Decaying moral compass is the most pressing crisis in the modern world. It gives birth to a whole lot of problems whether its corruption, crime and discrimination.
I used to be, ironically enough, zealously anti-religious when I was younger. Still wouldn't call myself religious now either, but I realized some time ago that, in many ways, the true value of religion wasn't in any of it's supernatural aspects or even spiritual aspects... it was in it's communal and moral aspects. Say what you want about religion as an institution, but it served a vital function in human civilization for pretty much all of history, acting as a bedrock and foundation of societies and creating a sense of shared culture and community. In losing that, we've lost a lot of the cohesion that once held us together, and lost a lot of the sense of community we used to have to. And that gives rise to greater and greater sense of self-aggrandizement and self-satisfaction. Not to even mention that most of the people who threw aside religion didn't end up any more logical or rational or reasonable when they got rid of it... they just found even more stupid crap to believe in instead.
It’s not so much the decay of morality but instead the weaponization and propagation of a noxious form of this. A moral order at odds with much of the traditional occidental order.
Everything he mentions about mercenaries and allies applies also to immigrants, especially those uninvited who's first act is to break and undermine sound laws
You can't eat your cake &have it ,buddy.Fix your demographics &for heavens sake stop bombing other countries or supporting dictators/kleptocracts so that you dnt have to deal with people fleeing from their countries.
Very random: a few years ago I read the first bit of Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe. Supposedly once he reaches the New World the story slows down a lot, but the first few chapters are a very good read and has some very unique themes and style. Take a look if you’d like I think you’d find it interesting.
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Decaying moral compass is the most pressing crisis in the modern world. It gives birth to a whole lot of problems whether its corruption, crime and discrimination.
I used to be, ironically enough, zealously anti-religious when I was younger. Still wouldn't call myself religious now either, but I realized some time ago that, in many ways, the true value of religion wasn't in any of it's supernatural aspects or even spiritual aspects... it was in it's communal and moral aspects. Say what you want about religion as an institution, but it served a vital function in human civilization for pretty much all of history, acting as a bedrock and foundation of societies and creating a sense of shared culture and community. In losing that, we've lost a lot of the cohesion that once held us together, and lost a lot of the sense of community we used to have to. And that gives rise to greater and greater sense of self-aggrandizement and self-satisfaction. Not to even mention that most of the people who threw aside religion didn't end up any more logical or rational or reasonable when they got rid of it... they just found even more stupid crap to believe in instead.
It’s not so much the decay of morality but instead the weaponization and propagation of a noxious form of this. A moral order at odds with much of the traditional occidental order.
Also a number of people with dual citizenships in high positions from the same foreign country.
That could apply to foreign dynasties in the past too, but the conclusion is not decisively negative.
Yeah it was actually quite common in the premodern world @@SheikhBouAoun
Great presentation, thanks for posting. Did Machiavelli say anything about treacherous politicians, like the ones we have today?
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Everything he mentions about mercenaries and allies applies also to immigrants, especially those uninvited who's first act is to break and undermine sound laws
You can't eat your cake &have it ,buddy.Fix your demographics &for heavens sake stop bombing other countries or supporting dictators/kleptocracts so that you dnt have to deal with people fleeing from their countries.
Exactly right!
Well, no.
Very random: a few years ago I read the first bit of Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe. Supposedly once he reaches the New World the story slows down a lot, but the first few chapters are a very good read and has some very unique themes and style. Take a look if you’d like I think you’d find it interesting.
I read parts of it in one of Mortimer Adler’s books about the importance of classical education
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I find it hilarious a video about Machiavelli is sponsored by BETTER HELP... amazing
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Thank you for your presentation .