I'm still thinking about how there are Prepper magazines (i.e., firearms sales brochures peppered with tips on making homemade soap) in places like the Union Station, DC @Hudson_News.
That level of demand is terrifying.
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Replying to @generativist @Hudson_News
Really, it's demand for terra nullius or living space
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Replying to @bprehn219 @Hudson_News
I had to look that up, but yes, that definitely seems like a component.
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Replying to @generativist @Hudson_News
Have you heard of Turner's frontier hypothesis?
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Replying to @bprehn219 @Hudson_News
I have not.
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Replying to @generativist @Hudson_News
OOOOOOH! Seem like just the sort of thing that would be right up your alley. Distilled, it's the idea that our exposure to the frontier is what shaped our development as a nation.
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Replying to @bprehn219 @Hudson_News
Hrm, interesting. I'll give it a look, thanks!
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