to be able to have a conversation with him to convince him to leave? Sometimes, very unfortunately, you have to fight, or you’re going to lose, and winning or losing could mean everything. The West is governed by pathetic men and women, who are completely and utterly incompetent and weak … and, our enemies know it, and they’re taking advantage of it every single day.
President Donald J. Trump announces the release of Stephen Hubbard, taken four years ago by Russia during the Biden Administration.
Stephen is on his way back home and will soon be with his family. 🇺🇸
🇫🇷 Macron on France's riots:
"There has been foreign manipulation of information afterward
This led to unacceptable and downright stupid comments from many people, including foreign leaders.
People have claimed that we were invaded by hordes of migrants and Islamists, which is completely false."
Apparently, France's problems can all be explained by AI-generated images and foreign interference.
They talk to us like we're idiots...
Writer: Samuel
This is good leadership. But, it needs to go further. If you really want it to stop, make it 10 to 20 years and €100,000. And, start deporting. The Christian roots of our culture in the West makes us merciful, and that is a good thing from a human spirit level, but it also makes us too lenient, which makes us weak and exposes us to more pain and damage that we literally cannot afford.
This is good leadership. But, it needs to go further. If you really want it to stop, make it 10 to 20 years and €100,000. And, start deporting. The Christian roots of our culture in the West makes us merciful, and that is a good thing from a human spirit level, but it also makes us too lenient, which makes us weak and exposes us to more pain and damage that we literally cannot afford.
Even worse, property taxes go up too … and even exist at all. We are taxed an insane dollar amount every year for something we’ve already paid for. And, as if that weren’t bad enough, that tax money is then wasted by incompetent and sinister politicians, and distributed to corrupt bureaucrats rather than being put to good use to better our communities, as it should be. But, most absurd of all, half the population still votes for the political party who do this to them the most. We don’t live in the matrix, we live in a circus. 🎪
@GuntherEagleman If you’re an honest person, you’ll have no problem acknowledging that sometimes this guy is right. He isn’t always, so if you’re honest, you’ll be able to acknowledge that as well. But, sometimes he is, and on this he is spot on. 🎯
If you’re an honest person, you’ll have no problem acknowledging that sometimes this guy is right. He isn’t always, so if you’re honest, you’ll be able to acknowledge that as well. But, sometimes he is, and on this he is spot on. 🎯
🚨 JUST IN: President Trump just said what Europe's leaders are too scared to say about the chaos in France.
Town halls are burning, and French officials say more than 3,000 businesses have been ransacked.
Trump called out the rioters: "They hate Christianity, and they hate, frankly, Western civilization itself."
He went further: "Globalist left-wing politicians have TREASONOUSLY imported millions of third-world migrants who are totally incompatible with Western values."
Paris is burning, and the people who opened the doors are still pretending they did nothing wrong.
France is a warning label. Secure our border and keep it that way.
If there are two things that these riots across Europe have proven, it’s that: 1) The youth in the West are being completely brainwashed by the liberal left; 2) The same governments that justify taxing your hard earned money for the supposed sake of infrastructure and protection and making life better for the population as a whole, have literally no idea what they’re doing, are completely incompetent and insufficient, can’t protect anything from anyone, don’t even do the bare minimum to actually ensure a good and decent and safe and prosperous society, and instead are just robbing the people blind and distributing the tax money amongst their bureaucratic friends.
This doesn’t mean eat the rich, because bureaucratic friends does not mean the wealthy. The wealthiest in society (what some people refer to as “the elites”) are the ones who give back the most, and who actually often do more for their communities than the government in charge. They are the reason why you have a job at all. They are the reason why a storefront looks nice and a community of nice storefronts is pleasant to live in.
The left wing liberal politicians misdirected you to vent your frustration at the wrong people, so that you don’t vent it at the politicians and vote them out of power. In other words, you’ve been duped.
Here’s what really is going on …
Cities full of millions of people need larger police forces to keep citizens safe, but the left wants to defund the police. And yet people still vote for these fools. But, our cities and states and countries also need better, smarter, people in charge, to make the right decisions to govern effectively. As populations become more poorly educated, subjected to propaganda, and lose their religion and their standards, making more and more people misinformed, ignorant, or indecent, getting those people into voting booths isn’t really doing for society what the democratic process has historically intended. In other words, democracy quickly falls apart when the least intelligent and most hateful and misinformed among us influence elections. A better society simply cannot be had if the dumbest and worst among us are choosing who leads us into the future.
