Category Archives: America

Decoding Russell Brand (9-24-23)

Posted on September 24, 2023 by Luke Ford

01:00 Russell Brand’s rhetorical avalanche reminds me of Ben Shapiro, Matt Walsh, Nick Fuentes, Mike Enoch, Eric Striker, https://www.conspirituality.net/episodes/brief-russell-brand04:00 How Russell Brand Became the New Alex Jones, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHO04xzBY8007:00 On Bullshit, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Bullshit08:00 If books could kill, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/If_Books_Could_Kill09:00 If books could kill … Continue reading →

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Decoding Christian Nationalism (8-28-23)

Posted on September 3, 2023 by Luke Ford

01:00 A Less Religious America Is a More Polarized America, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=15084603:00 Here’s What The Left-Wing Doesn’t Understand About Race Relations05:00 Your Hero System Is Your Morality And You Get It From Your Tribe, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=15031910:00 Why are Americans so mean? https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2023/09/us-culture-moral-education-formation/674765/15:00 … Continue reading →

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Trump Fights Multiple Indictments As America Gets Mean (8-27-23)

Posted on August 27, 2023 by Luke Ford

01:00 Trump’s mug shot04:30 Prigozhin post-mortem, https://nonzero.substack.com/p/prigozhin-post-mortemhttps://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2023/09/us-culture-moral-education-formation/674765/18:30 Hurriquake in LA last Sunday21:00 Ode To The Moral Leader by Pascal Dupin, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=11778123:45 The case for a pessimistic politics 28:45 Rich men north of Richmond 30:00 The dangers of white people going … Continue reading →

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Your Hero System Is Your Morality And You Get It From Your Tribe

Posted on August 21, 2023 by Luke Ford

David Brooks writes in the latest issue of The Atlantic: HOW AMERICA GOT MEAN In a culture devoid of moral education, generations are growing up in a morally inarticulate, self-referential world. Over the past eight years or so, I’ve been … Continue reading →

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Decoding Trauma II (8-20-23)

Posted on August 20, 2023 by Luke Ford

01:00 Conservative retired judge says Trump ‘corroded and corrupted American democracy’23:00 NYMAG: Tell Me Why It Hurts – How Bessel van der Kolk’s once controversial theory of trauma became the dominant way we make sense of our liveshttps://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/trauma-bessel-van-der-kolk-the-body-keeps-the-score-profile.html32:00 El Jim … Continue reading →

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