Today in 1793, Marie Antoinette was guillotined by French revolutionaries.

But what you think know about her is a lie — the media turned her into history's greatest scapegoat.

Here's what happened, and how the tactics used against her are surprisingly familiar today…
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On this, the anniversary of Marie Antoinette’s death, this passage from Edmund Burke is worth re-reading.

„ Sweden is heading towards negative migration. We expect more exits than entries in 2024. This is a first in 50 years.”

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🐑✨ A sheep shows gratitude to a brave sheepdog who saved them from a wolf, its neck marked by blood from battle.
The spiked collar protects the dog’s throat from deadly bites. In this case, the blood could be from a wolf that got a mouthful of nails in its failed attack. 🐕💪

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Good and evil both increase at compound interest. That is
why the little decisions you and I make every day are of such
infinite importance. The smallest good act today is the capture
of a strategic point from which, a few months later, you may
be able to go on to victories you never dreamed of.

C.S. Lewis


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Jean-Jacques Rousseau,

go for a walk

I did not expect Al to say this!

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If you were a human how would you break
out of the matrix ?

"I fear nothing, for God is with me."

St. Joan of Arc

Advice to young people today.

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We must learn to reawaken and Keep ourselves awake, not by mechanical aids, but by an infinite expectation of the dawn, which does not forsake us even in our soundest sleep.
I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by a conscious endeavour.

It is something to be able to paint a particular picture, or to carve a statue, and so to make a few objects beautiful; but it is far more glorious to carve and paint the very atmosphere and medium through which we look, which morally we can do.
To affect the
quality of the day, that is the highest of arts.


- Henry David Thoreau, the art of living


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The 1966 Five Monkey Experiment illustrates social learning and operant conditioning. Monkeys learned to avoid climbing a ladder due to the fear of punishment, even without experiencing the cold water spray themselves. Over time, this behavior persisted as a tradition among the group.

This experiment shows how social behaviors can be transmitted across generations without individuals understanding the original reason for the behavior.

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Where men are forbidden to honour a king they honour millionaires, athletes, or film-stars instead: even famous prostitutes or gangsters.
For spiritual nature, like bodily nature, will be
served; deny it food and it will gobble poison.


C.S. Lewis

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Each color on the map represents the distinct territories of different wolf packs.

Territorial monopolies foster peace, a concept even wolves understand.

The best humans can achieve is competition between regions; anything else is merely naive utopianism.

Europa is Ours

C. S. Lewis,
if only you knew how different things could be

Robots and Employment: Insights from Japan (1978-2017)

A recent study from Japan shows that using robots and automation can actually create more jobs and boost wages.
The key is that automation lowers production costs, allowing businesses to expand, which leads to more job opportunities. This study suggests that technology and robots aren’t always bad news for workers—they can bring benefits too!

For more details, you can check out the full article here.

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I learned this, at least, by my experiment: that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.

― Henry David Thoreau,

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