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Sunday, 7 June 2026

If you keep retreating into your echo chamber, you have no convictions you are capable of defending


The moral imperative is the superego. 

1:00  The ego is the desire for status. 
2:00  Our place in the world
3:00  Men who do not have convictions strong enough to test with facts and logic. 
4:00  Fearful men
5:00  A "friend or foe" dialogue
6:00  Rejection
7:00  Jehovah's Witness
8:00  Asking questions and having a dialogue
9:00  Olson on usury
10:00  Jesus overturned the tables of the moneylenders.
11:00  Was Jesus guilty of blasphemy?
13:00  The Christianisation of the Roman Empire
14:00  Pontifex and Pontifex Maximus
15:00  The priest and king must not be the same person.
16:00  Hasmonean Dynasty
Three Estates of the Realm
17:00  Hindu caste system
19:00  The irrationality of absolute monarchy


21:00  King and Parliament
Roman emperors assassinated by their Praetorian Guard
22:00  We muddy the waters of hierarchy at our own risk. 
23:00  The trend  is your friend.
24:00  Comparative religion
25:00  The Thucydides Trap
The tighter you grip, the more slippery it becomes. 
27:00  People who don't feel it is obvious that God exists
28:00  The Supreme Court
30:00  The difference between religion and politics is a distinction without a difference. 
31:00  People who refuse to use their free will
32:00  Choosing the best available religion for your group if you are an orphan and have no friends or family members to offend
33:00  Calvinism denies free will.
34:00  Calvin was successful because he approved of usury.
35:00  Inflation
36:00  Intelligent people can be very creative in their ways of being wrong.
37:00  Irrelevant primitive tribe in Colombia
38:00  Capitalism cannot exist without usury. 
39:00  The Abrahamic God forbade usury. 
40:00  Christian filibustering
41:00  Brett is Calvinist.
42:00  Christian Zionism
43:00  Ignoring your urgent moral imperative by claiming you are waiting for the Holy Spirit 
44:00  Facts and logic are ultimately supreme. 
46:00  Your laws need to be based on a moral system.  
47:00  Write your rules down.
48:00  Orthoboneheads
God forbids racism. 
49:00  People of your race who don't share your values
50:00  Pan-Slavism is an example of how race cannot be your religion. 
51:00  Objectives and values
52:00  Honour among thieves
54:00  The worst thing you can do is lie to yourself.

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If you keep retreating into your echo chamber, you have no convictions you are capable of defending

The moral imperative is the superego.  1:00  The ego is the desire for status.  2:00  Our place in the world 3:00  Men who do not have convi...