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February 28, 2025 at 6:17 AM
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Rousseau would have been a great blogger I think.
It will be said that a despot gives his subjects the assurance of civil tranquillity. Very well, but what does it profit them, if those wars against other powers which result from a despot's ambition, if his insatiable greed, and the oppressive demands of his administration, cause more desolation than civil strife would cause? What do the people gain if their very condition of civil tranquillity is one of their hardships? There is peace in dungeons, but is that enough to make dungeons desirable? The Greeks lived in peace in the cave of Cyclops awaiting their turn to be devoured.
February 28, 2025 at 3:29 PM
wanderkind0.bsky.social
Hey #canada and #canadians, would you like an additional province that's basically Canadian already? Just tack Maine onto New Brunswick, we're a natural fit.
February 24, 2025 at 2:58 PM
wanderkind0.bsky.social
#tolkien #resistance #rememberFrodo #lordoftherings
"Evil labors with vast power and perpetual success - in vain, preparing always only the soil for unexpected good to sprout in." JRR Tolkien, Letter 146 Evil cannot conquer forever! In the end, it was not the might of men or elves that unmade the power of the Ring: it was the hobbits, in their unassuming frailty, who brought about the downfall of Sauron. Though we may feel small, remember Frodo and take heart. Never resign yourself to despair. Keep going.
February 8, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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k-g-nyc.bsky.social
Please step aside and let AOC take over leadership. You feckless Dems are almost as bad for this country as Maga.
February 7, 2025 at 11:16 PM
wanderkind0.bsky.social
I don't have my grandfather around to ask how he survived two brutal authoritarian regimes, but we all have Tolkien. This fandom is booming right now.
February 6, 2025 at 10:30 PM