Hi everyone, I haven't been active in Solid Ground for a while, but I am still alive and kicking! I now work as personal assistant to a mind-bendingly weird and diva-esque artist-lip-syncher-performer named Fiona Blueberry. She is blissfully clueless about politics and seems to be completely unaware of the culture wars. Working with her is a breath of fresh air. If you need a mood lift, I encourage you to watch this video we made together. Happy 4th, everyone! Wishing you fun/love/peace on this holiday. :) www.fionablueberry.com
Our very own @YayRain (after having imbibed some golden nectar), shares with us yet one more problem with CRT....
You Can't Trust the People Who Say They Hate Civilization to Run It -
Shellenberger on Dad Saves America Pocast
https://open.substack.com/pub/public/p/you-cant-trust-the-people-who-say
The Mirror New Episode ! Episode 2: Part 1
The Devil & Karl Marx: Is there a Spiritual Cost to Marxism?
This episode was a doozy to make! We dove headfirst into the history of Marxism, weaving together everything we’ve explored in the discussion group to examine it through a spiritual lens. With Paul Kengor’s "The Devil and Karl Marx" as our guide, we hear from communist survivors from North Korea and China and even dust off our old Bibles (yep, you read that right!) to ask: Is history repeating itself?
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Stay tuned for Part 2 in a couple weeks, where we’ll dig into the modern implications.
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Courage as Status Metric
I do not recall the source, but I remember reading a recent social critique in which the author observes that the characteristic by which individuals are measured to determine relative status has changed over time. The author identifies honor as the determinant of status at the time of the founding of USA (see Hamilton/Burr duel). Dignity was the predominant trait from Victorian era and well into 20th century. Recently, victimhood has been widely accepted as the way to measure status.
I shared this at Tuesday's Zoom meeting with @christinesw. I also shared my vision that we will know that we are on our way out of this chaotic period of cultural reconfiguration when we start to see courage emerge as the prevalent measure of status.
