when I read Albion's Seed something crystallized for me - the Declaration of Independence is a very weird document, specifically the list of grievances against the king
half are the king violating individual rights, and half are the king RESTRICTING GOVERNMENT POWER
hmmm
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"Give me a large enough bucket of paint and sufficient time and I'll patch any crack!" -Coinaday, from "On Painting"
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epoxy based carbon fiber reinforced “paint” can work wonders
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The English Civil War never ended. It continues to play out again and again. It even plays out between you and I sometimes.
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the past never goes anywhere
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"...obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their migrations hither, and raising the conditions of new Appropriations of Lands." Quaker--Never Trumper complaint.
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On the one hand: There's definitely a big strain of what I'd call puritanism running through the normie right as well. On the other hand: I've been calling certain types of left illiberalism "neopuritan" for years. On the gripping hand: This rounds off to "humans are assholes".
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