anilmc<p>so tell your barman to hold your lager<br>or better yet bring her with if she’d rather<br>scran your <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/ramen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ramen</span></a> or your carbonara<br>get your <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/passport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>passport</span></a>, your mask and your balaclava<br>get all your mates from your <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/AlmaMater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AlmaMater</span></a><br>all the neighbours from <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/f%C3%AAte" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fête</span></a> and <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/gala" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gala</span></a><br>your <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/SoccerSquad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SoccerSquad</span></a> and your <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/SparringPartners" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SparringPartners</span></a><br><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/tinkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tinkers</span></a>, <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/tailors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tailors</span></a>, <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/gig" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gig</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/serfs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>serfs</span></a> and <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/farmers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>farmers</span></a><br><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/mandem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mandem</span></a>, <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/ultras" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ultras</span></a>, <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/HRDepartments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HRDepartments</span></a><br><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/joiners" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>joiners</span></a>, <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/plumbers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>plumbers</span></a> and <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/carny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>carny</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/barkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>barkers</span></a><br>slip the yoke and behalve the harness<br>tell <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/MisterTallyMan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MisterTallyMan</span></a>, “fuck <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/bananas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bananas</span></a>”<br>before they go the whole <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/enchilada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>enchilada</span></a><br>the <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/SocialContract" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialContract</span></a> ’s knackered: embalmer<br>when the king’s this bare-arse starkers<br>reckon it’s time for a <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/reginata" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reginata</span></a>?<br>that’s what they call an <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/intifada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>intifada</span></a> <br>that’s what we call <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/satyagraha" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>satyagraha</span></a> <br>not for the sake of <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/virtue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>virtue</span></a> or <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/karma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>karma</span></a> <br>from <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Omelas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Omelas</span></a> to disembark us<br>point of order; the point of departure’s<br><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/kindness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kindness</span></a> will always be smarter than harshness </p><p>5/7</p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Bars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bars</span></a><br><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Poetry</span></a><br><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Lyrics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lyrics</span></a><br><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Songs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Songs</span></a><br><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a><br><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/rhymescheme" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rhymescheme</span></a><br><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/geopol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>geopol</span></a><br><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/MiddleEast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MiddleEast</span></a><br><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/IsraeliWarCrimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IsraeliWarCrimes</span></a><br><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/FreedomFlotilla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreedomFlotilla</span></a><br><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Sumud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sumud</span></a><br><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/ConvoyOfSteadfastness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConvoyOfSteadfastness</span></a><br><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/FreePalestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreePalestine</span></a><br><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Madleen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Madleen</span></a><br><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/AntiFascist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AntiFascist</span></a><br><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Genocide</span></a> <br><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/UKpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UKpol</span></a> <br><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Labour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Labour</span></a> <br><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/RuleOfLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RuleOfLaw</span></a> <br><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Atrocity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Atrocity</span></a> <br><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Imperalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Imperalism</span></a> <br><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Collapse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Collapse</span></a> <br><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Ethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ethics</span></a> <br><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Society" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Society</span></a> <br><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Praxis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Praxis</span></a> <br><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/CallToAction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CallToAction</span></a><br><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/WorldOrder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WorldOrder</span></a> <br><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/SocialMovements" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialMovements</span></a> <br><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Surveillance</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/State" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>State</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/SurveillanceState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SurveillanceState</span></a></p>
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Coach Pāṇini ®<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@kdkorte" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>kdkorte</span></a></span> </p><p>Maybe it should be about cultivating <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/virtue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>virtue</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/humanism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>humanism</span></a>.</p><p>The alternative got us here.</p>
Coach Pāṇini ®<p>If you can’t laugh at your country, you might not be a <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/patriot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>patriot</span></a>.</p><p>A <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/American" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>American</span></a> nationalist, maybe.</p><p>But without any <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/virtue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>virtue</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/share/v/18NxSCsi4r/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">facebook.com/share/v/18NxSCsi4</span><span class="invisible">r/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/comedy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>comedy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/NimeshPatel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NimeshPatel</span></a></p>
