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I'm likely to repost more than I post, and I'll post about whatever catches my eye.
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it's a core insight of ancient virtue ethics that one of the best ways to develop virtue is to do virtuous things even if simply in imitation of others without clear understanding
January 11, 2026 at 11:08 PM
it's a core insight of ancient virtue ethics that one of the best ways to develop virtue is to do virtuous things even if simply in imitation of others without clear understanding
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People understandably get caught up in the visions and horsemen and multi-eyed angels and whatnot and miss the basic fact that the book is the exact C1 Jewish-Christian cultural equivalent of a thread predicting Trump gets overthrown by a colour revolution followed by a new Reconstruction
November 26, 2025 at 12:12 AM
People understandably get caught up in the visions and horsemen and multi-eyed angels and whatnot and miss the basic fact that the book is the exact C1 Jewish-Christian cultural equivalent of a thread predicting Trump gets overthrown by a colour revolution followed by a new Reconstruction
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Some people read it as a tech-CEO state, others imagine a national-populist leader, others map it onto the CCP or a hereditary monarchy. Because he never commits, each group hears a version that suits their own political fantasies.
November 20, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Some people read it as a tech-CEO state, others imagine a national-populist leader, others map it onto the CCP or a hereditary monarchy. Because he never commits, each group hears a version that suits their own political fantasies.