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Je me rappelle au lycée, j'avais une prof de français qui me répétait : « Rousseau, c'est mon auteur préféré. » À l'époque, j'étais complètement illettré, je n'avais pas lu un roman.
Depuis, j'ai rattrapé un peu le retard. Et force est de constater : Rousseau est lui aussi un poison pour l'esprit français.
Tu as raison de remonter à lui. Le geste fondateur est là. L'homme naît bon, c'est la société qui le corrompt. La propriété, la hiérarchie, la tradition, l'institution, tout ce qui structure une civilisation devient suspect. Le mal n'est plus dans l'homme, il est dans l'ordre. Donc il suffit de défaire l'ordre.
De cette intuition découle tout le reste. La Terreur, qui croit pouvoir régénérer l'homme par le décret. Le socialisme utopique, qui croit pouvoir abolir l'égoïsme par l'organisation. Le wokisme, qui croit pouvoir purifier la société en démantelant ses normes. À chaque fois la même logique : l'homme est innocent, l'institution est coupable, donc il faut casser l'institution.
C'est faux. L'homme n'est pas né bon. Il est né pulsionnel, ambivalent, capable du meilleur et du pire. Les institutions n'oppriment pas une nature angélique, elles canalisent une nature ambiguë. Détruire les institutions ne libère pas un bon sauvage, ça libère un homme livré à ses pires instincts.
Foucault, Derrida, Deleuze n'ont fait que radicaliser Rousseau avec les outils du XXᵉ siècle. La matrice est la même : soupçon de toute autorité, dissolution de toute hiérarchie, fantasme d'un état originel pur que les structures auraient trahi.
Donc oui, le péché originel commence avec lui. Et la France a une double dette : avoir donné Rousseau au XVIIIᵉ, et avoir donné la French Theory au XXᵉ. Deux fois le même poison, juste recombiné.
Au travail.
Melissa Chen@MsMelChen
Rousseau’s Discourse on Inequality and Emile popularized the myth that humans are born good and society (property, hierarchy, tradition) ruins us. Fix it with the right education, the right state, the right social contract, and we shall return to natural harmony. This is the kernel of modern progressivism: the belief that inequality is unnatural, institutions are oppressive, and experts/moral vanguards must engineer a better humanity. From this foundation, many took it to the extremes - reign of terror, Pol Pot. But even in moderation it was harmful! Because ultimately It rejects the empirical reality that humans are flawed, self-interested, and that institutions channel that into productive order rather than radicalism and violence. French Theory (post-1968) took Rousseau’s suspicion of truth, power, and norms and turned it into an uglier monster. But the original sin starts with him
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for decades, western institutions did a fairly good job of conveying truth and advancing the values that had built this civilization
which is why so many people still blindly trust them
they have abused that trust
a great example is how little they cover massively important things (like grooming gangs) - it could best be described as suppression
any institution that purports to be truth seeking but is in fact not truth seeking, will eventually crumble or be replaced by something that is more truth seeking
Elon Musk@elonmusk
Extremely measurable
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@mayemusk @SI_Swimsuit @NinaAgdal @livvydunne @NellRebowe @XFashion The classiest, coolest, most elegant they have ever seen. With admiration, Uma
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Walking the red carpet, being interviewed and having fun at the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit 2026 celebration. It was fabulous to party with @SI_Swimsuit models @NinaAgdal @livvydunne and friend @NellRebowe 💃💃 @XFashion
To add to my outfit, I wore a crocheted shawl, handmade in Madrid 57 years ago for my sister who was a flamenco dancer. She trained there and then traveled around Europe doing shows. Wonderful memories💃❤️
#AWomanMakesAPlan
#ItsGreatToBe78
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That cartoon of someone going from slightly left of center to somehow right wing describes the average American
X Freeze@XFreeze
Woke is a death cult that executes common sense and devours anyone who tells the truth It spreads insanity like a plague and turns mental illness into the new standard Worst of all, it has turned pure evil into a religion and demands we worship it
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@elonmusk @brivael What about Machiavelli? They should keep it more private but I read "The prince" Best read ever. If I was able to read it then freedom exists for real. Not democracy yet but free to know that it's a huge manipulated puppet cage show. Big reforms are needed with the use of tech.
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Starlink is now onboard the largest commercial aircraft in the world 🛰️✈️
Emirates@emirates
The Emirates A380 continues to raise the bar for what flying should be. And with @Starlink now onboard our first A380, we're delivering unbelievable connectivity throughout your journey. 🤩
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@zengying1107 I have been training to lift my eyebrow like that. Cannot reach such skillfulness. Very nice pic
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@bennyjohnson @elonmusk And the weather is really shitty too for a rally, but that's not unusual
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After the Reform Party HUMILIATED Labour in elections, Keir Starmer smeared the ‘Unite the Kingdom’ rally as “extremist” and banned Conservatives from entering the country.
The people of England’s response?:
Tens of thousands FLOODING the streets 🇬🇧🏴
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@elonmusk @DrewPavlou He can definitely ride horses in paintings. I find Machiavelli more inspiring
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When I was in my final year of high school I studied history and they made us do a project on the Great Man Theory of History, really strongly pushing us towards the argument that it was all fake
I chose Napoleon, and I argued it was real
He was That Guy
Slazac 🇪🇺🇺🇦🇹🇼🌐@TrueSlazac
One of my favorite Napoleon moments is when he was exiled to Elba and singlehandedly turned it around in less than a year, he was just That Guy
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