Forwarded from IMPERIVM
"The man who lives in a small community lives in a much larger world. He knows much more of the fierce variety and uncompromising divergences of men…In a large community, we can choose our companions. In a small community, our companions are chosen for us. Thus in all extensive and highly civilized society groups come into existence founded upon sympathy, and shut out the real world more sharply than the gates of a monastery. There is nothing really narrow about the clan; the thing which is really narrow is the clique."
~G.K. Chesterton
IMPERIVM
~G.K. Chesterton
IMPERIVM
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Forwarded from The Rockpile
It all comes down to silver or lead.
Being able to exercise hard & soft power should be the purpose of any organization. You can write all the essays and record all the podcasts you want, but if you cannot actually get anything done, why would anyone listen to or follow you? Ideology is irrelevant if you can't do anything for your people.
Power is all that matters, you can make up whatever rationale you want after the fact, but you have to actually win at some point.
Being able to exercise hard & soft power should be the purpose of any organization. You can write all the essays and record all the podcasts you want, but if you cannot actually get anything done, why would anyone listen to or follow you? Ideology is irrelevant if you can't do anything for your people.
Power is all that matters, you can make up whatever rationale you want after the fact, but you have to actually win at some point.
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