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13.12.202402:34
COMMUNITIES
Dr Craig S Wirght
“The problem, as I see it, isn't just about politics; it's about forgetting who we are. Both the left and the right have sold their souls to incomplete visions of society. On the left, they’ve sacrificed the human connection, that neighbourly handshake, that shared meal after church, that local softball league. They’ve given it all away to the state. The state doesn’t smile back at you, doesn’t cheer when your kid hits a home run. The state is faceless, nameless bureaucracy. In their quest for equity, they’ve crushed the essence of what binds us together—our communities.
And then there’s the right. They wave the flag of individualism so hard, they forget that individuals don’t thrive alone. They’ve abandoned community too, but not to the state—no, they’ve left it in the dust in favour of some hyperactive dream of self-sufficiency. You see it in the empty church pews and the shuttered veterans' halls. They’ll preach about personal responsibility, but where’s the responsibility to one another?
Both sides are wrong. The left leans too hard on the state to solve everything, and in doing so, they rip away the foundation of community groups. The right? They’ve become so enamoured with their vision of the lone wolf they don’t see the pack crumbling behind them.
This isn’t new. In Bowling Alone, Robert Putnam warned us about the decay of civic life. He saw it—the bowling leagues disappearing, the Elks Clubs dwindling. When we stop showing up for one another, we stop growing as individuals. Real individualism, the kind that flourishes, only happens in the soil of community. It’s the balance of belonging and freedom. It’s being you while standing shoulder to shoulder with others.
What neither side sees is this: we’re not choosing between community and individualism. We’re choosing how to make them thrive together. The state can’t give you a neighbour. It can’t give you a friend. And your echo chamber of individualism won’t give you a helping hand when you’re struggling. It’s time to rebuild. To reclaim the bowling leagues, the bake sales, the places where we meet, argue, and laugh.
Without those, we’re lost. Not because we’re too individualistic or not individualistic enough, but because we’ve forgotten that community isn’t the enemy—it’s the answer.
https://x.com/cstominaga/status/1866718473432494243?s=46&t=fNUdJ1lowzb0JQ3mlEePtQ ❤️❤️❤️
Dr Craig S Wirght
“The problem, as I see it, isn't just about politics; it's about forgetting who we are. Both the left and the right have sold their souls to incomplete visions of society. On the left, they’ve sacrificed the human connection, that neighbourly handshake, that shared meal after church, that local softball league. They’ve given it all away to the state. The state doesn’t smile back at you, doesn’t cheer when your kid hits a home run. The state is faceless, nameless bureaucracy. In their quest for equity, they’ve crushed the essence of what binds us together—our communities.
And then there’s the right. They wave the flag of individualism so hard, they forget that individuals don’t thrive alone. They’ve abandoned community too, but not to the state—no, they’ve left it in the dust in favour of some hyperactive dream of self-sufficiency. You see it in the empty church pews and the shuttered veterans' halls. They’ll preach about personal responsibility, but where’s the responsibility to one another?
Both sides are wrong. The left leans too hard on the state to solve everything, and in doing so, they rip away the foundation of community groups. The right? They’ve become so enamoured with their vision of the lone wolf they don’t see the pack crumbling behind them.
This isn’t new. In Bowling Alone, Robert Putnam warned us about the decay of civic life. He saw it—the bowling leagues disappearing, the Elks Clubs dwindling. When we stop showing up for one another, we stop growing as individuals. Real individualism, the kind that flourishes, only happens in the soil of community. It’s the balance of belonging and freedom. It’s being you while standing shoulder to shoulder with others.
What neither side sees is this: we’re not choosing between community and individualism. We’re choosing how to make them thrive together. The state can’t give you a neighbour. It can’t give you a friend. And your echo chamber of individualism won’t give you a helping hand when you’re struggling. It’s time to rebuild. To reclaim the bowling leagues, the bake sales, the places where we meet, argue, and laugh.
Without those, we’re lost. Not because we’re too individualistic or not individualistic enough, but because we’ve forgotten that community isn’t the enemy—it’s the answer.
https://x.com/cstominaga/status/1866718473432494243?s=46&t=fNUdJ1lowzb0JQ3mlEePtQ ❤️❤️❤️
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The BSV Blockchain’s vision of a new Web 3.0 iteration of the Internet focused on users’ privacy, transparency and data integrity aligns with W3C’s vision of having the Web designed for the ‘good of its users’ as well as ‘safe for its users’ and that there is only ‘one interoperable world-wide Web’.
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