M. Grégoire<p>“Virtue is like a muscle that grows with its exercise,” Carney said, in about as brief as summary of Aristotelian-Thomistic ethics as can be imagined at a political rally. “We become just by doing just acts; brave by doing brave acts. When we are kind, kindness grows.”</p><p>Fr. <a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/RaymondJDeSouza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RaymondJDeSouza</span></a> </p><p>While Poilievre is humbled, Carney calls for humility<br><a href="https://nationalpost.com/opinion/while-poilievre-is-humbled-carney-calls-for-humility" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">nationalpost.com/opinion/while</span><span class="invisible">-poilievre-is-humbled-carney-calls-for-humility</span></a></p><p><a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/MarkCarney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarkCarney</span></a><br><a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/CanPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CanPol</span></a> <a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/cdnpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cdnpoli</span></a> <a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/virtue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>virtue</span></a><br><a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/NationalPost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalPost</span></a></p>
Wisdom in Space<p>Search others for their virtues, thyself for thy vices.<br> -- Benjamin Franklin</p><p>⬆ <a href="https://c.im/tags/Wisdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wisdom</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Quotes</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/BenjaminFranklin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BenjaminFranklin</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Virtue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Virtue</span></a></p><p>⬇ <a href="https://c.im/tags/Photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Photography</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Panorama" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Panorama</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/TheMaze" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheMaze</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Dollhouse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dollhouse</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Canyonlands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canyonlands</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Utah" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Utah</span></a></p>
Paul Houle<p>✊ Jean-Luc Mélenchon: “We Need a New Civic Morality”</p><p><a href="https://jacobin.com/2025/04/melenchon-virtue-universalism-humanity-creolization/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">jacobin.com/2025/04/melenchon-</span><span class="invisible">virtue-universalism-humanity-creolization/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/humanism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>humanism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/creoles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>creoles</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/virtue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>virtue</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/france" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>france</span></a></p>
Coach Pāṇini ®<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.taupehat.com/@me" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>me</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/@ai6yr" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ai6yr</span></a></span> </p><p>The <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/American" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>American</span></a> corporatists & monarchists FAFO’d and let the <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/kakistocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kakistocracy</span></a> into the halls of power.</p><p>There is no <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/virtue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>virtue</span></a> here.</p>
Coach Pāṇini ®<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://masto.ai/@GhostOnTheHalfShell" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>GhostOnTheHalfShell</span></a></span> <br>I highly recommend this book: <a href="https://a.co/d/cp6fgP7" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">a.co/d/cp6fgP7</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>And if you have 20 min, my Inconvenient Truth-like meditation on the subject, viewing the USA like a platform product: <a href="https://youtu.be/tUbrn3HhOPg" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/tUbrn3HhOPg</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/American" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>American</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/republicanism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>republicanism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/virtue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>virtue</span></a></p>
David August ❌👑<p>Representative <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@RepCasten" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>RepCasten</span></a></span> wrote a smart and timely multi-post thread about what we must do and believe to have our democracy prevail, and I've put it into an easier to read article. <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@SeanCasten" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>SeanCasten</span></a></span>'s insights are heartening and it's well worth reading: </p><p><a href="https://davaug.medium.com/virtue-and-the-law-b96d2d2848a3" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">davaug.medium.com/virtue-and-t</span><span class="invisible">he-law-b96d2d2848a3</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SeanCasten" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SeanCasten</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/virtue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>virtue</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a></p>
Coach Pāṇini ®<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@whknott" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>whknott</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@ErickaSimone" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ErickaSimone</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://podvibes.co/@evoterra" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>evoterra</span></a></span> </p><p>The founding <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/FirstPrinciples" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirstPrinciples</span></a> are noble and rooted in <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/virtue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>virtue</span></a>, which was the only thing sons of the <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/American" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>American</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Enlightenment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Enlightenment</span></a> valued in the late 1700’s.</p><p>Reputation is a function of promise and delivery.</p><p>The delivery has fell short since inception.</p><p>But the promise?</p><p>Huge upside.</p>
the roamer<p><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Plutarch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Plutarch</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/ParallelLives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ParallelLives</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Pericles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pericles</span></a> 2/ </p><p>These two men [Pericles and Fabius Maximus] were alike in their virtues, and more especially in their gentleness and rectitude, and by their ability to endure the follies of their peoples and of their colleagues in office, they proved of the greatest service to their countries.</p><p>[Section 2]</p><p><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/virtue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>virtue</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/leadership" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>leadership</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/resistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>resistance</span></a></p>
Kent Pitman<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://me.dm/@stoicteacher" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>stoicteacher</span></a></span> </p><p>> "Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others." -Cicero</p><p>Personally I don't like seing it as parent of others. It feels like it reduces the others to, or at least nudges them toward, cheap transactionalism.</p><p>Even the head felon of the US is capable of virtue-like behavior borne of gratitude, yet those are not real virtues exactly because selfishness is everpresent, and because selfish gratitude has always to be tangled in to any pretended virtue spawned.</p><p>Empathy, I would say, is the more rightful parent of other virtues because it acknowledges a hope of value that transcends self. And I don't see any useful meaning to "virtue" if it cannot achieve escape velocity from one's self.</p><p><a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>philosophy</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/stoicism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stoicism</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/virtue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>virtue</span></a></p>
