@husafell_stone I think dudes up to 35 get a pass on being genius and not procreating. Then it’s some good self talk and see what you want for your future dynasty or no dynasty
hamilton wrote 51 op-eds in under a year on a shared burner account to win one policy argument, then died in a beef that escalated from remarks printed in a newspaper. the most influential poster in american history simply could not log off, and the constitution is the result
These spectacles are the mental background that shapes our thinking and political possibilities, like the art on your walls or the books on your shelf, this decorative space––while not immediately or directly productive––matters a lot.
Like winning a war is exactly right.
Pointing out that things are steadily improving—across a broad range of issues, from the economy to immigration—to push back against the impulse toward permanent, default doomerism, which is designed to make people capitulate and give power back to the very political forces that got us into this mess in the first place, is good akshually
If we lose Assyrians in Iraq, we lose a people from the *Old Testament* who are preserving *Aramaic*.
If we lose Maronite Christians in Lebanon, we lose the last chance of culture in the Levant.
If we lose Orthodoxy in Syria, we lose every last memory & legacy of Antioch.
@Cernovich Was in Ramallah years ago and Melkite Catholic Church was being built. “Remember that we exist” was what the parishioner told me. Still remember that statement and pray for them.