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Gregory Peterson2 said:The Church—or at least those representing the conservative establishment—spent a good chunk of time rejecting potatoes altogether. They actually argued that anything growing beneath the soil was surely the work of the devil. I suppose by clinging to such absurdities, they ended up triggering widespread famine across France, which ultimately paved the way for the Revolution.
🤣 So, I suppose we’re meant to believe that the true catalyst for the French Revolution wasn't actually the massive debt incurred from participating in the American Revolution—nor was it the general chaos of constant warfare and runaway inflation leading up to the uprising. No, apparently, it wasn't even the intellectual spark of the Enlightenment. Instead, I guess the whole thing boils down to the Church's theological stance on the potato.
Quincy:
| I suppose I should probably start by saying that I don't claim to be an expert on everything, but there are certain patterns in our current political climate that seem almost too predictable to ignore. It feels like we are constantly circling the same drain, doesn't it? One moment we are debating minor policy shifts, and the next, it feels like the entire foundation of our civic discourse is being dismantled by people who wouldn't know common sense if it hit them in the face. I was thinking about this earlier today while watching the news, and it strikes me how much noise there is. Everyone has an opinion, everyone is shouting, yet very little actually moves the needle toward anything constructive. It’s all just performative outrage at this point. I guess some people find it entertaining, but to me, it just seems exhausting. We have these massive institutions—think of something like the Federal Reserve or even just the way the Department of Justice operates—that are supposed to provide stability, yet they often feel caught in the middle of this endless tug-of-war between extreme factions. Maybe I’m being too cynical, or maybe I’m just being realistic. It seems to me that we’ve lost the ability to have a nuanced conversation. Everything is binary now: you are either completely for something or completely against it. There is no middle ground, no room for "let me think about that," and certainly no room for admitting when you might be wrong. That lack of intellectual humility is, in my estimation, one of the greatest threats to our social fabric. It’s a bit unsettling, really, if you stop to dwell on it for more than a minute. kaže: At its core, there seems to be this underlying tendency to strip children away from their family upbringing just so they can... Characters like Joe were shaped by their own deep-seated convictions and principles.If they actually manage to pull this off, we’re looking at the dawn of a sort of liberal fascism—a system where any thought that doesn't align perfectly with the established mainstream is effectively nipped in the bud before it can even take root. |
Honestly, there isn't even a logical reason for this kind of psychological manipulation. At its core, manipulation is an end in itself. I suspect that those manipulators currently holding power—the types we’ve already discussed—are actually just mentally unstable individuals who don't truly grasp the consequences of their own actions. They don't seem to have a coherent ultimate goal they are trying to achieve; rather, it appears to be a collective delusion where they simply believe, "I am right, and everyone else is obligated to think exactly like me." And then, predictably, they label themselves as liberals. 🤣