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The older I get the less I care about the future. Cold but true.

The older I get the less I care about the future. Cold but true.

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I care less and less about my comfort and safety and about the opinions of others. But I care more and more about the future as my children grow.

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I came to say this. I will be homesteading our farm over the next decade and at the very least teaching them science, math and agriculture.

They can stay there the rest of their lives. Then I will give myself permission to die.

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If they can afford the estate tax after your passing that is...

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In a trust. Will be perfectly fine.

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My kid is grown, they go their own way.

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We are not the first nor the last generation to dance atop the negative edge of adversity. The discipline and consistency of an iron fucking pragmatic will peppered with hope and salted with the calculus of reason is hardwired into our Y chromosomes. It is the mark of a man to adapt, rise to the occasion, protect his own, inspire and lead others through the dark to do what needs to be done.

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Dude, you ought to write a book. That is great.

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I hear ya man. Same here. I have a dog and a few people that depend on me. Doesnt make me give more of a shit, but keeps me from, something. Idk

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Let it go. Nations. Dead and gone. Media. Dead. Entertainment. Dead. Schools. Dead. Social media. Dead. Most people. Will die.

Let it all go.

This allows you to spend effort on what matters and what you can effect.

Immediate family. Homestead. Work. Fitness. Mental and spiritual health

Instead

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Fuck I put a question mark, waiting to be moved.

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There's a reason that despair is a sin. It shows a lack of faith. Get your spirit right, friend. "The moral is to the physical as 100 to 1." - Napoleon

There's a reason why history seems to rhyme: https://infogalactic.com/info/Strauss%E2%80%93Howe_generational_theory

We are nearing the end of a "Fourth Turning". Fourth Turnings suck. Recommend you occupy a hull defilade position on decisive ground and see what happens. The best part of having a house full of guns and ammo and food and water and medical supplies and books and gardening supplies, etc? Even if nothing happens, you have a house full of guns and ammo and food and water and medical supplies and books and gardening supplies...

Like keeping your car insurance paid up, the more prepared you are for the bad shit to happen, the less likely that it will. But let it lapse, for even one day and...

I read a recent Russian economic paper that says that the reason things are so fucked up world-wide right now is that we are in the middle of a once-in-a-hundred-years convergence of a major economic change, a technological change, and societal change, all at the same time.

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Communist and aristocracy joining hands to kill republics and capitalism.

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I just fucked up a yellow jacket nest in a ground hole with raid and didn't get stung once. I'm on top of the world bitches

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Isn't that the point though? Overwhelm you with so much misinformation, injustice and outrage you become numb to it and let it happen.

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That's what Communists do! Desensitize you to [their] New Normal! Fuck that and Fuck [Them]!

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I've always been somewhat of a curmudgeon.

But after the riots and lockdowns, I hate just about everyone and everything, and to be quite honest, I'd welcome WW3, a Civil War or even a foreign invasion just for the lolz of seeing this once great country finally collapse because of all the stupid social and cultural bullshit that's been pushed upon the US and western society after JFK was assassinated.

JFK's death was the final blow to a nation that just wanted to have some peace & quiet 18 years after WWII - But then identity and racial politics took over, then rock music, and then birth control became standard norms for teens, and the creation of technology to reach them easier (TV, Movies, 7-inch records, 8-tracks, BETA Max, Atari video games, etc) All these things were the forefathers to the mind-numbing pacifiers we have now as "opiates for the masses" to keep people constantly consuming and waiting for the next product, while barely noticing the takeover of the minds of the current generations with guaranteed takeovers of the next one for sure - And all it took was putting mini-computers in the hands of half of the world's population, which also serves as the primary tool to promote whatever bullshit topic or thing is trendy for the day.

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Nope. I am 69 and i want to see this liberal/communist COUP destroyed and the soros/obama/clinton/pelosi/schumer criminals in prison along with the newest set of evil in fauci/CDC/FDA/AMA and big pharma. That is because i have grandkids and if I do not care they will be communist 1984 slaves.

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I don't really care too much, but it'd be nice if the finagling stopped and people would stab you in the front rather than the back. I'll take naked aggression over this shit.

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Desiderata: Original Text This is the original text from the book where Desiderata was first published. ©1927

Go placidly amid the noise and the haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible, without surrender, be on good terms with all persons.

Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even to the dull and the ignorant; they too have their story.

Avoid loud and aggressive persons; they are vexatious to the spirit. If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain or bitter, for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.

Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans. Keep interested in your own career, however humble; it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.

Exercise caution in your business affairs, for the world is full of trickery. But let this not blind you to what virtue there is; many persons strive for high ideals, and everywhere life is full of heroism.

Be yourself. Especially do not feign affection. Neither be cynical about love; for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment, it is as perennial as the grass.

Take kindly the counsel of the years, gracefully surrendering the things of youth.

Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune. But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings. Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.

Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the universe no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here.

And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should. Therefore be at peace with God, whatever you conceive Him to be. And whatever your labors and aspirations, in the noisy confusion of life, keep peace in your soul. With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be cheerful. Strive to be happy.

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Included here only in the interest of satirical comedy:

"Deteriorata" - National Lampoon Deteriorata. You are a fluke of the universe. You have no right to be here.

Go placidly amid the noise and waste, And remember what comfort there may be in owning a piece thereof.

Avoid quiet and passive persons, unless you are in need of sleep.

Rotate your tires.

Speak glowingly of those greater than yourself, And heed well their advice, even though they be turkeys.

Know what to kiss, and when.

Consider that two wrongs never make a right, but that three lefts do.

Wherever possible, put people on hold.

Be comforted that in the face of all aridity and disillusionment, and despite the changing fortunes of time, There is always a big future in computer maintenance.

Remember The Pueblo.

Strive at all times to bend, fold, spindle, and mutilate.

Know yourself. If you need help, call the FBI.

Exercise caution in your daily affairs, Especially with those persons closest to you - That lemon on your left, for instance.

Be assured that a walk through the ocean of most souls Would scarcely get your feet wet.

Fall not in love therefore. It will stick to your face.

Gracefully surrender the things of youth: birds, clean air, tuna, Taiwan. And let not the sands of time get in your lunch.

Hire people with hooks.

For a good time, call 606-4311. Ask for Ken.

Take heart in the bedeepening gloom That your dog is finally getting enough cheese. And reflect that whatever fortune may be your lot, It could only be worse in Milwaukee.

You are a fluke of the universe. You have no right to be here. And whether you can hear it or not, The universe is laughing behind your back.

Therefore, make peace with your god, Whatever you perceive him to be - hairy thunderer, or cosmic muffin. With all its hopes, dreams, promises, and urban renewal, The world continues to deteriorate. Give up!

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