That is a tricky spot to be in. Will pray for you, brother.

And two+ attempts at assassination

I recommend Refuge Church in Ogden, UT, and Christ Church in Moscow, ID. But I also recommend worshipping in person with local saints. Online church is to be supplemental, not primal.

Learning to fail well is an essential life skill

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I worship at a solid church

I am raising children with my lovely wife

I stack sats

I buy meat in bulk from local ranchers

I use Nostr

I cultivate solid friendships

I have multiple business endeavors

I read good books

I touch grass

I love my nation and my countrymen

The globalists are not winning in my household ✌️

I first read this as "Pokemon" and was very confused

Some thoughts that will get me in trouble:

The original use of the word "idiot" in ancient Greece was for a self interested person who only minded their own affairs and did not participate in public life or civic duties. I think this captures a lot of the spirit of modern day Libertarianism and Anarchism. This is not to say that Libertarians and Anarchists don't ever participate in public and civic life, but it is to say that, on the whole, they function as political philosophies of idiocy. I think this is because both Libertarianism and Anarchism assume moral relativism and social egalitarianism.

Both of these political philosophies have understandably become attractive in our post-industrial, Liberal International Order. I think this is partly because we have lost sight of how our pre-industrial forefathers saw the world. For the Greeks, to be a virtuous citizen was to be engaged in public and civic life. But this was also at a time when one's country was seen as an extension of the family—the nation as being comprised of households. So duty to one's country was an extension of duty to one's family. This is alien to us now, for ours is a time of hyper individualism: The family is not a covenantal unit but is merely comprised of individuals. The household little more than a common dwelling place. The individual is supreme. The individual is the most important unit. The individual's rights and moral philosophy is essential. The individual demands to be "left alone".

I'll grant that the temptation towards tyrannical governance has been around since humanity Fell. Sin mars everything we do, including how we govern. But that doesn't mean that it is impossible for governments to rule justly—as nostr:nprofile1qqsph5e28p48hehk3zeaclzgpm7zrnv5ddp74s2t5ja8sd9vw73ru6gpzpmhxue69uhkummnw3ezuamfdejsz9thwden5te0v4jx2m3wdehhxarj9ekxzmnyqyw8wumn8ghj7mn0wd68ytnzd96xxmmfdejhytnnda3kjctv2wkhkl has pointed out, history has many such examples of good rulers and governments—it just means that in order for them to rule justly, a number of deeper things must first take place. Those in power need to first see themselves as also being under authority to One higher than them, namely to Christ, who rules over all things. There also needs to be a retrieval of a healthy understanding of what a family is, of covenant households, of citizenry duties, and of sound money. And, not least of all, there needs to be private and public repentance.

If men try to govern out of a moral relativism and social egalitarianism, then it will always result in tyranny, and it won't be solved by a Libertarian philosophy predicated upon the same moral framework.

I would love to see someone migrate the entire content libraries of sites like Project Gutenberg, Flickr Commons, Internet Archive, Smithsonian, etc. to Nostr.

Gm, Sergio 🌞

For what it is worth, I, personally, am not against people strategically using X. That is anathema among a lot of people here but you have to make decisions that work best for you.

I don't use X but understand how it can be a useful tool.

I would advocate that you consider how to reallocate *some* portion of the investment of your time and energy from X to Nostr. As you get to know this space, experience the zaps, build a social graph, and explore all the Other Things apps being built, you might find that the Nostr allocation grows. For now, have fun exploring.

You can use the following hash tags to connect with more people:

#grownostr

#permaculture

#homesteading

#plebchain

You can ask the community questions via #asknostr

And you can check out more of the ecosystem here:

nostrapps.com

By the way, if you decide to explore other nostr apps/clients, do not sign in with your nsec. Think of it like your bitcoin private keys. Instead, use a signing device like Amber on Android or Nostr Connect.

Part of the Nostr hazing ritual for all newbies. The other part is mocking people for still using X.

The everything protocol

I say this as a Protestant, by the way

Protestants are quick to disavow their Crusader fathers but without them our entire Western heritage would have ceased to exist centuries ago. Most of the Crusaders were more courageous, honorable, pious, and self sacrificial than most of us could ever hope to be.

This is all desperately predictable because nothing has really changed since the rise of Islam and the Crusader era, but most of us don't know our own history and the rest have been taught to hate it.

Orange woman bad

Stone age technology

Glorious

Look, nostr:nprofile1qqsr26r4lltjnvrwadxp67ns58m4qpzaqemhf5sup7hlujhjh7t296qprpmhxue69uhhqun9d45h2mfwwpexjmtpdshxuet5qy8hwumn8ghj7mn09eehgu3wvdeqzrnhwden5te0dehhxtnvdakz77f8s05, another WEF goon.

#GreatReset

I venture to guess it is common particularly during the *hard times* phase. It is easy to talk a big game while risking little and ridiculing the actions—especially imperfect actions—of those few honorable men who are wilfully in the arena.

Defenders of the West is a series of biographical vignettes of really based crusaders who risked everything to preserve Christendom. The political environments are always complex, to be sure, but what you are describing happens to a number of the men leading the crusades. I'm currently in the chapter on the crusader John Hunyadi of Hungary. He experienced a number of bloviating nobles and kings who didn't come through on their promises to assist him despite the existential threat of the Ottomans on not only Hungary but the entirety of the West.