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August 20, 2014
What did freedom mean to an Appalachian settler circa 1776?
What did it mean to a Roman legionnaire circa 43 BC?
To a Russian peasant living under the Tatar yoke circa 1230 AD? I’m not completely sure, but I do know that to a lot of Westerners in 2014, living in supposedly the most advanced*, civilized* and enlightened* society of all time, freedom means the ability to indulge in lust, greed, sloth and gluttony without incurring any kind of cost, social or otherwise. To some of these standard-bearers of bright new age, freedom means the ability to mutilate your genitalia then harass others into publicly affirming the wisdom of your choices.Modernity's Debasement of Language
Posted by gerardvanderleun at August 20, 2014 7:40 AM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.
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After the coming reset 70% of the population will no longer exist. The remainder will quickly get used to spending most of their time trying to survive. Some will be successful, maybe 10%, but the rest will expire within a year or so.
At that point it will again be manageable for another 200 years.
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at August 20, 2014 5:26 PM
Ghost - Future anthropologists may call it the great Darwinian reset.
Posted by: BillH at August 21, 2014 8:42 AM