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Stop Nursing Cold Ashes

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   The Grievance Trap: Why Your Analytical Cynicism Is Just Cowardice Dressed Up as Intellect Checkout podcast Look at our community square. We have accumulated credentials, degrees, policy binders, and endless statistical proof of our own oppression. We can break down the mechanics of disenfranchisement until our throats are hoarse, yet our households and institutions remain frozen in place. The Guinean proverb warns us plain: “Knowledge without wisdom is like water in the sand.” It sinks right into the , leaves nothing to drink, and bears no fruit on the vine. Knowing you’re freezing doesn’t keep you warm. Sitting in a circle reciting the chemistry of the cold wind while blowing on gray ashes is not brilliance; it is paralyzing fear masquerading as critique. The Mirror: Kintu and the Mountain of the Sky-Maker In the Baganda tradition, when the cold drafts rolled over the hills and choked the crops, the village elders retreated into bitter grievance. They gave up. When young...

Gun control or People Control

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"Freedom has never been gained or lost in one sweeping  coup d'etat, but more in small stark steps that culminate in either the victory or defeat of  the people." Freedom is a heavy burden to bare, and it requires those who operate under it, to observe the world so that  they will not lose it. Freedom is a double edge sword that cuts both ways and sometimes will cut those wielding her if they are not paying attention. Look at what is going on America and understand that we are suffering from cuts from the sword of freedom. Just because you cut yourself with a tool (a sword like freedom is a tool that is used by people) does not mean you put it away. You either find a better tool for the job, or you improve your method of wielding it. Both of these option requires the user to do work either on the improvement of the tool, or to practice working with it (tool). We can not and should not give away our freedoms because we have been cut by them. We hav...