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Article: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2023/9/20/azerbaijan-armenia-live-military-offensive-continues-in-nagorno-karabakh

BBC article: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-66796358 RUSI: https://www.rusi.org/explore-our-research/publications/special-resources/stormbreak-fighting-through-russian-defences-ukraines-2023-offensive

Update.

Gabon now has its own coup

Link: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/coup-leaders-niger-grow-increasingly-defiant-us-pressure-rcna98915

Based on the article from Military.com

In this episode I discuss how each generation is facing its own apocalypse and how that impacts the country. One of the biggest contributing factor is our lack of a common language or set of values that enable us to speak clearly to each other. We lack not just a common religion or social-metaphysical-philosophic construct- we lack a common destiny and purpose. We no longer value each other or the contributions that have been made by each generation. Instead we incessantly harass and target generations above and below us instead of seeking to codify an agreed upon social oral history of what America and her people are. And this is what needs to change. The first step in fixing the problem is setting your own two feet firmly on solid ground and learning what your belief system is, where it is taking you, and why you believe what you believe. Anything less is contributing to the American Apocalypse.

My theory on Jordan Peterson's Society is a Walled Garden conversation. You have to learn to master your mind and body. Then you have to learn to engage with your environment. Because your environment is always changing you have to constantly be maintaining your walls. Another important note here is that this concept highlights that our modern society is a collection of walls.

A quick video quoting John Adams and his opinion on Democracy in 1814.

Today we’re examining the outcome of the six struggles for independence. As we discussed previously, the general outcome was independence from the British Empire. Two of the nations, Midlands and New Netherlands, sided with the British while the remaining four nations sought to liberate themselves from the Crown. Each nation had their own motivations for their struggle, but none were prepared for the outcome of true independence from Britain and the question of democracy. AFTER the Revolution, that the idea of freedom and democracy became mainstream. Not before. What did this look like? It looked like poor soldiers from Appalachia deposing their officers and marching on Philadelphia to demand payment for their service. It looked like free African Americans petitioning for the right to vote. And it looked like an armed rebellion in Massachusetts by war veterans who had been denied pay for their service. In short, early American history is far too complex to reduce to single power dynamic. Midlands, for example, sought stability and the empowerment of the individual. Yankeedom sought freedom for themselves and eventually slaves- on a religious basis. New Netherlands, hugely impacted by Dutch thought, wanted their radical freedoms enshrined in law and offered to Americans if they so wanted. It was only in Tidewater and the Deep South that we saw power over the masses as the desire of the lords there. And this often applied to their own commoners, the people of Appalachia, and slaves. So next time someone tells you that America was founded to perpetuate power over some group of deprived, depressed, or excluded people- ask them which nation and when.

This week we delve into the Revolutionary War. As we will learn, the revolution was a much more complex war than we have been taught. Each nation had to decide whether life would be better under the British or not. And for some nations this would lead them into direct conflict with their neighbors. Our story of revolution many not have been a gloriously unified march to freedom like we have been taught. And it may have been full of internal struggles and divisions- but the American Revolution, despite all its imperfections, is a radically optimistic story. Why? Because it highlights that for the first time, Americans found something worth unifying and dying for. Somewhere, amidst that struggle, the notion of freedom for all became a dream. It became a possibility. And it was shared. Americans- of all races marched onto the fields of battle, shoulder to shoulder, as brothers in pursuit of that dream. We, are the lucky inheritors of that dream. And we too often forget it.