One of the biggest “tells” that a field has been propagandized and seized by bad actors is the utter indifference to primary sources by leaders. In my own profession, I was amazed that nobody seemed to care about the history of development and how all the current thought leaders just took the current paradigm as given. Even a brief look at the early primary sources showed me much better approaches and the folly of much modern “wisdom.” One must independently gather the facts and primary sources for one to be actually informed.
Incredible find! These editorials could have been written directly after Charlie Kirk's assassination or after any of the BLM arson/beatings. What consequences must be leveled "against those who were the instigators of these fools and madmen, and who placed in their hands the weapons for violence and bloodshed!" I'm struck by how level-headed men across time can react in the same way to their own era's troubles and see clearly the stakes.
Until this moment, I did not realize the direct connection John Brown had to stirring up violence in the new states (which led the South to fear problems with expansion) and the military insurrection at Harpers Ferry (which led the South to fear imminent incursions and seizures). Certain men in history seem gifted with the ability to destroy and sow chaos, like John Brown or politicians like UK PM Tony Blair (behind the multiculturalism push, mass immigration, speech criminal codes, etc.). Like a pestilence to the land, they cause utter ruin wherever they go especially at key chokepoints. Then there are men of radiant light like our Dear President Donald J. Trump who build and protect wherever they go. There is a cosmic dimension to the conflicts we face here on this celestial plain.
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Reading the primary sources for historical events is always eye opening. Thanks for these!
One of the biggest “tells” that a field has been propagandized and seized by bad actors is the utter indifference to primary sources by leaders. In my own profession, I was amazed that nobody seemed to care about the history of development and how all the current thought leaders just took the current paradigm as given. Even a brief look at the early primary sources showed me much better approaches and the folly of much modern “wisdom.” One must independently gather the facts and primary sources for one to be actually informed.
Incredible find! These editorials could have been written directly after Charlie Kirk's assassination or after any of the BLM arson/beatings. What consequences must be leveled "against those who were the instigators of these fools and madmen, and who placed in their hands the weapons for violence and bloodshed!" I'm struck by how level-headed men across time can react in the same way to their own era's troubles and see clearly the stakes.
Until this moment, I did not realize the direct connection John Brown had to stirring up violence in the new states (which led the South to fear problems with expansion) and the military insurrection at Harpers Ferry (which led the South to fear imminent incursions and seizures). Certain men in history seem gifted with the ability to destroy and sow chaos, like John Brown or politicians like UK PM Tony Blair (behind the multiculturalism push, mass immigration, speech criminal codes, etc.). Like a pestilence to the land, they cause utter ruin wherever they go especially at key chokepoints. Then there are men of radiant light like our Dear President Donald J. Trump who build and protect wherever they go. There is a cosmic dimension to the conflicts we face here on this celestial plain.