On the conservatism of Herbert Butterfield and the secular vision of original sin: “When we abandon the notion of original sin, we come to think that evil is concentrated entirely among our enemies, and that none of it lies in ourselves. By projecting all evil onto our opponents, we authorize ourselves to "treat the political enemy as subhuman, irredeemable." Political struggle then takes on existential stakes, becoming a war between the righteous and the wicked—with ourselves, of course, on the side of the righteous.... In political life, certain ideas motivate people to crush their enemies and to pursue final solutions. One of them is self-righteousness; another is utopianism.” https://www.nationalaffairs.com/publications/detail/herbert-butterfield-and-original-sin
I would welcome this kind of democratic process. Everyday we are confronted with appalling waste of money and resources by politicians who hide behind the parliamentary processes and only shows their faces when it comes time to milk the electorate for fresh votes.
I changed my personality in six weeks
Link: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20260102-how-i-changed-my-personality-in-six-weeks
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46491623
Everyone is all "diversity is our strength" until they need something to actually get done
That's some pretty epic shitlib reprogramming that we have anti-trumpers running around claiming that the War in Iraq had a UN mandate.
AG and others legally characterize attack in Venezuela as “arrest with military support.”
Meanwhile Trump announces he’s taken over the country and will run it until he finds someone suitable to replace him.
Added bonus: says American oil companies will get to exploit the oil.
RICO case against Stake, Drake, and Adin Ross
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/rcna251915
i am going to Church today again, i feel alive again, something is finally happening.
a question emerged in my head that i have been answering for the past few hours:
"was the man made for the Faith, or was the Faith made for the Man" we can all say the Faith was made for the Man, but some don't understand it, and talking to the muslims this has been something i have been thinking about every now and then.
our natural habitat was in the Company of God, we are made to be in his Company, the Faith is a return to his Company, we are all born in Enemy Territory, and we are subjected to evils and demands of Evil, only through the Faith can we start having his Protection from those Evils.
a question emerged in my head that i have been answering for the past few hours:
"was the man made for the Faith, or was the Faith made for the Man" we can all say the Faith was made for the Man, but some don't understand it, and talking to the muslims this has been something i have been thinking about every now and then.
our natural habitat was in the Company of God, we are made to be in his Company, the Faith is a return to his Company, we are all born in Enemy Territory, and we are subjected to evils and demands of Evil, only through the Faith can we start having his Protection from those Evils.
Maybe this time, they won't get stuck in a trillion dollar quagmire and eventually lose?
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I just don't like the fact that Americans think they're the ones projecting power abroad and not the Israelis who took over their government and left them powerless. They enjoy the vanity of it.