Janosch Aurel

The ancient Greeks understood something modern civilization has almost completely forgotten: love is not a single emotion, but an entire metaphysical universe. For them, "Eros" was not merely desire, but the violent, almost divine madness that humiliates reason itself; the force capable of bringing both kingdoms and philosophers to ruin. It was Eros that dragged Paris toward Helen and set Troy on fire for ten endless years, proving that civilizations often collapse not because of hatred, but because of beauty. But the Greeks, with their terrifying psychological sophistication, knew that passion alone cannot sustain either a human soul or a civilization. So beside Eros stood "Philia", the noble love of friendship, the sacred intellectual brotherhood between minds. The love of warriors, philosophers, and companions who understand one another beyond vanity and appetite. Without Philia there is no Athens, no symposiums, no philosophy itself. Even Aristotle wrote that friendship is more necessary than justice, because civilizations collapse long before laws do. Then comes "Ludus", playful love, the flirtation of youth, laughter before tragedy enters the room. The Greeks understood that without playfulness, love becomes administration; a bureaucratic institution wearing the corpse of passion like ceremonial clothing. "Agape" rises above all this like something almost inhuman: the love for mankind itself, the immense spiritual tenderness that later Christianity would transform into mercy, sacrifice, and compassion. It is perhaps the only form of love that asks for nothing in return, which is precisely why the modern world, obsessed with transactions and narcissism, understands it least. "Pragma" is quieter, older, less cinematic. It is the exhausted but dignified love that survives time itself. Not the fever of beginnings, but the tragic decision to remain. Odysseus returning to Penelope after years of war and ruin. Two people continuing to choose each other long after beauty has been replaced by memory. And then the Greeks arrive at perhaps their most dangerous concept: "Philautia", self-love. Not vanity. Not the grotesque narcissism of modern culture, where people photograph themselves more often than they think. But the difficult art of becoming worthy of one’s own respect. Socrates understood that the undisciplined soul becomes its own tyrant long before any empire appears. Finally comes "Storge", parental love, perhaps the saddest and most terrifying of all, because it is the only love fully prepared for sacrifice. The love that asks for nothing except the survival of another human being. The love that silently destroys itself so someone else may continue living. And perhaps this is what made Greek civilization so eternal: the Greeks never reduced human existence to simplistic moral slogans. They understood that man is a battlefield of contradictory loves, divine impulses, irrational desires, tenderness, vanity, sacrifice, hunger, and loneliness. Which is precisely why, thousands of years later, we still speak their language whenever we attempt to speak honestly about the human heart.

It seems some of you quickly forgot what Netflix did last year. They released a "documentary" which they called "historical", and publicly claimed that Alexander was homosexual and the lover of Hephaestion. Even though there is no primary source that could possibly lead to this conclusion, Netflix went ahead and did it anyway. Despite receiving many appeals from Greek lawyers and historians asking them not to, the Greek government took no action. As a result, this "historical documentary" remains available on Netflix for every uneducated and impressionable person ready to learn history from Netflix, complete with scenes showing these two were kissing before the start of the campaign based on no sources at all. Just some cunning people whose goal is to fulfill their sick desires and appetites. Disgraceful anti-Greek propaganda. Why did this happen? Once again, Hellenism, traditional male role models, and the history of one of humanity’s greatest civilizations are being targeted. Think about how there are people who, with obsessive fervor, try to convince everyone, by distorting historical sources or outright fabricating new fake ones that don’t exist, that this Greek civilization and Alexander himself were all homosexual, that it was a common everyday institution, and that they engaged in orgies. Does this help you in any way? This is done for the complete humiliation of Greek civilization, the civilization that was born and gave the foundations of science to the entire world, the one admired by the Roman Empire, whose values humanity still admires and tries to follow. They hate this. They want to destroy this image: the image of the hero and masculine role model who placed his values above carnal pleasure. The pseudo-progressives to whom we have handed the reins to lead our society know that most people don’t read the ancient texts. They know that the public will never learn the truth. And even if you do know it, they will corner you, and you won’t be able to counter them with sources in a proper rebuttal, so they win. By pushing paid articles and movies, they are trying to manipulate the common thought. Besides, they have nothing to do with actual progress. It is a general rule that when someone frantically tries to prove they embody a certain title, they are usually the exact opposite. > The progressives are not progressive. > The communists are not democrats, even if they call themselves that (see: Democratic People's Republic of Korea). > The humanists are not humanists, and so on. Thus, these "progressives", uneducated authors, academics and historians, bet on the ignorance of the majority in order to push their own agenda. Imagine now how evil and what dark plans someone must have in their mind to obsessively try to do something like this. These are the people you are dealing with in your everyday life. There is one thing that makes me happy, though. With everything they do, indignation is growing and people are getting tired. All of this aims at the triumph of irrationality, the disappearance of logic, the destruction of the Classics and the complete subjugation of free people with values. They hate the West, the hate our ancestors. They hate masculinity, they hate men, they hate women, children, nations. But above all, they hate themselves. They will lose in the end, and we will laugh at the fate of all those who today fight under the mantle of supposed humanism, which in reality is nothing but hidden irrationality.

