Thank you, Mike. Clear analysis, devoid of hysterical hyperbole. Just what we need. And one more thing: I already subscribe to too many publications, but after reading a few of your pieces, I knew this was a Substack worth paying for. Looking forward to your lucid, honest observations.
I completely agree that they have a continuity, but also a schism in full adoption of our sapiens nature. And the distinction seems to be compelling us to not blur the boundaries. Mahalo for your truly insightful thought-provoking essays.
First of all, the "christian tradition" does not start in the old Jewish writings, it begins with a prophet who had two "commandments" breathing life back into the community, and the horrific cost of espousing a commitment to love and empathy.
And then, kudos for reading the project of our last common ancestor (pre-sapiens) correctly.
My question: can we graduate to our full sapiens inheritance and fulfill the promise of emotional maturity? Can we bury "Project 2025" along with the ancient bones?
I see the boundaries of these traditions as more continuous than you do, which is something that I've been trying to argue in these pages for the past year or more.
I've seen it observed that certain of the things MAGA says they want, like high-trust neighbourhoods, still exist in the United States. Said high-trust neighbourhoods are highly multicultural D+40 areas that MAGA claims are destroying the country.
Also, everyone who complained about "they took our jobs" should be chomping at the bit to work on a farm or drive a truck, because guess what undocumented immigrants were doing.
I love what you’re doing. The Whitman point about contribution is key. ‘The Positive Case for Liberalism’ needs a sufficiently robust account of the communal value of pluralist/minority contribution to balance the libertarian hijack of individual liberty.
Thank you, Mike. Clear analysis, devoid of hysterical hyperbole. Just what we need. And one more thing: I already subscribe to too many publications, but after reading a few of your pieces, I knew this was a Substack worth paying for. Looking forward to your lucid, honest observations.
Thank you again for capturing the place where we find ourselves and for creating a context for giving space for others to join the play.
Yup.
Signed, Cassandra
Let the curtain fall, let there be no curtain call, remove the marquee, let's change it all to WE!!! We the People!!!
I completely agree that they have a continuity, but also a schism in full adoption of our sapiens nature. And the distinction seems to be compelling us to not blur the boundaries. Mahalo for your truly insightful thought-provoking essays.
Thank you
First of all, the "christian tradition" does not start in the old Jewish writings, it begins with a prophet who had two "commandments" breathing life back into the community, and the horrific cost of espousing a commitment to love and empathy.
And then, kudos for reading the project of our last common ancestor (pre-sapiens) correctly.
My question: can we graduate to our full sapiens inheritance and fulfill the promise of emotional maturity? Can we bury "Project 2025" along with the ancient bones?
I see the boundaries of these traditions as more continuous than you do, which is something that I've been trying to argue in these pages for the past year or more.
I've seen it observed that certain of the things MAGA says they want, like high-trust neighbourhoods, still exist in the United States. Said high-trust neighbourhoods are highly multicultural D+40 areas that MAGA claims are destroying the country.
Also, everyone who complained about "they took our jobs" should be chomping at the bit to work on a farm or drive a truck, because guess what undocumented immigrants were doing.
I love what you’re doing. The Whitman point about contribution is key. ‘The Positive Case for Liberalism’ needs a sufficiently robust account of the communal value of pluralist/minority contribution to balance the libertarian hijack of individual liberty.