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“Religion and nationalism, as well as any custom and any belief however absurd and degrading, if it only connects the individual with others, are refuges from what man most dreads: isolation.” p. 26

“Is there not also, perhaps, besides an innate desire for freedom, an instinctive wish for submission? If there is not, how can we account for the attraction which submission to a leader has for so many today?” p. 17

”[T]his isn’t merely the age of the abusive outsized platform; it’s the age of the sick, collapsing abusive outsized platform.
It’s the Enshittocene.” p. 10

Some interesting literary discussion of Tolkien so far.

You gotta love those Mongols, baby! 🐎⚔️🔥

Those crazy Mongols are at it again! 🐎⚔️

So emotionally evocative… 🥹

This had better not end the way I think it might…

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This story is dark, pitch dark, and it will be fascinating to see how it ends…

She has transcended her name, but in doing so she has destroyed all that it meant to be Catia. That is the price the gods demand in war. Boudicca closes her eyes. She sees herself taller than any living being. She is a monster with eyes of fire, clothed in robes of blood.

So far, a most entrancing read…

It’s really getting good now, and to compliment the reading, of course I have been listening to a lot of Rush… 🤟