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Aaron

Politics

9/15/25

We are living through a time of Anocracy. A political system that is neither fully democratic nor fully autocratic, but exists in a hybrid or unstable middle ground.

  • Elections may exist, but they are often manipulated or not fully free and fair.
  • Political opposition is permitted but constrained.
  • Rule of law is inconsistent; leaders may override institutions when convenient.
    Barbara F. Walter
Family

9/14/25

If you hate your parents, the man or the establishment, don’t show them up by getting wasted and wrapping your car around a tree.

If you really want to rebel against your parents, out-learn them, outlive them, and know more than they do. – Henry Rollins

Inspiration

9/13/25

We spend too much time arguing like we’re right—and too little time listening like we’re wrong.
Diatribes don’t change minds. Productive disagreement depends on showing respect, curiosity, and humility.

The most compelling teachers are the ones who are most eager to learn. – Adam Grant

Inspiration

9/12/25

Religious liberty is an inalienable right, with belief or disbelief beyond the authority of government. That is why there isn’t a National Church of America. To move beyond division, we must embrace a civic framework in which shared rights—not shared theology—bind us together. This is the way. – Dad

Inspiration

9/11/25

People do not decide their futures, they decide their habits, and their habits decide their futures. – F.M. Alexander

Inspiration

9/10/25

You will never live in a society when you have an armed citizenry and you won’t have a single gun death… But I think it’s worth it. I think it’s worth to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year so that we can have the Second Amendment to protect our other God-given rights. That is a prudent deal. It is rational… – Charlie Kirk #Inspiration

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