The idea that things aren't bad enough yet for most people to actually do anything resonates. Not unlike someone who eats unhealthy now, or doesn't exercise now not understanding that there will be very real consequences decades down the road. Hard to see it.
Yes. But the best time to build is now, when we are most free to do so. What are the ways that we can meaningfully take back sovereignty from the state and provide real benefits to our people?
For me there are several dimensions to this. But actionable things that people can do now are things like 1) Entrepreneurship or at least working for someone you're on a first name basis with. This means you're free, to a degree, from the state's employment apparatus and can in turn 2) offer employment/networking/apprenticeship opportunities to friends or your children. 3) homeschool, for obvious reasons. 4) go to church and be involved. But perhaps more importantly, be friends with those people outside of church. Can you hire them? Can you go into business with them? Can you homeschool? 5) another point I really appreciated this episode was the fact that human communities are not utopias where everyone agrees 100% on everything. I think de-optimizing our lives to a degree, allows us the flexibility to accept the imperfections of any real parallel community. I wrote about that last idea here. https://mperrone.substack.com/p/choose-one-optimization-or-community
Excellent interview. I have been banging on about this for 30 plus years.
Thanks!
This was an incredible conversation. Very encouraging to hear about a working example of resisting decay and decadence.
Thanks. Yes, it was a splash of cold water, waking you up to your delusions but also energizing you to what can really be done.
The idea that things aren't bad enough yet for most people to actually do anything resonates. Not unlike someone who eats unhealthy now, or doesn't exercise now not understanding that there will be very real consequences decades down the road. Hard to see it.
Yes. But the best time to build is now, when we are most free to do so. What are the ways that we can meaningfully take back sovereignty from the state and provide real benefits to our people?
For me there are several dimensions to this. But actionable things that people can do now are things like 1) Entrepreneurship or at least working for someone you're on a first name basis with. This means you're free, to a degree, from the state's employment apparatus and can in turn 2) offer employment/networking/apprenticeship opportunities to friends or your children. 3) homeschool, for obvious reasons. 4) go to church and be involved. But perhaps more importantly, be friends with those people outside of church. Can you hire them? Can you go into business with them? Can you homeschool? 5) another point I really appreciated this episode was the fact that human communities are not utopias where everyone agrees 100% on everything. I think de-optimizing our lives to a degree, allows us the flexibility to accept the imperfections of any real parallel community. I wrote about that last idea here. https://mperrone.substack.com/p/choose-one-optimization-or-community