"All world-improvers are Socialists. And consequently there are no Classical world-improvers."

- Oswald Spengler, The Decline of the West

Demagoguery and utopian ideas are inherently un-aristocratic and anti-traditional. No great man ever asked for approval to conquer. They did not waste time arguing 'their side' and daydreaming about idealized scenarios. Empires are built by the sword. The praxis of great men is violence.

Debate over Canadian flag resumes as convoy protests return to Ottawa

Victor Crapnell remembers the uneasy feeling he had watching the Freedom Convoy protests unfold in his hometown of Ottawa in February. The feeling came as he saw the red and white maple leaf on Canada's flag standing out against the snowy backdrop.

The Victoria resident says seeing the image of the flag displayed so prominently, one some occasions alongside Confederate and even Nazi flags, stirred up emotions he says he never usually associated with the country's most recognizable symbol.

"It sort of hit home to me that our beautiful flag had been hijacked as their symbol of protest," Crapnell said. "And I thought, 'That's not right.'"

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/canada/debate-over-canadian-flag-resumes-as-convoy-protests-return-to-ottawa/ar-AAZ377j?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=7fe645d74f3345b4a554451dfc14aa42

"A people is never represented in any other way than it can be represented and deserves to be represented. There is a reciprocal bond between the totality and its representatives which is of strict necessity. The demand of democracy, which emphasises the responsibility of the leaders towards the people, is therefore one-sided. For the people are also responsible for their leaders, and have always been made responsible for them. War, however, is not a mechanism which is waged by those who are dear to the people and take responsibility for it. It is a fateful process which penetrates into the communities and moves them like the tides. And furthermore, it is natural like the relations of the sexes, the circulation of the blood, and the movements of the stars – which is why it can neither be good nor evil in itself. A strong life grasps it, affirms it and takes pleasure in it; a weak life seeks to withdraw from it and deny it, because inner fear demands such a denial."
~ Friedrich Georg Jünger

🇺🇲 CNN: "What do you say to those families that say, 'listen, we can't afford to pay $4.85 a gallon for months, if not years?’"

BIDEN ADVISOR BRIAN DEESE: "This is about the future of the Liberal World Order and we have to stand firm."

Canadian Will Bird’s “Ghosts Have Warm Hands”

"Superstition is a common element in the experience of warfare. Some soldiers left accounts of premonitions of death that came true, or of Bibles or prayer books that stopped bullets. Many worried about jinxes that might bring them closer to death, or used some form of good luck charm to ward off injury. Others lent credence to popular tales of supernatural manifestations, such as the celebrated “Angels of Mons” who supposedly appeared over the skies of Belgium to assist hard-pressed English soldiers in fighting off a German attack in 1914. After the war, distraught parents, including English author Arthur Conan Doyle, investigated spiritualism as a means of reconnecting with their lost loved ones.

Amid all of these tales and anecdotes, Canadian soldier Will Bird’s story is unique. A member of the 42nd Royal Highlanders, or Canadian Black Watch, he participated in several major battles on the Western Front from 1916-1918. Throughout these experiences he felt the presence of his younger brother Stephen, who had managed to get to the front before Will and had been killed in action in 1915. On one occasion, Will was certain that his brother saved his life."

The Thirty-six Stratagems of War Applied to Go

🇷🇺🇺🇦❗Battle for Lysichansk

More than 2 thousand Ukrainian militants remain in the city itself, but the encirclement is shrinking quite quickly:
▪️Privolye, Shipilovka and Novodruzhesk on the outskirts of Lisichansk have already been liberated.
▪️The LPR army is successfully advancing in the north of the city. The entry of units to the central streets of the city - Pobedy Avenue and Sosyura Street was confirmed.
▪️The "Brave" battalions are actively advancing from the south from the side of the Gelatin plant and the village of Belaya Gora, at the same time developing success to the north, cutting the last road from the city of Lisichansk - Belogorovka

Thus, more than 50% percent of the city and suburbs have already been liberated from the Nazis. The units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and foreign mercenaries who did not have time to retreat from the city will have to make a choice between captivity and destruction in the coming days.