It’s terrifyingly terrible.
Chris Abraham
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Progress becomes dangerous when it stops being a tool and starts acting like a secular religion
Most of human history did not treat “progress” as the engine of the human condition. Many societies were organized around continuity, sacred order, ancestral duty, hierarchy, and survival, not permanent reinvention. The modern idea that history moves in a single forward direction …
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Progress as a universal human destiny is mostly a modern Western idea, not a timeless human one. Many societies prized order, continuity, and sacred tradition over constant reinvention. That is why democracy/progress rhetoric can feel like liberation to some and cultural intervention to others too.!
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Lionel Shriver spits truths
Lionel Shriver joins the Winston Marshall to discuss immigration, the nation state, borders, and the cultural consequences of rejecting national identity youtube.com/watch
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People mash together Republican, conservative, right-wing, Trump, and MAGA like they’re identical. They’re not. Republican is a party. Conservative is a philosophy. Right-wing is a broader tribe. Trump is a person. MAGA is a populist coalition. Overlap, yes. Same thing, no.
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Why does SNAP really exist in America?
Here’s what I actually think. SNAP isn’t some Hallmark Channel compassion program. It survives because it moves money. Fast. Direct. Predictably. Benefits can only be spent on food, and they get spent immediately. That’s straight pass-through revenue to grocery stores — Kroger, …
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Here’s my theory: SNAP quietly functions as rural and low-income grocery stimulus. Because benefits can only be spent on food and get used fast, they inject steady demand into thin-margin stores. That keeps food deserts from getting worse and smooths out local economic volatility.
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Trump is not a pirate exactly. He is a mutiny captain. He took the ship with mass support, force, and timing, not consensus. He won the deck: popular vote, electoral vote, swing states. But much of the old crew never accepted the mutiny and has been trying to seize the wheel back ever since.
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Marijuana users have ALWAYS been barred from legally purchasing firearms through an FFL with a background check if you fill out the forms honestly. www.vox.com/policy/47…
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How the Left’s 250th Birthday Op to Reclaim Patriotism Backfires into Conversion open.substack.com/pub/chris…
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Jesus' dinner dates were not endorsements
“Love your neighbor” is often reduced to sentimental approval or moral surrender. In the Gospels, it is neither. It does not mean liking someone, agreeing with them, dissolving boundaries, or abandoning truth. It means refusing to dehumanize. It means recognizing the image of God …
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There’s been an inversion. The people who once saw themselves as countercultural now defend moderation, advertiser safety, and institutional norms. If your views are platformed on the evening news and protected by brand managers, you’re not punk. You’re establishment—whether you admit it or not.
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This reporting makes me excited about Musk. When a US president can be removed by a US tech company, that’s a baseline problem. An internet that bans Alex Jones, Fuentes, Tate, Tucker, etc isn’t “free,” it’s curated. You can call it moderation; others call it narrative control. Funny how this lands opposite Oliver’s take.
“John Oliver discusses how an already flawed Twitter got worse under Elon Musk” youtube.com/watch
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If you are not a liberal (or socialist) when you are young, you have no heart; if you are not a conservative when you are old, you have no brain
We all heard the line in some form: if you’re young and not liberal, you have no heart. If you’re older and not conservative, you have no mind. It gets pinned on Winston Churchill, though historians can’t find proof he ever said it. The quote probably predates him. But the idea …
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We grew up hearing: if you’re young and not liberal, you have no heart; if you’re older and not conservative, you have no mind. But in 2024, Gen Z isn’t aging into the same arc. Young women are moving further left. Young men are drifting right. The old political life-cycle story may be cracking.
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“Women’s empathy is universal no matter how culpable or guilty the person” —fascinating
The Rise of Cry Bullies with Heather Heying & Bret Weinstein youtube.com/watch
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C'est Normal, Non ?
Here’s my Gen X confession: I’m not wide-eyed about Epstein because I’ve been marinating in this storyline my entire life. I saw Eyes Wide Shut and understood the metaphor immediately. I grew up during the satanic panic era. I watched decades of crime TV where every season ended …
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I’m not nonchalant about Epstein because I think it’s fine. I’m nonchalant because I’m Gen X. I saw Eyes Wide Shut. I’ve heard 30 years of trafficking exposés, satanic panic, Alex Jones rants, Q threads, Law & Order plots. Powerful people abusing power was never a shock plot twist.
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This is really very insightful—great stuff!
“Liberals don’t want tedemption: “Trevor Noah on why liberals struggle with forgiveness with John Stewart youtube.com/watch
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This is where I live. This is my home.
If you are Gen X, formerly liberal-left, but now feel like the liberal-left has lost its mind — you might want to listen to this and see if it resonates youtube.com/watch