HeyJaredMeaning, Not Power
There is a fight in all of us for agency, it is played out in the political struggle between communism and capitalism, and only the latter creates the opportunity for personal freedom.
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Always (opens the original)
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Today, we take a short break to enjoy some classic, and soulful, music and memories. Though, you have to bring your own memories, and I’ll share one of mine.<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="996" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!qu3h!,w_1456
Never again (opens the original)
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I gave them everything, though, thankfully you cannot give your soul if you don’t know the magnitude of what you are giving. The Catholic Church teaches it is impossible to go to Hell if you don’t, both, willingly choose to separate from God’s will, and also, have an informed conscious regarding the magnitude of that which you would be choosing.I remember the day, with vivid clarity, in which I thought to myself, my goals no longer matter—only the goals of the collective to which I belonged, the
Heart (opens the original)
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In my neighborhood in Jamaica, Queens, we used a term you are probably familiar with, “beef.” Yes, it meant a grudge worth fighting over.<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="971" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!j8zo!,w_1456,c_limit,f_au
Power, Part III (opens the original)
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We won. That is the plain fact, and it is also the smallest part of what happened.<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="971" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!DaAL!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack
The Spirit of Man (opens the original)
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Retrospectively, Chambers wrote his eventual thoughts about four pro communism stories he had written. Stories he later, and rightly, realized unintentionally exemplified the inhumanity — and inhumane — truth of worship of the State, the collective.To his credit, even at the time he wrote the stories, he spoke from the heart in an effort to be true to his experience. Though, one cannot speak with both honesty and rigor, and hide what is real for very long.In this case, his dedication to uncoveri
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