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In the constrained vision, the concept of “nationbuilding” is a fundamental misconception. Nations may grow and evolve but cannot be built.
A Conflict of Visions
Thomas Sowell
The world is, after all, indifferent to what we humans “want.” If we persist in wanting, in needing, we are simply setting ourselves up for resentment or worse. Doing the work is enough.
Ego Is the Enemy
Ryan Holiday
So you can’t have Utopia without “the deject”. The stuff you’re getting rid of. The stuff you’re “throwing away” (that’s what the word “deject” implies). The more light, clear, and fever-pitched the Utopian dream, the darker and more abominable the deject seems to the Utopian mind — and the more murderous an undercurrent comes with it.
What’s the Difference Between Utopia, Eutopia, and Protopia?
Hanzi Freinacht
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