Theoughout history, different systems of governance have been tried and tested. Democracies, or democratic republics, especially like that in the United States of America, but across the whole West, have been able to excel if for no other reason than for the decency of the majority of people. When decent people are influencing elections with their votes, society tends to get a good outcome. Even if they aren’t all smart, and even if they aren’t all as informed as they should be on the issues, decency and knowing right from wrong always wins out. But, what happens when the majority of people stop being decent. And, what happens when they start being so ignorant that they literally don’t even know what they’re voting for. Or, what happens when they become so brainwashed that they’re completely misinformed of the truth? Nobody ever thought about any of this. But, that’s exactly what we are seeing right now.
Strong men create good times. That happened with the end of WW2, when better times were created by the good men who fought for it.
Good times create weak men. The West has enjoyed unprecedented peace and prosperity, thanks to those strong men, nearly 100 years ago. But, does anyone look at Emmanuel Macron and see a strong man? No. He’s as weak as they come. Sunglasses indoors, getting punched in the face by his wife, compromising his own people and culture with immigration policies that bend the knee to foreigners who hate his country, and are now actively taking it over.
Weak men create bad times. And, here we are.
The good news is that bad times will create strong men again. And, those strong men will create good times once more. The bad news is, we’re at the beginning of that part of the cycle, and there’s no telling how long it’s going to last.
🇫🇷 Through tears, this Paris pharmacist spoke about how rioters destroyed her business!
She's a mother of 3 who lost everything, while chronically ill patients went without the medication they needed because the establishment's fridges were burnt.
When she called the police, the cowards falsely said they COULDN'T help her.
Writer: Mhedi
If there are two things that these riots across Europe have proven, it’s that: 1) The youth in the West are being completely brainwashed by the liberal left; 2) The same governments that justify taxing your hard earned money for the supposed sake of infrastructure and protection and making life better for the population as a whole, have literally no idea what they’re doing, are completely incompetent and insufficient, can’t protect anything from anyone, don’t even do the bare minimum to actually ensure a good and decent and safe and prosperous society, and instead are just robbing the people blind and distributing the tax money amongst their bureaucratic friends.
This doesn’t mean eat the rich, because bureaucratic friends does not mean the wealthy. The wealthiest in society (what some people refer to as “the elites”) are the ones who give back the most, and who actually often do more for their communities than the government in charge. They are the reason why you have a job at all. They are the reason why a storefront looks nice and a community of nice storefronts is pleasant to live in.
The left wing liberal politicians misdirected you to vent your frustration at the wrong people, so that you don’t vent it at the politicians and vote them out of power. In other words, you’ve been duped.
Here’s what really is going on …
Cities full of millions of people need larger police forces to keep citizens safe, but the left wants to defund the police. And yet people still vote for these fools. But, our cities and states and countries also need better, smarter, people in charge, to make the right decisions to govern effectively. As populations become more poorly educated, subjected to propaganda, and lose their religion and their standards, making more and more people misinformed, ignorant, or indecent, getting those people into voting booths isn’t really doing for society what the democratic process has historically intended. In other words, democracy quickly falls apart when the least intelligent and most hateful and misinformed among us influence elections. A better society simply cannot be had if the dumbest and worst among us are choosing who leads us into the future.
Theoughout history, different systems of governance have been tried and tested. Democracies, or democratic republics, especially like that in the United States of America, but across the whole West, have been able to excel if for no other reason than for the decency of the majority of people. When decent people are influencing elections with their votes, society tends to get a good outcome. Even if they aren’t all smart, and even if they aren’t all as informed as they should be on the issues, decency and knowing right from wrong always wins out. But, what happens when the majority of people stop being decent. And, what happens when they start being so ignorant that they literally don’t even know what they’re voting for. Or, what happens when they become so brainwashed that they’re completely misinformed of the truth? Nobody ever thought about any of this. But, that’s exactly what we are seeing right now.
Strong men create good times. That happened with the end of WW2, when better times were created by the good men who fought for it.
Good times create weak men. The West has enjoyed unprecedented peace and prosperity, thanks to those strong men, nearly 100 years ago. But, does anyone look at Emmanuel Macron and see a strong man? No. He’s as weak as they come. Sunglasses indoors, getting punched in the face by his wife, compromising his own people and culture with immigration policies that bend the knee to foreigners who hate his country, and are now actively taking it over.
Weak men create bad times. And, here we are.
The good news is that bad times will create strong men again. And, those strong men will create good times once more. The bad news is, we’re at the beginning of that part of the cycle, and there’s no telling how long it’s going to last.