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@Tfmonkey Regarding your comment on the Saturday show about medieval armor for peasants, the gambison was quite common as it provided decent cut protection from glancing blows, and the wide-spread use and technological development of armor systems changed from the early to late-high medieval periods well into the Renaissance.

Here are some of Shadiversity's videos for reference:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODS7ksbBRuE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrVc1v90b7o

Am I the only one who wonders if I've not thought enough moves ahead when in planning a project/initiative?

I want to see examples of the antisemitism that is apparently an epidemic in the US. I need examples of it because I am skeptical that the much-discussed antisemitism isn't just another example of fraudulent hate crimes.

Examples:
* Collecting and owing interest or drinking alcohol are haram in Islam.
* Injunctions against unapproved divination in most popular religions.
* Warnings against pride or passion in many popular religions.
* It is against Hebraic law to light a fire on the Sabbath.

I'm coming to the conclusion that many historical, religious organizations made injunctions or gave warnings against beneficial things like philosophical investigation or promoted practices like giving alms to the poor, not necessarily only for self-interested reasons or due to misunderstandings.

I think many of these pronouncements were made because most people are morons. They need clearly defined rules that are absolute.

If you think of a broad category that doesn't fit one of these categories of arguments against the net tax payer vote, post it.

I really want to steel-man this.

Every argument I've read against the net tax payer voter system is boils down to arguments that assume: Utilitarianism is the only valid school of ethics, assuming Egalitarianism is an essential principle of democracy, the convoluted tax codes we have now must always exist, or the franchise is a fundamental right from birth for an individual in a jurisdiction; thus, all actions away from universal suffrage are a form of disenfranchisement, which is inherently bad for unexplained reasons.

I listened to a brief video from an Orthodox presbyter speak about passions, because I had a sneaking suspicion that, like with so many potential disagreements, there was a failure to define terms.

I was correct! He proceeded to explain the definition of passions from the original Greek word, and how Orthodox Fathers understood it. It's aligned very closely with the Stoic view of passions in many ways but with different vocabulary is used. ALWAYS define your terms before condemning a position.

I had a wonderful conversation with a 93 year old lady after liturgy today. I complimented her on her veil, and this led to a charming conversation in which she told me all about herself and made wonderful comments like how children should be harshly disciplined and how women should wear head coverings. She also understood why I am not currently married even though we agreed on needing many children in the community because her son had a nasty divorce. The plot continues to develop.

@Tfmonkey
Regarding the Chinese "gutter oil" meme that you mentioned on the show yesterday, I learned that people don't actually harvest oil from sewers and gutters for cooking since the 2010's for cooking unless they want to commit a significant crime on a matter that the CCP is apparently anal about. What you're seeing is business owners performing legally required maintenance.

Have a watch:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G43wJ7YyWzM

I miss TFM's Ghost of Gloria Allred impression... I haven't heard that in a long time, but it was hilarious.

I've been thinking about having pride in yourself and its origin. I may be working on a post in the future or perhaps an essay. Any recommended reading is welcomed.

"...by a teaching that brooks no rival than by a teaching which offers them a liberal choice. They have very little idea of how to make such a choice and thus they are prone to feel that they have been abandoned...They see only the ruthless force and brutality of its determined utterances, to which they always submit."

"The psyche of the broad masses is accessible only to what is strong and uncompromising. Like a woman whose inner sensibilities are not so much under the sway of abstract reasoning but are always subject to the influence of a vague emotional longing for the strength that completes her being, and who would rather bow to the strong man than dominate the weakling--in like manner the masses of the people prefer the ruler to the suppliant and are filled with a stronger sense of mental security..."

Learning the Cyrillic alphabet is difficult, but it tickles that part of my brain nicely.

Regarding the Chinese "gutter oil" meme, I learned today that people don't actually harvest oil from sewers and gutters since the 2010's for cooking unless they want to commit a crime.

It's interesting:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G43wJ7YyWzM

@Tfmonkey You've said in the past that black Americans don't have anything to be proud of culturally except for a few people like George Washington Carver and need to have more achievements.
Why not incorporate mythical figures like John Henry as well? Cultural icons, whether real or not, can be a source of pride for a people of a nation or of an ethnicity.
I think herein lies the issue: to perpetuate the victim complex, one cannot exhibit pride.

I've been reading a book about a certain mustached fellow's struggle. I volume 1, he speaks about appalling conditions of the working poor in Vienna during his early working life. He watched people go from employment to unemployment and back again, make poor financial decisions: adopting a feast/famine lifestyle, squandering a week's pay on alcohol while not feeding their families. He blamed it on evil circumstances instead of the individuals themselves making poor choices.

@Tfmonkey Please take the time to watch Sargon's latest video. It is on his thoughts on how Mongolia "solved" a fertility crisis. His want an "ideological" means to make females want children: a carrot for females. It's up your alley and will give you an update of his perspective on the matter. I'd love to hear your take on this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dJBwAocP6M

Here are Mongolia's fertility numbers:
https://www.macrotrends.net/global-metrics/countries/MNG/mongolia/fertility-rate

Here is what Mongolia does that is so impactful:
https://www.jamogrand.com/post/mongolian-mothers