I thin the answer, and it's not a perfect one, is tolerance rather than unity. Unity always has a spectre of coercion hanging over it while tolerance can be natural and inborn. We are tolerance for our own sakes, to avoid the stress and cost of overt intolerance. But unity is something that must be reached out for to serve the common good, like all the altruistic hoaxes that are imposed on people by the statists. I'll always aim for tolerance; unity is too scary.
All of the world's nations seem to be splintering into tribes. The USA is pushing NATO to overthrow Putin. American-supported Kurds are invading Turkey. Turkey is a NATO member. What happens when one NATO member invades another one?
Another old friend of mine just lectured me about how America was founded on racism long before 1776 and proceeded to say our Founding Fathers were following the dictates of a 14th Century Pope in committing "genocide" against that native Americans.
Excellent piece, Michael.
I thin the answer, and it's not a perfect one, is tolerance rather than unity. Unity always has a spectre of coercion hanging over it while tolerance can be natural and inborn. We are tolerance for our own sakes, to avoid the stress and cost of overt intolerance. But unity is something that must be reached out for to serve the common good, like all the altruistic hoaxes that are imposed on people by the statists. I'll always aim for tolerance; unity is too scary.
Ronald Reagan said it best (of course):
Reagan’s 1987 UN speech on ‘alien threat’ resonates now
https://www.cultureready.org/blog/reagans-1987-un...
All of the world's nations seem to be splintering into tribes. The USA is pushing NATO to overthrow Putin. American-supported Kurds are invading Turkey. Turkey is a NATO member. What happens when one NATO member invades another one?
Another old friend of mine just lectured me about how America was founded on racism long before 1776 and proceeded to say our Founding Fathers were following the dictates of a 14th Century Pope in committing "genocide" against that native Americans.
I'm sick of all the controversy.