The real currency of Rome wasn't gold. It was the one thing that could raise a dead army.... Imagine a Roman quartermaster at sunrise. Before him: hundreds of legionaries, exhausted from a week of marching through Italian heat. Their bread is hard. Their meat is turning. Behind them, a two-week supply line through bandit country. He doesn't hand out coins. He opens amphorae of sal—salt—and watches men's shoulders drop with relief. Here's what the movies get wrong: Roman soldiers were rarely paid directly in salt crystals. But every legionary knew that without salt, paycheques meant nothing. Your silver can't stop gangrene. Your gold can't cure salted pork gone rancid. So Rome invented something clever: the salarium argentum—"salt money." A specific allowance so troops could buy this preservation powder. Over time, that allowance merged with standard pay. And the word salarium stayed. Evolved. Became the monthly number you see on your own bank statement. Salary. But the deeper insight is harsher. Rome didn't conquer because it was braver. It conquered because its food didn't rot mid-campaign. Germanic tribes raided. Gauls rebelled. But salt deserts? Salt routes? Those were strategic targets. Controlling salt meant controlling winter. One Roman author, Pliny the Elder, wrote that in salt "lies the highest profit." He wasn't exaggerating. Without this white crystal, no Empire spans three continents. No aqueducts. No Latin alphabet you're reading right now. A condiment built a superpower. So next time you shake it on dinner? You're handling history's most underrated weapon. Just salt. But without it? Civilization starves before it ever fights. We all enjoy the "Romans got paid in salt" story. It's punchy. It's memorable. But the real history is actually more interesting. Rome didn't hand out salt crystals like pocket change. That's a 19th-century invention. What they did do? They gave soldiers a salarium — a specific chunk of money for buying salt. Think of it like a modern military ration allowance, but for the one mineral that kept meat from rotting and wounds from festering. Here's where it gets clever. The Roman state knew something brutal: an army without salt collapses in three weeks. Your fancy sword means nothing when your soldiers are too sick to swing it. So by guaranteeing salt access, Rome guaranteed march-ready legions. Not because soldiers loved salt. Because logistics win wars. Pliny the Elder — yes, the guy who died investigating Vesuvius — wrote entire chapters on salt routes. He called them "the highest profit" because whoever controlled salt controlled food. And whoever controlled food? Controlled the world. So no, your paycheck isn't named after a crystal in a pouch. It's named after an empire's smartest supply chain decision. © Roman Empire #archaeohistories

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@Europarl_EN Europe without the EU? Like, Europe without censorship, surveillance, political repressions, with freedom of speech and free press, lower taxes, less illegal migrants destroying our culture? Yeah. Imagine all the people.

Never forget.

🚨 Iran just dropped a SAVAGE LEGO ultimatum straight to Trump 👀🔥 “Mr President… Open the sea or open the fire. We gave the warning. We drew the line. Deal or war?” Iran out here dropping more savage diplomacy than Washington ever could 😂💀 This is why Lego news in 2026 is actually unhinged fr!! #Legonews #LegoIran #DealOrWar #StraitOfHormuz #Trump #Iran #Lego #Satire #PoliticalHumor #Viral #fyp #EndTheWar #LegoAnimation #Trending #ViralVideo

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BREAKING: Iran’s foreign minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi just released this statement: “Every time a diplomatic solution is on the table, the U.S. opts for a reckless military adventure. Is it a crude pressure tactic? Or the result of a spoiler once again duping POTUS into another quagmire? Whatever the causes, the outcome is the same: Iranians never bow to pressure and diplomacy is always the victim. Also, the CIA is wrong. Our missile inventory and launcher capacity are not at 75% compared to Feb 28. The correct figure is 120%. As for our readiness to defend our people: 1,000%“

