ThinkingWest

I find it embarrassing how many men can be fully committed and patriotic when it comes to football, but completely passive when their actual countries need saving. That is when the patriotism suddenly disappears. What a waste of commitment.

Theologian JD Hall to Tucker Carlson: The Muslim rulers didn't tax churches during the Ottoman period. They were very kind to Christians. As a matter of fact, they took care of our holy sites. Islamic authorities rebuilt the Church of the Holy Sepulchre three different times over the centuries. They had a law protecting Christian pilgrims on their journey. Nobody messed with the pilgrims.

Gambling is everywhere, and it’s completely hijacking our culture. At first glance, the rise in gambling looks like it’s simply the result of technological advancement — the internet and instant news updates make betting on sports, politics, and world events easier than ever. But widespread gambling is really a symptom of a much darker reality: whenever a civilization embraces extreme risk as a legitimate way to get rich, it’s a clear sign that society is *desperate.* We are seeing this exact desperation play out right now, especially among young people who feel that the traditional paths of success have been permanently blocked — and many are turning to risky behaviors like online betting or crypto speculation in lieu of safe career opportunities. So what happens to a society when its people stop investing in the future and start betting on it instead? To understand where we are headed, we have to look at what happens when power structures become so stifling that vice becomes the only plausible path for the disaffected. Two thousand years ago, a similar gambling mania exploded across the dying Roman Republic. The powerful figures who took advantage of that desperation ended up plunging civilization into civil war and political chaos…. Full article in link below 👇

Reminder: Germany has more castles than the United States has McDonald's. This is one is my favorite. Owned by the same family for 33 generations.

Growing up is realizing why the Middle Ages were portrayed in every history class as morally gray to evil, disgusting, and horrific and it’s not because that time period was 100% that.

“If the concept of the hero is a physical one, then, just as Alexander the Great acquired heroic stature by modeling himself on Achilles, the conditions necessary for becoming a hero must be both a ban on originality and a true faithfulness to a classical model” - Yukio Mishima