Pretty solid tie between Spyro the Dragon and Crash Bandicoot
Don't waste your failures. Learn to fail well.
A few more that I recently finished for the last book in the series:
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Kindness ought to be bolstered by strength. Strength ought to be tempered by kindness. Men need to have range. No virtue in isolation or excess remains a virtue.
I rarely watch anything these days, so I'll say that one of the most inspiring I have seen in *recent years* was A Hidden Life. Heavy, moving, beautiful. Inspiring both in its artistry and in its story.
Yes I agree. I think this is largely the result of fiat. but not solely due to fiat as it began in earnest, at least in America, when we were still on the gold standard with the post-Reconstruction monopolies (Rockefeller, et al.).
But I also consider Socialism as a religion more than an economic paradigm, and so its encroachment is first spiritual. Free-market capitalism arose within a Christianised world. Once that world, as a result, became highly industrialized we saw the rise of competing spiritual frameworks like Socialism. The latter only makes sense in a world in which the economic epicenter of society is no longer the household but factories.
Ultimately fixing the money is important. Legal battles like this fluoride one are important. But free-market capitalism will only really return once we return as a people to the moral and spiritual roots it was born out of.
Yes, a good assessment. I did not intend on coming across as very snarky before, by the way.
I believe you are right about people being convinced and *demand* being met. I recall a story from last year about a local municipal worker in some midsized town quietely keeping fluoride levels in the town's water supply to a very low level. He did this for something like a decade before it was discovered. Super based, but there were locals who got very upset about it.
My commentary was a little less about the motives of those who push high fluoridation and more about the broader context. This issue only arises in a post-industrialized world, where households don't know where their water, food, or energy come from. Where big, fiat-funded bureaucratic agencies make decisions and policies for *public health* from on high and detached from locales.
There are many people in power that benefit from a populace that is fat, sick, dumb, and dependent. But there are also just bureaucrats maintaining status quo. I think the fluoride issue is just one of a great many issues that this is true for.
Anyway, I could say more, but I'll reiterate that you make fine points and I too am a big fan of free market capitalism, despite the shortcomings.
I agreed with this post as a general assessment of the landscape but I'm with BTC Minstrel—im not of the mind that free market capitalism is completely gone. It has the habit of adapting and reasserting itself. Most issues are not evenly destributed. There are degrees of cronyism (or 'crapitalism') and socialism in different places.
I would argue that this soet of thing arose out of post-industrial-fiat-fueled-cronyism. But maybe that's just me.
I know someone who has a Light Phone and loves it. He showed me all the functionality and it seems like a good option depending on your priorities and use.
If you still want a smart phone but want something more private, I recommend #grapheneOS on a Pixel.
Easy to tear down. Hard to build up. This is true of our words and our hands.
river.com is also a good alternative. They display proof of reserves.