"In the end, myths do not survive because a studio funds them or a corporation markets them. They survive because people choose to keep telling them. They survive because something in the story resonates across generations, across politics, across fashions, across the rise and fall of every empire and every corporate boardroom. The executives who try to command myths always discover the same bitter truth: you can merchandise a character, you can litigate a trademark, you can even bury a franchise for a decade — but you cannot control what a story means once the audience has taken it into themselves. A myth is not a product. A myth is a covenant between the storyteller and the world."
https://arkhaven.substack.com/p/can-you-own-a-myth#:~:text=In%20the%20end,and%20the%20world.

ICYMI - U.S. Catholic bishops officially ban transgender treatments in thousands of Catholic-run hospitals.

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The Self‑Inflicted Decline of the Ancient Hellenes

Polybius (ca. 200–120 BCE) was a Hellenic historian who not only described Rome’s expansion but also analyzed the social causes behind the decline of the polis.

In his Histories he clearly distinguishes between events whose origins lie in obscurity - natural disasters 🌪, epidemics 🦠, climatic extremes 🌡 - and those whose causes are plain to see. Only in the former cases, Polybius argued, is it legitimate to invoke the gods or fate. Where human behavior is the cause, responsibility must be assigned to humans:

“In this field one need not ask the gods how we may be freed from such an evil; for every man in the world will tell you that it happens through the men themselves, when they change their aims—or, if that is not possible, through laws for the preservation of children 👶.”

One example he describes with particular sharpness is the decline in births among the Hellenes of his time. Although no great wars raged and no plagues devastated the land, the cities emptied. Fields lay untilled, houses abandoned, the political strength of the poleis waned.

Polybius stressed that this affected almost all Hellenic states—especially the poleis of the Peloponnese such as Sparta, Corinth, and the Achaean League. Even Athens lost its political significance, though it still shone culturally. The cause, he insisted, was not divine wrath but a profound change in morals.

Men, he wrote, were “seduced by splendor, wealth, and idleness” 💰. They married late or not at all, and when they had children, they limited themselves to one or two—not out of necessity, but calculation. They wished to leave wealth to their heirs and raise them in luxury rather than rear many children. Yet this supposed prudence proved disastrous: if one of the few sons died through illness or war, the household was left without heirs. Like “scattered swarms of bees,” the cities gradually lost their vitality.

Polybius’ analysis is strikingly modern. He describes a demographic crisis as the result of consumerism and individualism. Not external enemies but inner priorities weakened society. For him it was clear: sacrifices, oracles, prayers would not help. The remedy lay in human hands—through a change of values or through laws that encouraged the preservation of children.

👥 In this way Polybius formulated an early theory of social responsibility: history is not the plaything of the gods but the result of human decisions. He urged recognition of causes and the taking of counter‑measures, rather than retreating into fatalism.

📣 His diagnosis was also a moral appeal. Decline came “swiftly and unnoticed” - not by a sudden blow, but through creeping habits. Luxury, convenience, and fixation on status led to a gradual erosion that only became visible once the cities were already depopulated.

Polybius’ words echoed far beyond his own time. Later Roman authors such as Sallust and Tacitus took up similar themes: the link between moral decay, falling birthrates, and political weakness. And in modern times his thought has often been revisited - that the strength of a community depends not only on armies or walls, but on the willingness of its citizens to take responsibility for the future.

📜 You can explore the original text here.

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"All of this corruption and nonsense is why Trump’s base is so adamant about dismantling the H1-B system entirely. Every time you peel back another layer, you find more corruption, more loopholes, and more elites profiting off the decline of the people they’re supposed to represent."

https://revolver.news/2025/12/leaked-video-shows-how-indians-turned-a-kentucky-university-into-a-foreign-worker-trafficking-ring/.

Matt Ehret joins up with Daniel Estulin to talk about his book series 'Revenge of the Mystery Cults' and new film 'Edgar Poe's Final Mystery: A Tale of Two Murders'. How did Poe combat a proto-Artificial Intelligence Cult in 1840? How did he expose a Rosicrucian infiltration of America? How does this relate to the Jack the Ripper murders and who benefits by covering up the true story of Edgar Allan Poe? https://rumble.com/v72hlwa-restoring-honor-to-edgar-allan-poe-matt-ehret-and-daniel-estulin.html

TSA set to charge $45 fee for domestic flyers without REAL ID, starting Feb. 1
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The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced on Monday that U.S. air travelers who show up at airport security checkpoints without a REAL ID-compliant driver’s license or another acceptable form of identification will be required to pay a non-refundable $45 fee — beginning on February 1, 2026.

The End of the College Bowl Game

It appears to be upon us, courtesy of the College Football Playoff committee’s bizarre decision to include Alabama and exclude Notre Dame. On Sunday, the Fighting Irish were snubbed for the College Football Playoff, as the selection committee opted to put Miami in over them. It was a controversial decision that left many scratching their […]

https://voxday.net/2025/12/08/the-end-of-the-college-bowl-game/

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ITALY JUST TOUCHED THE CABAL’S MOST PROTECTED ASSET

Italy is finally debating a question that should never have been controversial: who does the nation’s gold belong to?

Two simple answers exist:

1. The people, with the state as steward

2.The central bank, operating above democratic reach

When Meloni’s party moved to clarify that Italy’s $300 billion in gold belongs to the nation, not to a technocratic institution, the European Central Bank reacted as if a forbidden line had been crossed. Because the moment a government asserts ownership, even in wording, it touches the nerve at the centre of the globalists’ financial stronghold.

Italy cannot print its own currency, but it does hold one of the world’s largest gold reserves, and gold is the last true anchor of monetary power.

Simply discussing who owns it reveals a quiet truth:
nations’ wealth, policy and future are actually in the hands of unelected bankers.

Nothing has changed hands yet, but the conversation itself is a sign of a very important shift regarding our nations’ sovereignty.

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The 10 Deepest Lakes In The United States
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"Officially, Russia’s population is only three times larger than that of Ukraine: there is no way it should be able to field logarithmic multiples of Ukraine’s manpower in this way; unless, of course, Ukraine is suffering logarithmic multiples of casualties compared to Russia."

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Why War in Venezuela

This is a helpful explainer to those of us who are wondering why the USA is threatening the Maduro regime in Venezuela. It’s essentially a combination of a) oil, b) Monroe Doctrine, and c) fallout from US interference in Ukraine. Venezuela implemented a bunch of utterly catastrophic and self destructive economic policies. Among these was […]

https://voxday.net/2025/12/08/why-war-in-venezuela/