Culture-war

“If you satisfied every human desire, we would throw it all away just for something interesting to happen, just to give ourselves a challenge to overcome and prove that we are human beings…that man is still man and not keys on a piano.”

What happens when a civilization prioritizes nurturing instincts as its cultural and political foundation? Does it scale? Or does it lead to neuroticism, anxiety and an obsession with safety?

The adage, from shirtsleeves to shirtsleeves in three generations, refers to a pattern in the rise and fall of fortunes.

 It’s what you suspected and feared. Video footage and internal documents chronicling meetings of the World Professional Organization for Transgender Health

Riddle me this: you enter a proxy war against Russia. You have a 24 to 1 military expenditure advantage. 18 months into the conflict, you’ve run out of military hardware and are overwhelmed by Russian artillery shell production! Time to wash your hands, wish them luck, and wave goodbye... Global...

"This is true,” said Mirko, “I tell Johnny, the woman you have as girlfriend, is not the same as the one you should marry. Too many men make this mistake.

The very last thing you want to do is to be some kind of hero. If you fight against the madness, elevate yourself to defend an archaic principle like truth telling, you end up like Assange or Snowden. People only like their heroes in history and movies.

Hold on to your resentment. There is a new gospel in town. born-again Christian gospel of Wokedom. Only it’s a vegan, gluten-free and low-carb version.

You cannot sustain mass alarmism toward a looming catastrophe, when the solution, Nuclear Energy, is plain to anyone not already benighted by a misanthropic animus. Normal people see thru it and pull away. Science that does not permit doubt is a religion.

She obsessively documents her life on social media. She posts every event, ‘significant purchase’ and achievement (hers and those of her children) for all the world to see. Mirko’s niece is the quintessential Balkan Bitch. A woman used to getting her way. His daughter follows her exploits slavishly online. Mirko...