Can an authoritarian's power ever be benevolent? I think not. An authoritarian's enduring power requires corruption (by their own personal participation or by sanctioning others' actions) because the goal will always be to maintain power. IMO authoritarians cannot hold onto power without corruption.
August 11, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Can an authoritarian's power ever be benevolent? I think not. An authoritarian's enduring power requires corruption (by their own personal participation or by sanctioning others' actions) because the goal will always be to maintain power. IMO authoritarians cannot hold onto power without corruption.
There's something about absolute power & corruption being unique to humans. The powerful elite get high on their own supply then eventually burn out. But not before causing a lot of suffering to innocent & vulnerable peasants.
August 11, 2025 at 1:41 AM
There's something about absolute power & corruption being unique to humans. The powerful elite get high on their own supply then eventually burn out. But not before causing a lot of suffering to innocent & vulnerable peasants.
Setting her up to be the scapegoat for orchestrating the "hoax"
July 17, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Setting her up to be the scapegoat for orchestrating the "hoax"
Aotearoa needs to say a hard No! A data centre would be all of the problems of the Tiwai Smelter on steroids.
July 13, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Aotearoa needs to say a hard No! A data centre would be all of the problems of the Tiwai Smelter on steroids.
It's like grieving the death of American democracy while also fighting like hell to keep it alive and being in a constant state of trauma.
July 4, 2025 at 7:51 AM
It's like grieving the death of American democracy while also fighting like hell to keep it alive and being in a constant state of trauma.
Everything needs to be done at once. None of us knows what they'll do next or what the future may hold. People who want to focus on long range solutions, do it. People who are concerned about what needs done today, do that. Everyone pick a station and work it hard. We need all contingencies. Unite.
July 4, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Everything needs to be done at once. None of us knows what they'll do next or what the future may hold. People who want to focus on long range solutions, do it. People who are concerned about what needs done today, do that. Everyone pick a station and work it hard. We need all contingencies. Unite.
Who deputises them (if they r deputised not just self-appointed vigilantes)? How/where do they sign up? Who do they report to? Who leads them? Who gives them the personal details of these innocent people? Why r they in unmarked vehicles with no plates or borrowed plates? Where r the elected reps?
June 23, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Who deputises them (if they r deputised not just self-appointed vigilantes)? How/where do they sign up? Who do they report to? Who leads them? Who gives them the personal details of these innocent people? Why r they in unmarked vehicles with no plates or borrowed plates? Where r the elected reps?
Because they're bounty hunters roaming the streets in gangs getting paid by the unit (aka person) they kidnap.
June 23, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Because they're bounty hunters roaming the streets in gangs getting paid by the unit (aka person) they kidnap.
Fck and u were having so much fun. Here's to a speedy recovery.
June 22, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Fck and u were having so much fun. Here's to a speedy recovery.
OMG. I'm SO sorry this happened to you. Does NHS hv victim support counselling available to you like here in NZ?
June 22, 2025 at 8:13 PM
OMG. I'm SO sorry this happened to you. Does NHS hv victim support counselling available to you like here in NZ?
I would be most appreciative if in your research you find an original or a contemporary handwritten copy of this letter so we can try to understand its provenance. And also if you are able to describe to us its place in the historical context. Many thanks in advance. My email:
karenVswaine at gmail.
karenVswaine at gmail.
June 19, 2025 at 10:31 PM
I would be most appreciative if in your research you find an original or a contemporary handwritten copy of this letter so we can try to understand its provenance. And also if you are able to describe to us its place in the historical context. Many thanks in advance. My email:
karenVswaine at gmail.
karenVswaine at gmail.
We live in NZ. We are on a mission to confirm if her letter is the original. So far I have not been able to find a repository that holds the original.
June 19, 2025 at 9:03 PM
We live in NZ. We are on a mission to confirm if her letter is the original. So far I have not been able to find a repository that holds the original.
Hi! My friend has the original letter or an original copy of a 1688 letter titled "Father La Chaise's project for the extirpation of hereticks in a letter from him to Father P---rs.
