@JonAcuff Deciding. Because we have this one finite life and as much as we'd like to do all the things, we've been warned for decades that it's not possible. So how do we decide? And once we've decided our priorities, how do we decide our specific actions? It's a Sisyphean task.
@JonAcuff 12 Rules for Life (@jordanbpeterson)— I started reading it but my son absconded with it to college. He returned it yesterday, so my weekend is planned...
@samcookHQ @RussellOkung Mmm... bad examples. Announcing what we're going to do gives us the dopamine hit reward without having put in any work, which is why so many people are "going to" stop smoking, lose weight, write a book and never do.
“Not merely the validity of experience, but the very existence of external reality was tacitly denied by their philosophy. The heresy of heresies was common sense.”
George Orwell, 1984
@SueRoo2 @ksorbs That was my point— they participate in elections but then make their move swiftly... instead of waiting until the next election cycle comes along.
But when they have the power— as the Dems will in 9 days— things move quick. Especially if their scapegoats are already in place.
@bminn7660 @creg316 @CliffordKitty83 @ksorbs Not Hitler. Shortly after he was appointed chancellor, they changed the laws to give him and his cabinet total control— which they could easily do b/c the Nazi Party was the majority party in their legislature.
Citizens in Quebec are not allowed to leave their homes between 8pm-5am. They have enforced a curfew to keep people “safe from the virus”.
What will they do about their freedoms blatantly being violated? Probably nothing. If they do, the media will call it white supremacist.