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Fabius Minarchus's avatar

The early Christians maintained distant relations, but they also had some pretty intense close relations. The "cells" *did* things. They met at least weekly for religious services, and they also functioned as mutual aid societies. They were rather like some of the fraternal orders of a century ago, some of which still function as pale shadows of what they once were. (The welfare state has reduced the demand.)

It is not enough to share ideas. Action begets motivation.

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Theophilus Chilton's avatar

Yes, the local assemblies, though decentralised, did a *ton* of heavy lifting.

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Fat Rabbit Iron's avatar

Bingo. The problem isn't lack of information. The problem is the poisonous apathy pervading every aspect of our "culture". This has to be fixed before anything else can be accomplished.

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Fabius Minarchus's avatar

Here are some ideas I came up with along these lines:

https://rulesforreactionaries.substack.com/p/build-a-mass-movement-starting-at

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Fat Rabbit Iron's avatar

I like it!

I've been thinking about this problem as well and have created a "secede" series on my stack. The idea is to highlight discrete, actionable steps that everyone can do *today*. Unfortunately, all of them require effort. I have yet to convince anyone to do any of these things.

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Fabius Minarchus's avatar

Ok, I did just take a peek. Good stuff! Feel free to drop a link or three in the comments section on my pair of posts. Definitely related material.

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Fabius Minarchus's avatar

I will have to take a look when I get the time.

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Jordan Belgrave's avatar

very interesting. I often read references to the christian expansion as an historic comparison to the rise of wokism, and how one could hope and act to stop it, but you're right that we should also consider the positive lessons of how such a world view has slowly gained ground to inspire our skills and strategies

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Theophilus Chilton's avatar

There might be some functional similarities, but I tend to think the success of wokism is mostly due to its elite support from the Cathedral (media, three letter agencies, etc.) that gives it an artificial boost from what it actually would have if it had to rely on its sunny disposition alone.

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Daniel D's avatar

Exactly right. The early church did not have the Roman government providing grants and loans to support anyone who wanted to attend a seminary, the way America's federal government has done for students of the Marxcissist religion -- I mean, liberal arts programs, nor were there seminaries with multi-billion dollar endowments that effectively shielded them from market forces. Not to mention the way the Left has used their near monopoly on the mainstream media, big tech, and government institutions to promote their ideology from on high. They have created an illusion of consensus, and that illusion is, fortunately, beginning to break.

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Bacon Commander's avatar

I can't help but wonder if there is something missing from these explorations in to historical psychology and sociology. To what i am referring is the external influences of satanic secret societies throughout all history. Satanic and demonic influences have demonstrably powerful influence on human events (now more so than ever, IMO). Money, power and brainwashing have always influenced society whether it promotes ignorance or rebellion, or both in varying degrees.

It's an omnipresent spiritual battle that defines the human experience.

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