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“It makes no difference what men think of war, said the judge. War endures. As well ask men what they think of stone. War was always here. Before man was, war waited for him. The ultimate trade awaiting its ultimate practitioner. That is the way it was and will be. That way and not some other way.”
The Judge, Blood Meridian or Or the Evening Redness in the West
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It makes no difference what men think of war, said the judge. War endures. As well ask men what they think of stone. War was always here. Before man was, war waited for him. The ultimate trade awaiting its ultimate practitioner. That is the way it was and will be. That way and not some other way.
He turned to Brown, from whom he’d heard some whispered slur or demurrer. Ah Davy, he said. It’s your own trade we honor here. Why not rather take a small bow. Let each acknowledge each.
My trade?
Certainly.
What is my trade?
War. War is your trade. Is it not?
And it aint yours?
Mine too. Very much so.
What about all them notebooks and bones and stuff?
All other trades are contained in that of war.
Is that why war endures?
No. It endures because young men love it and old men love it in them. Those that fought, those that did not.
That’s your notion.
The judge smiled. Men are born for games. Nothing else. Every child knows that play is nobler than work. He knows too that the worth or merit of a game is not inherent in the game itself but rather in the value of that which is put at hazard. Games of chance require a wager to have meaning at all. Games of sport involve the skill and strength of the opponents and the humiliation of defeat and the pride of victory are in themselves sufficient stake because they inhere in the worth of the principals and define them. But trial of chance or trial of worth all games aspire to the condition of war for here that which is wagered swallows up game, player, all.
Suppose two men at cards with nothing to wager save their lives. Who has not heard such a tale? A turn of the card. The whole universe for such a player has labored clanking to this moment which will tell if he is to die at that man’s hand or that man at his. What more certain validation of a man’s worth could there be? This enhancement of the game to its ultimate state admits no argument concerning the notion of fate. The selection of one man over another is a preference absolute and irrevocable and it is a dull man indeed who could reckon so profound a decision without agency or significance either one. In such games as have for their stake the annihilation of the defeated the decisions are quite clear. This man holding this particular arrangement of cards in his hand is thereby removed from existence. This is the nature of war, whose stake is at once the game and the authority and the justification. Seen so, war is the truest form of divination. It is the testing of one’s will and the will of another within that larger will which because it binds them is therefore forced to select. War is the ultimate game because war is at last a forcing of the unity of existence. War is god.
1·12 hours agoMusk is running filthy methane generators in Memphis to power his datacenter. No permits, nada.
We really don’t want that first part to be law.
Section 230 was enacted as part of the Communications Decency Act of 1996 and is a crucial piece of legislation that protects online service providers and users from being held liable for content created by third parties. It is often cited as a foundational law that has allowed the internet to flourish by enabling platforms to host user-generated content without the fear of legal repercussions for that content.
Though I’m not sure if that applies to scraping other server’s content. But I wouldn’t say it’s fair for the scraper to review everything. If we don’t like that take, then we should illegalize scraping altogether, but I’m betting there are unwanted side effects to that.
I subbed for a couple of months because the model blew my hair back, wanted to see more pics and see what here videos were like. Only wrote her once to say I appreciated the hard work and creativity she put in on makeup, promotion and costumes. Because of all that, I figured she deserved a few bucks.
Anyway, got bored with it. If I had the sort of money where $10/mo. wasn’t even noticeable, I’d probably have just let it ride.
Cornell Law disagrees.
Property is anything (items or attributes/tangible or intangible) that can be owned by a person or entity. Property is the most complete right to something; the owner can possess, use, transfer or dispose of it.
Mine are. ICE just isn’t in my area yet.
Unless those vibrate, they’re too short to be of use.
1·3 days agosystem incentivizes greedy behavior
Got one that doesn’t? And I don’t mean communism in small tribes. I need something to rule 10’s of millions.
I’m a sysadmin and I’m weeping, gnashing my teeth and rending my garments. 😆 And I’ve never done anything janky like that. Ever.
Did you mean to say “avocadoes”? Got 2 rotting in my fridge right now. :(
Graduated high school in '89, wild year, missed much of it as my gf and I were constantly scheming on hooking up.
I was going to post some highlights, turns out there’s too many:
Use it like a Fleshlight™.
That is a total non-answer, zero proposals, zero meat on the bone. So, still, no one has answered the question.
Name an economic system that doesn’t eventually funnel money to the top. Not one person has answered that on lemmy, but it sounds like you can!
Tell us about your economic system that doesn’t eventually funnel money to the top. To date, not a single person on lemmy has answered that question.
That’s kinda how I took it. Be funny if language evolved back into flowery Victorian speech.
I feel like you’re missing the economic system vs. the government system. Those are two separate entities that must be controlled for.
Mu point here is that capitalism is a fucking mess, with no government controls. Of course it is! As with any economic system.
So, what’s your solution? I am listening.
He’s absolutely correct. Giving a BJ gets saliva and oxygen flowing. Morning breath is from your mouth “sitting still” all night, closed and dry.