Author: La Chaise, François d'Aix de, 1624-1709.
1688". Transcript:
ota.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/repository/x...
Author: La Chaise, François d'Aix de, 1624-1709.
1688". Transcript:
ota.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/repository/x...
[TCP] Father La Chaise's project for the extirpation of hereticks in a letter from him to Father P---rs.
ota.bodleian.ox.ac.uk
June 19, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Hi! My friend has the original letter or an original copy of a 1688 letter titled "Father La Chaise's project for the extirpation of hereticks in a letter from him to Father P---rs.
Author: La Chaise, François d'Aix de, 1624-1709.
1688". Transcript:
ota.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/repository/x...
Author: La Chaise, François d'Aix de, 1624-1709.
1688". Transcript:
ota.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/repository/x...
Thank Adam by following him & Timothy Snyder if u don't already
March 17, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Thank Adam by following him & Timothy Snyder if u don't already
Once again Dems let Americans down by not following Green's lead and getting kicked out one by one as they called out the orange felon's lies to his face. This was the best, if not only, opportunity for Dems to show a coordinated effort to fight this coup. We need good trouble but they're incapable.
March 6, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Once again Dems let Americans down by not following Green's lead and getting kicked out one by one as they called out the orange felon's lies to his face. This was the best, if not only, opportunity for Dems to show a coordinated effort to fight this coup. We need good trouble but they're incapable.
This was the best if not only opportunity for Dems to show us a coordinated effort to fight this coup. Just sitting there quietly taking more abuse was not at all meeting the urgency of the moment. We need action but they gave us more victimhood.
March 5, 2025 at 8:13 AM
This was the best if not only opportunity for Dems to show us a coordinated effort to fight this coup. Just sitting there quietly taking more abuse was not at all meeting the urgency of the moment. We need action but they gave us more victimhood.
WTAF? Why didn't they follow Al Green's lead?! It was the only thing to do. The only move to make. He was right there! Trapped. The perfect opportunity to disrupt. Call him out to his ugly orange face. And then one by one get kicked out. That's the kind of good trouble we needed them to do for us.
March 5, 2025 at 7:43 AM
WTAF? Why didn't they follow Al Green's lead?! It was the only thing to do. The only move to make. He was right there! Trapped. The perfect opportunity to disrupt. Call him out to his ugly orange face. And then one by one get kicked out. That's the kind of good trouble we needed them to do for us.
WTAF? Why didn't they follow Al Green's lead?! It was the only thing to do. The only move to make. He was right there! Trapped. The perfect opportunity to disrupt. Call him out to his ugly orange face. And then one by one get kicked out. That's the kind of good trouble we needed them to do for us.
March 5, 2025 at 7:39 AM
WTAF? Why didn't they follow Al Green's lead?! It was the only thing to do. The only move to make. He was right there! Trapped. The perfect opportunity to disrupt. Call him out to his ugly orange face. And then one by one get kicked out. That's the kind of good trouble we needed them to do for us.
Why didn't you follow Al Green's lead?! It was the only thing to do. The only move to make. He was right there! Trapped. The perfect opportunity to disrupt. Call him out to his ugly orange face. And then one by one get kicked out. That's the kind of good trouble we needed you to do for us.
March 5, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Why didn't you follow Al Green's lead?! It was the only thing to do. The only move to make. He was right there! Trapped. The perfect opportunity to disrupt. Call him out to his ugly orange face. And then one by one get kicked out. That's the kind of good trouble we needed you to do for us.
Why didn't you follow Al Green's lead?! It was the only thing to do. The only move to make. He was right there! Trapped. The perfect opportunity to disrupt. Call him out to his ugly orange face. And then one by one get kicked out. That's the kind of good trouble we needed you to do for us.
March 5, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Why didn't you follow Al Green's lead?! It was the only thing to do. The only move to make. He was right there! Trapped. The perfect opportunity to disrupt. Call him out to his ugly orange face. And then one by one get kicked out. That's the kind of good trouble we needed you to do for us.