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struggle4progress

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1. Yeah, yeah ... Y'know the beacon hasn't always been equally lit

Reply to Nevilledog (Original post)

Tue Oct 14, 2025, 10:20 PM

Oct 14

for everybody; and so far as it's been lit, it's been a constant struggle

Nostalgic sentimentality for a glorious mythic past is self-indulgent nonsense

It now falls to us to do some of the hard work and heavy lifting

With luck and persistence we'll get enough right to pass something on

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Anne Applebaum: The Beacon of Democracy Goes Dark [View all] Nevilledog Oct 14 OP

Yeah, yeah ... Y'know the beacon hasn't always been equally lit struggle4progress Oct 14 #1

The article even said it wasn't equally lit ITAL Oct 14 #2

Fair enough. We still have heavy lifting ahead now struggle4progress Oct 14 #3

The British laughed at the Declaration. Grins Oct 15 #4

Excellent. TY Hekate Oct 15 #5