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brandonking.bsky.social
Philosopher of Becoming, Running for Congress (MN-1)
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I guess he thought we would just keep buying his cars no matter what he did or said. He was wrong.

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Now, if you're in the Axis of Endarkenment, what is evil? Empathy. Multiculturalism. Due process. Scientific literacy. Consent.

submitted 19 hours ago • 1 comment

Liberty is not a label. It's a principle. One we either uphold universally, or we forfeit entirely. I didn’t name Kilmar Abrego Garcia in the essay, but let’s be honest: deporting People without due process is the exact failure the Enlightenment warned us about. open.substack.com/pub/brandonk...

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This is an amazing website that very accurately tracks the Axis of Endarkenment. theplotagainstamerica.com

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

Enlightenment Socialism is a worldview rooted in reason. But like all worldviews, it contains a clear duality, a conflict that cuts to the core of what it means to be human in this era of accelerating change.

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At its heart, Scientific Animism is a fusion of Enlightenment rationalism and a reverence for life as a system, a self-regulating, cybernetic organism we call Earth. It starts from empirical truths: Lovelock’s Gaia Hypothesis, the Law of Conservation of Energy, the interconnectivity of ecosystems,

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Reagan’s “Morning in America” was aesthetic seduction, the performance of restoration, not the reality. It sold nostalgia for a future that never existed. It cloaked the beginning of neoliberal decay in the language of pastoral rebirth.

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My name is Ben and I have autism. I’m not less than anyone else I just see the world differently. Lately I’ve been working on losing weight by walking. I walked 5 miles yesterday. It’s also helps with my confidence and I can enjoy the outdoors and the scenery.

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Sovereignty + Systemic Power = Responsibility. That’s the Mantle of Responsibility

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Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Flourishing. Because happiness is ephemeral. Fleeting. Subjective. But flourishing, eudaimonia, mino-bimaadiziwin, is the greatest good actualized. It is the outcome of a society where liberty is engineered, where dignity is the baseline, and where Becoming is the

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