A powerful scene in the Odyssey comes when Odysseus finally returns to Ithaca after twenty years of war and wandering. You'd expect the story to end with a great celebration: with the hero coming home and the family reunited. Homer does something far stranger. Odysseus arrives disguised as a beggar, because Athena warns him that the palace has been taken over by more than a hundred suitors who have been living there for years, eating his food, drinking his wine, and pressuring his wife Penelope to marry one of them. They believe Odysseus is dead and in their minds the kingdom is already theirs. So the king of Ithaca walks through his own halls dressed in rags while the men stealing his house sit comfortably at his tables. They mock him, throw scraps at him, and one of them even strikes him, and Odysseus takes it. The same man who blinded the Cyclops now stands quietly while strangers insult him in his own home. Homer tells us his heart burns inside his chest and that he wants to attack them immediately, yet he restrains himself and waits. Instead of striking, Odysseus studies the room carefully. He counts the men, watches their habits, and observes which servants remain loyal and which have betrayed him. He delays his revenge until the moment is right. Eventually Penelope announces a contest and brings out Odysseus' great bow, declaring that she will marry the man who can string it and shoot an arrow through twelve axe heads lined up in a row. One by one the suitors try and fail, because none of them can even bend the bow. Then the beggar asks for a turn. The suitors laugh at first, but the bow is eventually handed to him. Odysseus takes it in his hands and strings it effortlessly. Homer says the sound of the bowstring tightening rings through the hall like the note of a swallow. Then he places an arrow on the string and sends it cleanly through all twelve axe heads. In that moment the beggar disappears. Odysseus turns the bow toward the suitors and reveals who he is. What follows is one of the most brutal scenes in Greek literature. The doors are sealed and the suitors realize too late that they are trapped inside the hall. Odysseus, his son Telemachus, and two loyal servants begin killing them one by one. There is no escape and no negotiation. The men who spent years consuming another man's house die inside it. It is a violent ending, but Homer wants you to understand something important. The real danger to Odysseus was never just the monsters and storms along the journey. It was the possibility that someone else might take his place while he was gone. When Odysseus finally returns, he reminds everyone in Ithaca of a simple truth: A man's home is never truly his unless he is willing to fight for it. --- Join our online book club and study the classics with us! We are working through the great texts of the Western canon, including the Homeric epics: athenaeumbooks.com/welcome To preserve a culture, you must continually study the books and ideas that created it. If the schools and universities won't teach the great books of the West, we will do it ourselves... We are an independent group funded ENTIRELY by the members of this community. If you'd like to support us, please consider a paid membership. You'll get: - Live book club discussions (biweekly) - Essays to guide you through the books we're reading - The full archive of discussions and essays - Access to the community chat room See you inside!

@kajakallas First modernise your brain.

We are helping Moldova modernise its armed forces. Today, I am in Chișinău to inspect recently delivered EU-funded equipment and discuss expanding our support to Moldova with Defence Minister Anatolie Nosatîi. The EU is already the largest provider of equipment to Moldova’s Armed Forces: supporting logistics, medical aid, and the protection of critical infrastructure.

Great stories do not survive for 3,000 years by accident. The Iliad and the Odyssey already contain war, exile, monsters, loyalty, pride, grief, cunning, homecoming, and the longing for order after chaos. They do not need to be updated by turning ancient heroes into recycled action figures. When the Odyssey meets the Met Gala, it does not become modern. It loses its soul.

The EU is run by age old feudalists, Roman spectres of power, and those that rebel against the Sanctity of Life and the Innocence of Children.

Abu über Ben & Höcke uallah... 🍍

@vonderleyen Are those 72% Europeans in the room with us now?

72% of Europeans say their country benefits from EU membership. With the global situation and the cost of living as main concerns, 73% view the EU as a stabilising force in an uncertain world. Together we are greater than the sum of our parts. link.europa.eu/Cd4BKK

@elonmusk ...said the capitalist with vested interests in keeping the status quo, thus painting all of socialists as being genocidal maniacs with no regards to Humanity. Epstein was a capitalist, therefore all capitalists are Epstein. See? What a dumbass thing to say.

Hitler was a socialist, therefore all socialists are Hitler

"The limits of my language are the limits of my world" Wittgenstein Cue to POTUS deploying a vocabulary of less than 50 words, repetitive and crude. To demean language is to demean critical thinking. Less words = less nuance = less capacity for reflection. Stupidity and nastiness reign, unassailable.

@SprinterPress Zelensky is just the ventriloquist's dummy for the Epstein Syndicate.

China has denied Ukraine a reprieve on the repayment of a debt of $30.8 billion, according to the Sohu publication. Zelensky, through his ambassador to China, appealed to Beijing to extend the repayment deadlines, citing Kyiv's difficult financial situation. China refused the request. Zelensky also hinted at possible complications in the issues of the Taiwan Strait and North Korea in the event of a refusal. In Chinese circles, such statements were seen as a manifestation of panic on Ukraine's part.

Killer. It's all in the title. Includes the moves leading to the New West Asia Order. sputnikglobe.com/20260507/pepe-…