I think about this quote a lot (from Tribe by Sebastian Junger) - ThreadSky

bencarlson007.bsky.social • 5 days ago

I think about this quote a lot

(from Tribe by Sebastian Junger)

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autoplectic.bsky.social•5 days ago

Some dude named Abe Lincoln warned us of this problem.....

irontuna.bsky.social•5 days ago

“If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen, we must live through all time, or die by suicide”

peyre.bsky.social•5 days ago

This is, in fact, what Russia has been up to. Though it's also been interfering in our elections and society, largely by flooding social media with paid trolls posting from Russia itself.

fauxnymous.bsky.social•5 days ago

Sounds like Dugin

jenonymous.bsky.social•5 days ago

Russia is not leaving us alone, they are radicalizing large segments of our population by paying right wing influencers (as demonstrated with Tim Pool and Benny Johnson) to push conspiracy theories as established fact.

fauxnymous.bsky.social•5 days ago

It’s Russoevil.

zachary.mba•5 days ago

it seems like the 9/11 strategy worked a lot better than doing nothing, tbh

tjholland.com•5 days ago

Oh man - sad face emoji

elligottmc.bsky.social•5 days ago

I am almost certain no one voted for “well we will cause a recession if necessary to implement ”

steamrob42.bsky.social•2 days ago

I just read that in the book this morning.

A book everyone should read

mattdaddy.bsky.social•5 days ago

"I do not say that democracy has been more pernicious on the whole... than monarchy or aristocracy...it is more bloody than either… Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide." -John Adams

chiguy47.bsky.social•5 days ago

Goes back to your social media comments. It can easily be used as a weapon.

chancesare56.bsky.social•5 days ago

"Thank you for posting this."

stefcphoto.bsky.social•5 days ago

Even war couldn’t unify us at this point I fear.

rjet.bsky.social•5 days ago

Just a matter of time, fires are popping up everywhere, planes are falling from the sky, discord is rampant, corruption is the daily standard. They are alienating their friends and allies, they're joining the worlds worst. Gonna sit back and watch the US implode and burn...
Pass me a Moosehead... 😀

bogeymachine.bsky.social•5 days ago

I live in Maryland outside DC where the economy is highly dependent on federal workers and contractors, all just trying to do their jobs and support their families. The indiscriminate cuts is like being economically carpet bombed by our fellow citizens, with many cheering it on

thesmattering.bsky.social•5 days ago

Reading a fiction book written a years ago that part of the premise is exactly this. A society that has spent years unified by war finds itself at peace, and then tears itself apart.

gardenbev.bsky.social•3 days ago

Happening as we speak.

owejessen.de•5 days ago

Obligatory The Onion
https://theonion.com/fbi-uncovers-al-qaeda-plot-to-just-sit-back-and-enjoy-c-1819576375/

markdemeny.com•5 days ago

Scrolled down to find the inevitable obligatory The Onion piece. They have one for everything these days.

jersv.bsky.social•5 days ago

When our president stops using the market as a barometer for what people think of him and only cares about making himself richer, we're in trouble. We're in trouble.

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