CJ Thiem

Gather round as I stand on this here inverted tub and speak of our great civilization.

[CJ Thiem @ThiemChris]

My fellow Americans, I beseech thee:

Go gentle into that good night
Do not rage against the dying of the light
Dispense with that which was your birthright

For to fight?
That would be very impolite.

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@fierceasymmetry @KaiserLoengramm You're on X, not Substack. The reason for the site's existence is short posting and having a conversation in short quips, as you said, not posting a novel.

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@fierceasymmetry @KaiserLoengramm I don't buy the pro-White framing as starting point. Pagan religions were not "pro-White" they were pro-our specific tribe.

Also, this same logic could be used to endorse Islam in areas where it continues to rule lands which were once Christian. Might makes right there too, no?

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@Lazy_Ryder @KaiserLoengramm Alright.

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@KaiserLoengramm I see nothing wrong with this. Both can be true at once. The Brittonic people had been Christianized under Roman rule by the time of the invasion, and the story has remnants all throughout of previous Celtic gods and ritual practices.

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@KaiserLoengramm I would recommend reading From Ritual to Romance and Roger Loomis' Celtic Myth and Arthurian Romance if you don't see the connections.

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@KaiserLoengramm I think you are underselling how much pagan influence transferred over to Christian temporal systems, especially in Northern Europe. Regardless, you can believe what you want. But so can Pol.

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@KaiserLoengramm I can agree with you that Christianity was beneficial, in the same way I think the Greco-Roman pantheon was beneficial. This does not mean it must last forever as a belief system.

Also, medieval writings from Northern Europe have heavy pagan influence, see King Arthur as example

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@Sir_Drork @KaiserLoengramm And? Saying "Apollo exists and is the patron god of Troy" is a truth claim which is not espousing everyone follow the ritual practices of worshipping Apollo.

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@OrthoBruno Meritocracy originates from China. Michael Young used it as a warning term, but the concept itself borrows heavily from the Chinese Imperial examinations, the Keju.

No coincidence we see the pattern in both systems.

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The Romans always do it better.

[Rosid ⚣🚩 @BitterMarxist]

Your god is dead. We killed it.

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@paulg You know meritocracy was coined by Michael Young as a negative and as a warning, right?

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@BreeNewsome To Valhalla!

Just kidding, these are just some friendly dudes. They definitely are not about to raid your village.

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@depressolesbo Its a requirement for human life to continue.

The timescales is just longer. No water? Life dies in a few days. No food? A few weeks? No sex? A few decades.

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@JoelWBerry I want to do that.

[Vials @hisbelovedsleep]

the fact that Americans are arguing over burritos instead of burgers is already a bad sign

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@AdrianPocea @feelsdesperate The big picture is that things are getting worse; the Pax Americana is ending.

You say its reverting to a baseline. That's probably true. But people are really more upset about being told that nothing is changing, when they cant go out on the town like their parents could.

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@JoelWBerry The fact you feel inclined to say this, and that the conversation is even happening, is proof enough we are far removed from a "Golden Age."

You don't brag about penny pinching in a golden age.

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@pupstatic You're right. It would be better if they just didnt exist, right?

That way, there would be no way for them to be oppressed. Its the ethical thing to do, obviously.