"Freedom" was only ever an armistice between elites, a sort of incidental DMZ that we later mistook for a park
The average person is terrified of freedom, resents others when they have it, and loves to see it hoed under
The average person is terrified of freedom, resents others when they have it, and loves to see it hoed under
https://twitter.com/Heghoulian/status/1420881919907090443
The Magna Carta is a good example, and there are many others like it. A couple of nobles get strong enough to bring a king to heel, and they carve out some principles that look like freedom
But the masses themselves are incurably bovine:
But the masses themselves are incurably bovine:
A conceit of modernity is that b/c capitalism put the peasants into luxury and allowed them to buy degrees, that they sincerely hold liberal values
But today's college grad is still a peasant at heart. He still wants to throw salt over his shoulder, propitiate Gaia, burn witches
But today's college grad is still a peasant at heart. He still wants to throw salt over his shoulder, propitiate Gaia, burn witches
You can actually watch recrudescent paganism in the way millennials try to rediscover ritual and bondage
Movember, Santa Con, weird trad diets, CFA charters
It's like the way a dog chases a ball, not really understanding what he's doing
Movember, Santa Con, weird trad diets, CFA charters
It's like the way a dog chases a ball, not really understanding what he's doing
Abjuring religion, Modern Guy books a ticket to the desert, there to sway and chant in unison in front of a giant burning effigy
Extracting the fun from religion and discarding the dogma was an interesting move, but don't be surprised that most "atheists" remain fundamentalist
Extracting the fun from religion and discarding the dogma was an interesting move, but don't be surprised that most "atheists" remain fundamentalist
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