"If it comes down to you or me, I'd hope you'd want it to be you, because I'd sure as hell want it to be me." Of all the dark truths my dad imparted on the way out, this one lingered the longest. And if you ever watch struggles for power or even life play out, remember that
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This is not a time to trust your peers. There's never a time for that. Rather, every "reform" of society should amount to: how can we bind the wicked, given that self-interestedness and wickedness are one & the same? How can we prevent people from having to make a tragic choice?
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What we call activism (the public, attention-getting sort, not the "in the trenches" miserable work) is the retailing of a different kind of Osteenian optimism, for a dif demographic. Optimism of this sort encourages you to trust others...the best attitude for stealing from you
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Of course I want you to think that giving to my cause is worthy, or volunteering for me is superior to accepting money. That's the optimistic headspace I want you in, as a follower. Because, at the end of the day, it's always you or me, and I want it to be me, and now you do too
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