Coach Pāṇini ®<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@knittingknots2" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>knittingknots2</span></a></span> </p><p>So much to unpack here: the sons of the <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/American" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>American</span></a> Enlightenment valued <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/virtue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>virtue</span></a>, in a callback to the ancient <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/pagan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pagan</span></a> republics of <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a>.</p><p>Also, Crusader states are not - and have never been - sustainable.</p><p>Eschatologists and <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/neofeudal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>neofeudal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/reactionaries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reactionaries</span></a> have become a cancer on the Republic.</p><p>This is why we can’t have nice things.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@paninid/113781420041738193" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.world/@paninid/113781</span><span class="invisible">420041738193</span></a></p>
Coach Pāṇini ®<p>Plato viewed oligarchy as a flawed and unstable form of government, characterized by the prioritization of wealth over <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/virtue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>virtue</span></a> and political skill. </p><p>In The Republic, he described it as a society where wealth determines political power, leading to a sharp divide between the rich and poor. </p><p>This division fosters class conflict, weakens societal unity, and erodes moral obligations. </p><p>2/3</p>
Coach Pāṇini ®<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://union.place/@scaramanga" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>scaramanga</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://masto.ai/@GhostOnTheHalfShell" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>GhostOnTheHalfShell</span></a></span> </p><p>The <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/American" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>American</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/FirstPrinciples" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirstPrinciples</span></a> of <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/virtue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>virtue</span></a> do not align with God-Kings, they have been tricked <a href="https://inaniludibrio.com/2024/08/13/skeptical-of-god-kings/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">inaniludibrio.com/2024/08/13/s</span><span class="invisible">keptical-of-god-kings/</span></a></p>
Tucker Teague<p>Once again, I have to say, I absolutely love Catherine Liu’s book, VIRTUE HOARDERS: THE CASE AGAINST THE PROFESSIONAL MANAGERIAL CLASS. </p><p>I am rereading it again and it makes even more sense this time. I realize that I have been a member of the PMC (on a lower rung for sure) for years and have, at times, fallen for its wiles. I think it’s fair to say this is the class that lost the 2024 election, and predictably so. <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PMC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PMC</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/socialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>socialism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>culture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/liberals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>liberals</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/virtue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>virtue</span></a></p>
Coach Pāṇini ®<p>culture is formed in the development of personal character</p><p><a href="https://www.historynet.com/ben-franklins-gift-keeps-giving/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">historynet.com/ben-franklins-g</span><span class="invisible">ift-keeps-giving/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>culture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/character" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>character</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/virtue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>virtue</span></a></p>
Coach Pāṇini ®<p>The <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> nerds out there will note that not only did Julius Caesar also load himself with debt to fund the army which he would use to incite an insurrection against the Republic, but the <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/American" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>American</span></a> founders of the <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Enlightenment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Enlightenment</span></a> valued <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/virtue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>virtue</span></a> above all and viewed <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Caesar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Caesar</span></a> (and <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Catiline" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Catiline</span></a>) as wicked usurpers of their nations.</p><p>Just sayin’ 🤷🏻♂️<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/@McSpocky/113200977706500910" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@McSpocky/1132</span><span class="invisible">00977706500910</span></a></p>
Coach Pāṇini ®<p>“Liberal meritocrats at the apex of the party have spent their careers ascending <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/American" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>American</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/institutions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>institutions</span></a>. Because institutions have been good to them, they are inclined to believe in their <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/virtue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>virtue</span></a>.”<br><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2024/08/dnc-harris-belief-in-institutionalism/679592/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theatlantic.com/politics/archi</span><span class="invisible">ve/2024/08/dnc-harris-belief-in-institutionalism/679592/</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Choosing MN Gov <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TimWalz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TimWalz</span></a> as her running mate reinforces the move away from clichés about “coastal politics” & “cultural elites.” Instead, she wants to fight on specific, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/practical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>practical</span></a> measures <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>government</span></a> can take to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ImproveLives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ImproveLives</span></a>, from <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FamilyLeave" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FamilyLeave</span></a> to expansions of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HealthCoverage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HealthCoverage</span></a>. Both <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Harris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Harris</span></a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Walz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Walz</span></a> are speaking a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/soothing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>soothing</span></a>& — to pick up on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democrats</span></a>’ favorite <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/virtue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>virtue</span></a> these days — <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/joyful" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>joyful</span></a> language of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/patriotism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>patriotism</span></a> & national <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/unity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unity</span></a>.
<br><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Fight4AFuture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fight4AFuture</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WeAreNotGoingBack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WeAreNotGoingBack</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HarrisWalz2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HarrisWalz2024</span></a></p>
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