North Stoke Life

Think about the slaves. Could they have run away to the free land? Yes, of course they could. But they didn't run away to the free land did they? Because staying with a master was slightly better. Running to the free land meant that they would have to fend for themselves, which would have been a very hard life indeed. Even though they were free. Slaves consented to their slavery because it was a better choice than the alternative. Do you see? So what can we say about modern, western man? Are we still slaves too, if we refuse to run to the free land? Or if we refuse to change the law on property rights to match the will of God? The image contrasts the historical claim (that remaining under a master was preferable to the severe hardships of self-sufficiency in free territory) with its modern application (that declining to opt out or reform property law according to a divine standard leaves people in an analogous position).  The underlying logic treats continued participat...

This piece attempts to integrate the protests, conflicts and immigration problems currently happening in the world with similar historic events. Where a Popular Front forms with severe internal contradictions which eventually undermine it. (i.e. the 2020 BLM riots and the current EU migration pro pally and sexualisation riots). In the hope that wise people can recognise the weakness and crush it. Sadly there are very few wise people around.  The "internal contradictions" of the Popular Front—a political strategy adopted by communist, socialist, and liberal parties in the 1930s to combat fascism—revolved around the fundamental conflict between maintaining a moderate, capitalist-friendly coalition and pursuing radical socialist revolution . To unite against the immediate threat of fascism, working-class parties paused their revolutionary goals to ally with middle-class bourgeois liberals. This compromise created structural tensions that ultimately fractured these coalitions, mo...

It's a curious thing to watch the 'influencers'. The higher they climb in public, the more the effects come out into the open. No sooner have they become legends in their own lunchtimes than the 'channel' becomes more important than the cause. It's now "all about me" - the ego takes control with the shadow acting unconsciously yet powerfully behind the mask.  I've seen this in myself during my own limited lunchtimes of fame in the past. Its easy to feel and observe what is happening on a sort of 'stage'. I say to myself "Robin, don't do it, you know what it means if you do". It's exceptionally hard to resist though. Few can, we're only humans possessed by a shadow, after all. Few lunchtimes last long enough for us to do harm. These few seem to be 'blessed' by a demon of sorts and find the energy to continue doing the shadows harm.  Salvation always comes to those who knowing this is impossible to avoid when ...

Around 73 million induced abortions occur worldwide each year, according to WHO estimates. That figure exceeds the roughly 61–64 million total deaths of people who have already been born. In most places where abortion is legal, the decision rests with the pregnant woman; men have no equivalent unilateral right. The proposition examined here is that the guilt and shame some women carry from these experiences—particularly among those who are more politically active—can be compensated for by unusually strong empathy and policy support for the relatively uncontrolled entry and presence of illegal or irregular migrants. This is offered as one possible root of what has been called “suicidal empathy”: a willingness to prioritize the interests of outsiders even when the scale of inflows creates clear costs for the receiving society. The claim is that holding strong pro-abortion views and strong support for largely open illegal migration can appear coherent within progressive ideology yet may a...