You either stay an adolescent anarchist, or you grow to realize in your own way that you're not rebelling against 'the Man', 'the System', or the Government. You're rebelling against human nature, and the fact that comfort breeds apathy and weakness.
... And weak people seek security and safety.
If you truly want to rebel, buy a gun (or several), and train often; hit the gym, get in fighting shape; start a family, have kids, and create a tribe by getting closer to the family and friends you already have.
And, if/when possible, find land to make your own. Build a home.
Become the most self-sufficient version of you that you can be. 💪 Self-sufficiency brings with it its own security.
Rebel against something worthwhile; rebel against yourself, and your weaker desires.
Liberty is not in the avoidance of responsibility, it's in the maximization of it.
So set your sights on the top of that mountain, and go get that hoe!
Stay free! 🇺🇸
#Liberty #Libertarian #SelfReliance #2A #ShallNotBeInfringed
Timing and capitulatory lack of follow through.
If negative polling and midterms were seemingly going to be the ultimate determining factor, why not wait til after? Was there really such an immediate and pressing need to go now from the Administration's perspective?
And, were that the case, why not just continue to hammer as hard as possible on the trajectory laid out, knowing you're going to face backlash regardless. Then be done with it as fast as possible, instead of dragging things out while trying to appease both sides. A decisive victory would have gone a better way to silence critics.
Allowing this to play out as long as it has, in the fashion it has, has ultimately done more harm than the initial decision to go in.
Timing and capitulatory lack of follow through.
If negative polling and midterms were seemingly going to be the ultimate determining factor, why not wait til after? Was there really such an immediate and pressing need to go now from the Administration's perspective?
And, were that the case, why not just continue to hammer as hard as possible on the trajectory laid out, knowing you're going to face backlash regardless. Then be done with it as fast as possible, instead of dragging things out while trying to appease both sides. A decisive victory would have gone a better way to silence critics.
Allowing this to play out as long as it has, in the fashion it has, has ultimately done more harm than the initial decision to go in.
USA. A Mexican restaurant. We had not yet ordered anything, and the food was already arriving.
Chips. Salsa. Unrequested. Free.
I stopped the waiter. "We have not earned these."
"They just come with the table, man."
They come with the TABLE. In my land, hospitality is a debt. Every gift creates an obligation, weighed carefully, returned in the proper season with interest of feeling. Here, the gift arrives before you have even proven you can pay for dinner.
This is not an appetizer. This is a declaration: we trust you. Eat.
I ate with the gravity the moment deserved. And then — I must report this calmly — the basket emptied, and a new one appeared.
"Did we…?"
"Refill," the waiter said. "It's bottomless."
Bottomless. They have wells of salsa. The supply lines of this nation are beyond anything my ancestors imagined.
My friend warned me. "Don't fill up on chips, dude."
Too late. I had accepted three baskets. Honor demanded each one be finished — an unfinished gift is an insult. By the time my actual food arrived, I was a ruined man.
I was not hungry. I was not comfortable. I had been defeated by a courtesy.
Generosity that arrives before the request cannot be repaid. It can only be survived.
I know the rule now. I have made my peace with the basket. One basket. Two at the most.
Who am I deceiving. There is no number of baskets I would refuse. The trust of a nation is in that salsa, and I intend to honor all of it.
tech people trying to politely untangle the logic of democrats today, explaining how wealth is really held, produced, and all the good the industry is doing as if people like sanders or mamdani or kanna care — they don’t. they just want your shit. please understand this already.
@DefiantLs People take in information almost exclusively in 30 second clips, then wonder why they're so confused about everything, and why nothing makes sense.
Well, it's probably cuz you don't fucking know anything anout the shit, for starters... 🤷♂️🤦♂️
@mehdirhasan This is not the standard Mehdi would ever apply to any group of Right wing protesters, violent or not..
Let's not forget: Mehdi cheered on Grandmas being arrested for walking through open doors of the Capital building...
Father has epic response to this lady 😭🔥
“I also have five boys.”
“Boys, when you go out into school, don’t stab any other kids. You think you guys can do that?”