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22 Jan, 4 tweets, 1 min read
History has shown that this is the best way to sustain an empire, even one of conquered people. For example, empires that grew the most and lasted the longest did it by sharing the spoils of their successes with those were conquered rather than subjugating them. (1/4)
Conversely, those that prevented those from having what the people held most dear and would fight to the death for, were the quickest to fall. This is an important principle for those who lead to remember. (2/4)
For example, in the United States it would not be wise for the president who was elected by one large segment of the population to use that victory to try to take away from the losers those things that they hold most dear. (3/4)
You can read more about the archetypical cycle of internal order and disorder here to put what’s happening today in perspective: linkedin.com/pulse/archetyp… (4/4)

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24 Jan
Back in February, I said I wanted a president who could “bring together our country to face our challenges in a more united and less divisive way.” (1/6)
I wanted someone who would unite people – i.e. who does not view themselves as the leader of the winning side imposing policies the other side would find intolerable. (2/6)
I believe we are on the brink of a terrible civil war (as I described in The Changing World Order series), where we are at an inflection point between entering a type of hell of fighting or pulling back to work together for peace and prosperity... (3/6)
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18 Jan
I admired Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. as he was a principled man with great principles. The couple that stick in my mind at this time are:

1. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
2. We must either learn to live together as brothers or we are all going to perish together as fools.
3. An Individual has not started living fully until they can rise above the narrow confines of individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of humanity.
Read 6 tweets
16 Jan
Media distortions are killing us and most people are reluctant to stand up against them because they are afraid that the media they are criticizing will destroy them. (1/5)
That is why I applaud James and Kathryn Murdoch’s honest and bold public statement that, as described by the FT “castigates the US media for the ‘toxic politics’ threatening American democracy... (2/5)
...saying the media are as culpable as politicians who ‘know the truth but choose instead to propagate lies.’” (3/5)
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14 Jan
There is nothing more important than understanding how reality works and how to deal with it. The state of mind you bring to this process makes all the difference. (1/4)
I have found it helpful to think of my life as if it were a game in which each problem I face is a puzzle I need to solve. (2/4)
By solving the puzzle, I get a gem in the form of a principle that helps me avoid the same sort of problem in the future. (3/4)
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13 Jan
The question that Americans have to answer is: are the principles that bind us together greater or weaker than the principles that are tearing us apart? (1/11) Image
Before we collectively, as a country, can decide what to do, we must try to reach an agreement on what we want most and how we should deal with each other to get it. In other words, we must see if we can agree on our most fundamental principles. (2/11)
To be a truly united United States we must reaffirm our vows on the biggest shared principles and, in pursuit of them, reaffirm our protocols for thoughtful disagreement through a process that the overwhelming majority of Americans agree with. (3/11)
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12 Jan
Most people have a tough time reflecting when they are in pain and they pay attention to other things when the pain passes, so they miss out on the reflections that provide the lessons. If you can reflect well while you’re in pain (which is probably too much to ask), great. (1/6) Image
But if you can remember to reflect after it passes, that’s valuable too. (2/6)
The challenges you face will test and strengthen you. (3/6)
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