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#SouthAfrica’s largest independent chocolate maker, Beyers Chocolate, has entered liquidation following a dispute over supply exclusivity that ended a 34-year relationship with Woolworths. https://t.co/m82M6xWqex

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3 months ago

Did you know C.S. Lewis predicted the modern obsession with “being nice” would destroy the soul? In The Abolition of Man, Lewis argues that when a society stops believing in objective virtue, it doesn’t become tolerant… it becomes manipulable. He calls the result “men without chests.” People with appetites and intellects, but no courage, no honor, no trained moral instincts. They can calculate everything and defend nothing. Lewis saw that once we reject inherited moral law, we don’t become free. We become raw material… easily shaped by propaganda, pleasure, and fear. Modern man prides himself on compassion while quietly surrendering every standard that once gave compassion meaning. Lewis’s insight is brutal: a civilization that educates clever cowards will eventually be ruled by tyrants or technicians. Because when nothing is worth dying for, everything becomes negotiable… including human dignity.

athenaeumbc's tweet photo. Did you know C.S. Lewis predicted the modern obsession with “being nice” would destroy the soul?

In The Abolition of Man, Lewis argues that when a society stops believing in objective virtue, it doesn’t become tolerant… it becomes manipulable.

He calls the result “men without chests.”

People with appetites and intellects, but no courage, no honor, no trained moral instincts. They can calculate everything and defend nothing.

Lewis saw that once we reject inherited moral law, we don’t become free. We become raw material… easily shaped by propaganda, pleasure, and fear.

Modern man prides himself on compassion while quietly surrendering every standard that once gave compassion meaning.

Lewis’s insight is brutal: a civilization that educates clever cowards will eventually be ruled by tyrants or technicians.

Because when nothing is worth dying for, everything becomes negotiable… including human dignity.

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3 months ago

the Greek taverna is one of the most civilised social inventions in human history hear me out 😩 you arrive, usually with people and the table is in the street or near the sea the waiter doesn't rush you he brings water and bread and olives without being asked you order in the general direction of what you want - more plates arrive than you ordered because the kitchen decided something else was also good today you eat across two hours the conversation moves through subjects, nobody checks their phone at some point - maybe hour 3 - the owner brings 3 small glass of something on the house not because you asked but because you've been there long enough to be a real customer now that the Greek taverna figured out - probably 2,000 years ago - is that the purpose of a meal is the experience of being human in a specific place with specific people the food enables that it doesn't replace it modern restaurant culture forgot this the Greek taverna never did

0xfs7's tweet photo. the Greek taverna is one of the most civilised social inventions in human history

hear me out 😩

you arrive, usually with people and the table is in the street or near the sea

the waiter doesn't rush you

he brings water and bread and olives without being asked

you order in the general direction of what you want - more plates arrive than you ordered because the kitchen decided something else was also good today

you eat across two hours

the conversation moves through subjects, nobody checks their phone

at some point - maybe hour 3 - the owner brings 3 small glass of something on the house

not because you asked but because you've been there long enough to be a real customer now

that the Greek taverna figured out - probably 2,000 years ago - is that the purpose of a meal is the experience of being human in a specific place with specific people

the food enables that

it doesn't replace it

modern restaurant culture forgot this

the Greek taverna never did

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أحمد شريف العامري

@AhmedSharif

3 months ago

Why does the Iranian regime direct this scale of missiles and drones toward the United Arab Emirates? The answer is structural. The UAE represents a complete model. A state that placed the human at the center of its strategy. Stability, development, openness, coexistence, and institutional strength form the core of that model. Power is expressed through governance, through law, and through long-term vision. The Iranian regime operates through a different structure. Its energy is directed outward through networks, narratives, and aligned groups across the region. Influence is built through expansion, messaging, and ideological framing. This is where the targeting becomes clear. The UAE stands as a living example of what a stable Arab state looks like when it is built with clarity. It demonstrates that growth comes from investment in people, systems, and institutions. It shows that order creates strength, and that coexistence produces continuity. That model carries weight. The UAE’s position is firm in rejecting any ideological project that does not recognize the nation-state, that weakens cohesion, and that introduces division into societies. That clarity places it directly in the path of any project built on influence through fragmentation. This is not limited to military activity. It is a broader confrontation between two directions. A direction that builds capacity, stability, and future readiness. A direction that spreads influence through networks, narratives, and disruption. The UAE continues on its path with consistency. A path established by the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, and carried forward by His Highness Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan. The principle remains constant. Build the human, and the state stands strong.

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