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[quote]In all the time I have spent with people who live in genuinely rooted cultures - rooted in time, place and spirit - whether that be here in the remnants of rural Ireland, in indigenous communities in Mexico, Papua or India, on some of the last small farms in England, or simply talking to Maor...

Thanks. Now back to my indefinite hiatus. [link=(https://paulkingsnorth.substack.com/p/the-great-unsettling?s=r)]Substack - The Abbey of Misrule[/link] [quote]The Machine is singing to us all, and we are all singing with it. We are, in fact, all parts of its chorus line, whether we like or kn...

I blame it all on Rousseau. He is the anti-Jordan Peterson....

[quote]Has anyone read "Coming Apart" by Charles Murray...pretty much covers the current social decay. [/quote] Thanks for the rec, but here's a classic example of how we've gone wrong: [img]https://i.imgur.com/A2JH8LT.png[/img] [link=(https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/i...

[quote]808bass is just an uppity moron who throws word vomit onto every post he makes so thats all I'm ever going to respond to him going forward [/quote] I'm sorry that you can't use the word epistomology in a conversation. Learn more, and in the meantime, let the adults have their uninterrupted t...

[quote]kingbob[/quote] You have my respect. What a great understanding and ability to communicate profound issues. ...

[quote]Young men need structure and discipline in their life or they will turn to crime. [/quote]"The individual must be constrained, moulded--even brought close to destruction--by a restrictive, coherent disciplinary structure, before he or she can act freely and competently." -Jordan B. Peterson,...

[quote]Covid lock downs sure didn’t help. [/quote] I'm sick of this. It offered TONS of opportunities to bond with family or play outside. Let's move on. ...

[quote]Societies have a “hopeless young male” problem [/quote] Yes. This is the problem. The Meaning Crisis as it's been dubbed. Jordan Peterson has done a lot of good, but he's not God. ...

[quote]Its both a mental health issue and a "society" issue. They aren't mutually exclusive or inclusive.[/quote] Absolutely. Some of the shooters are unstable, and some are not. I was using the Columbine shooters as an example. They seemed to be stable and determined to carry out what they consid...

[quote]You can't always anticipate when someone will suffer a mental break.[/quote] Again, why are we insisting that such an evil and violent act is the result of a mental break?...

To those debating stability and instability and promoting insane asylums: You’re missing the bigger picture. Were the Columbine killers unstable or were they merely acting consistently with their beliefs? If the latter, we’ve got a human problem that our society is only feeding, while it stigmat...

If there is a correlation between mass shooters and the perceived meaninglessness of human existence, it should follow that we should seek to understand meaning. Yet, as a society, we’ve all but rejected meaning by embracing science as if they are mutually exclusive when they are not. ...

Bring back the religious conformity of the 1940s-50s and a sense of belonging that comes with that. Most, if not all mass shooters, are nihilist who take nihilism to its logical conclusion. There is no [i]evil[/i] according to their view because they acknowledge no reason for existence itself. ...

[quote]fricking cowards keep shooting innocent people.[/quote] This is the ultimate end of nihilism. ...

This is about as fair as summarizing [i]the entire history of LSU sports[/i] with Ed Orgeron's last season or Lester Earl. ...

[quote]So what is wrong with a bear market... [/quote] [u]DEFINITIONS [/u] [b]Bull market[/b] - Occurs when the overall stock market is continually making all time highs with periodic corrections along the way (aka most of the last ten years). [b]Correction [/b]- Occurs when the overall marke...

No love for Dimillo’s in Portland?? I second Eventide. We ordered Pat’s Pizza from Bar Harbor Inn :lol: It was like day 19 of a road trip and we just wanted pizza! I also liked Geddy’s for a simple meal in Bar Harbor....

[quote]Are you familiar with the Gospel and Sinners' need for Redemption and a Savior?[/quote] Yes, but thankfully that’s not the only aspect of Christianity that I’m familiar with. ...

[quote]Broadmoor and Glen Oaks were east of Airline and weren’t north or south. [/quote] Where did Tara fit?...