tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6421367977598373300.post7329262710706039265..comments2023-08-22T05:06:48.916-07:00Comments on JR Snyder Jr: We Have Lost NothingJR Snyder Jrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09825473115986190389noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6421367977598373300.post-32735235079719156942011-05-27T23:18:42.370-07:002011-05-27T23:18:42.370-07:00I think you've captured the essence of what I ...I think you've captured the essence of what I am trying to get across these days and knowing that you did gives me hope and satisfaction. I no longer can focus on how what happens, happens but only on how to look ahead to the future and get through it.<br /><br />Actually I think things are also worse than we want to admit. We are a nation that is breaking down but will not be broken except into smaller pieces, both geographically and mentally. By that I mean there are those who will try to keep us whole as a nation in the old way of doing things but that is dying and we will segment ourselves in geographic pockets. We are moving on into a different era where the optimists will be the survivors and we have to be honest with ourselves…we cannot save those who do not want to survive as free people and we must learn to accept to let them go and whatever fate befalls them as terrible as that sounds.<br /><br />In some ways I think those who are survivalists, meaning those who escape into the woods to be self-sufficient preparing for the total collapse are merely survivalists but not necessarily survivors.<br /><br />I hope that made sense (enough anyway that I may write a blog or do a vlog about it). Your thoughts and comments are always appreciated and thanks for reading and the compliment.JR Snyder Jrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09825473115986190389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6421367977598373300.post-54474671368299244222011-05-27T23:05:26.710-07:002011-05-27T23:05:26.710-07:00I read this post early yesterday, on about three h...I read this post early yesterday, on about three hours' sleep in a couple days and thinking too wildly to get what you were saying. I tried to comment and am for once glad that Blogger had me confused; I needed some more time to absorb it.<br /><br />This is a brilliant post. You are the first person I am aware of who has based our confusion and trepidation upon our fear of freedom. You didn't state it that way (and I am sorry if I have it wrong) but your argument that science and technology have led to more natural lives rings completely true with me. <br /><br />We are (all of us) a bunch of people who are to greater or lesser extents "used to" the way things have been. Combine that with all the things which science and tech have changed-and the relative ease of joining in on the deal-and it's...still not easy to understand why some people don't seek it.<br /><br />I intended to argue against your last sentence yesterday. It was the optimist in me. I still think optimism is a great thing to have but I don't think it's fair to spread it across a bunch of people you don't know.<br /><br />Personal experiences and contact are what matter. No one ever legislated a hero, and no one ever beat a hero into anyone.<br /><br /><br />I'll leave this at that, JR. And I'll shut up other than to thank you and say the two pictures were perfect twins. Fraternal ones, of course. :)<br /><br />GREAT post, JR!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com