I’d like to present to you today a statement of what I’d call “New Realism.”
For those of us who take Plato seriously, and are alert enough to see that we could live at any stage of his civilization cycle, it’s clear that we’re in the declining stage. Furthermore, we can see the evidence all [...]
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New Realism
Why the world fears the dying West
From travel guru Rick Steves:
When I came home after the most learning 12 days of travel I’ve ever had in my life, I realized this is a proud nation of 70 million people. They are loving parents, motivated by fear for their kids’ future and the culture they want to raise their kids in. I [...]
Osama bin Laden: warrior against modernity
I don’t agree with him attacking the USA, but I can see how from where he’s standing we seem like the warriors OF modernity, bringing Coca-Cola, strip clubs, toxic waste pollution and mindless lifestyles to his homeland.
And Thomas got close enough to bin Laden to observe the al-Qaeda leader was polite and shy, didn’t mind [...]