This makes devastating sense. I've been thinking in terms of gradually lower standards of decorum, and demonizing benign forms of judgment; but boredom probably explains it more elegantly. We're told to be careful what we wish for, but we never are.
Likewise, particularly on the "history chops" ... 😉🙂
But he, along with many others, could probably benefit from reading Alex Byrne's latest on sex and gender, although I'm not sure yet whether Byrne is simply a scientific illiterate or an outright fraud:
"Win A Copy Of 'Trouble With Gender: Sex Facts, Gender Fictions' By Alex Byrne"
I believe there has always been something to this theory. That, and the wild Left's acceptance of everything except restraint. There are still sane people out here and they need to man and woman up soon. Crazyland will doom us, let alone our kids.
But it's so oppressive to socialize one's children! Let them scream all they want, whine and beg and throw tantrums, and then you can appear on some TV talk show and wonder why your kids are still living in your basement watching porn.
Insights such as elucidated here will be increasingly heretical (i.e., "-phobic"), even as they become undeniably obvious to everyone. Something will have to break, and soon.
This makes devastating sense. I've been thinking in terms of gradually lower standards of decorum, and demonizing benign forms of judgment; but boredom probably explains it more elegantly. We're told to be careful what we wish for, but we never are.
First World problems. See also "luxury beliefs" according to Rob Henderson.
Ibn Khaldoun, who was not writing about Romans at all, is the historian worth reading, or at least reading about, in our time.
What's the best Ibn Khaldoun book to start with?
Blurtings is right, I recommend Robert Irwin's "Intellectual Biography."
Full disclosure: I 'liked' that comment without having ever heard of Ibn Khaldoun much less read him, but I trust Matt's history chops :)
Likewise, particularly on the "history chops" ... 😉🙂
But he, along with many others, could probably benefit from reading Alex Byrne's latest on sex and gender, although I'm not sure yet whether Byrne is simply a scientific illiterate or an outright fraud:
"Win A Copy Of 'Trouble With Gender: Sex Facts, Gender Fictions' By Alex Byrne"
https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/win-a-copy-of-trouble-with-gender
https://reganarntzgray.substack.com/p/imperfect-alliances-the-sex-and-gender/comment/44232881
But old Ibn's spot in history seems solid enough:
Wikipedia: "... widely acknowledged to be one of the greatest social scientists of the Middle Ages ..."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibn_Khaldun
Robert Irwin's biography is a great introduction to Ibn Khaldun and his times.
I believe there has always been something to this theory. That, and the wild Left's acceptance of everything except restraint. There are still sane people out here and they need to man and woman up soon. Crazyland will doom us, let alone our kids.
But it's so oppressive to socialize one's children! Let them scream all they want, whine and beg and throw tantrums, and then you can appear on some TV talk show and wonder why your kids are still living in your basement watching porn.
Amen!
Powerful. Never knew about the Romans keeping boys for variety. Boredom. Too safe. Yes.
Insights such as elucidated here will be increasingly heretical (i.e., "-phobic"), even as they become undeniably obvious to everyone. Something will have to break, and soon.
Mouse utopia.
I wasn't aware of this. What a great illustration--thanks!