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Deep down, below the surface of the average man's conscience, he hears a voice whispering, "There is something not right," no matter how much his rightness is supported by public opinion or moral code. - Jung

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The question for the average person, is what are they willing to do about it? I would guess most will do nothing until perhaps it is too late. Apathy, distraction, complacency, and ignorance are difficult habits of the mind & heart to overcome.

Perhaps the tide is turning, 2020 and all of its lunacy might have caused some to awaken from their state of oblivion and see a world not moving in the best direction. Many thought brain-washing of children was the task of higher education, now it begins in grade school. Many thought of the necessity of dual-income homes and its inescapable obviousness. Perhaps not. Many placed blind trust in the government, perhaps less do now. I suppose there are a few more examples of such subtle and not so subtle shifts in the mind & hearts of the populace.

This "right", that "right", everywhere a "right, right" I am not talking about one side of the political spectrum, even if the CABAL would have you believe that the hoards of alt-righters code-word for Nazi are waiting to burst forth from the ground like 14 year locusts. Without Fear, the CABAL is nothing but bad ideas and toxic personalities. That CABAL runs most if not all of our major institutions of culture, communication and education.

Rights - the foundation of cultures and societies that exist even if they are not codified in anything like a constitution or code of laws. Rights - which ones do you think exist and ought to be observed, protected and promoted. Culture rise and collapse on such things.

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Today marks the three hundred and thirtieth birthday of the Frenchman François-Marie Arouet, better known by his nom de plume, Voltaire (1694-1778).

Born into a bourgeois family during the reign of Louis XIV, the “Sun King” (r. 1643-1715), Voltaire suffered tragedy at a young age when his mother died. Never close with his father or brother, Voltaire exhibited a rebellious attitude toward authority from his youth. His brilliant mind was fostered in the care of the Society of Jesus, who introduced him to the joys of literature and theater. Despite his later criticisms against the Church, Voltaire, throughout his life, fondly recalled his dedicated Jesuit teachers.

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