Yeah that stuff is wild..
Definitely post clips to #nostr. I’ll try to upload the ebook version so you can search for text sections too
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Yeah why not. It's a good one too! No clue where he's going with his overview of history but I'm on board
Here is the PDF for Critical Path by Buckminster Fuller [63MB]
Nice. Think there are pictures I'll be wanting from this too. Thanks
Just had app crash after I wrote something here...sigh. Just reiterating what a surprisingly good read this is so far. One bit of trivia that blows my mind is that the flag George Washington waved was that of the east India company flag, before he quickly rebranded to remove British imagery! The 13 stripes being for the colonies is a lie
No worries, corporation-owned nation states are on their way back.
Yep I remember doing a double-take at that too, had no idea.
Then a few pages later he discusses the shift to metal money and it’s a framing I can’t recall hearing but I really want to know if it’s true.
Yeah, I'm just going with it for now without "verifying" or questioning too much. Seems he's onto something rhough. Have heard say that British controlled early America despite us appearing to oust them in rev war.
Surprised to learn just now that the state flag of Hawaii is not the rainbow flag, but this:
I am too, as a Brit, I am unsure why does it contain a British flag.
AI'ing the shit out of this thing now.
According to Gemini:
The inclusion of the foreign ensign is primarily a legacy of the strong relationship forged between King Kamehameha I, the unifier of the Hawaiian Islands, and British Captain George Vancouver in the late 18th century
Please do! The more interesting one is in thread above, where I learned early US flag, that which Washington would have waved early on, was East India Company. He apparently scrambled to correct this with Betsy Ross quickly, but the stripes remained and never had anything to do with 13 colonies.
this is one of the stain glass sheets of Selby Abbey in North Yorkshire, England, this church is the ancestral church of the Washington lineage.
I must learn more about this! Brb
Coincidence?? Also learned that Wessington may have been original form of last name, as John Wessington/Washington was who it was commemorating.
It’s a beautiful part of the country, come stay in York, and drive down to Selby Abbey in 30mins to see it and talk to the people there. 😊
With all the grandiose cathedrals I have visited, this is the one I feel comfortable in. It is beautiful and unworldly.
It's quite beautiful. They really don't build them like they used to.
Added to list of places to check out if I ever am in the neighborhood... not likely anytime soon though.
Must. Stop. Wasting. Time...
I learned US acknowledged in 1993 in something known as Apology Resolution that, "acknowledges that the overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii occurred with the active participation of agents and citizens of the United States and further acknowledges that the Native Hawaiian people never directly relinquished to the United States their claims to their inherent sovereignty as a people over their national lands"
Translation, yeah we stole it, sorry 🤷♀️
That's enough history for one day 😮💨
That certainly is interesting.