And since it is activities that control life, as we said, no blessed person could ever become miserable, since he will never do hateful and base actions. For a truly good and intelligent person, we suppose, will bear stroke of fortune suitably, and from his resources at any time will do the finest actions, just as a good general will make the best use of his forces in war, and a good shoemaker will produce the finest shoe from the hides given him, and similarly for all other craftsmen.
- Aristotle Nicomachean Ethics Book 1 Chapter 11
Those that rule, place chains on us every day.
Because we let them.
Bathrooms - gender neutral
Football - emasculated pink
Face masks - talismans against unseen ethers in the air
Youth - pornified, gayified, sexually assaulted, trafficked, and mutilated
Public places - paganized and defaced
Borders - Overrun
Religion - Leadership comped, betrayal, Judaizing
We act like slaves because we accept it and ask for more by continuing to lend support through implicit silence and continued service.
So, how do we break chains?
The first is that, we have GET ANGRY ENOUGH TO ACT.
Anger leads to action. As in a previous post, is a virtue to be correctly angry. Star Wars is crap. Anger leads to self improvement.
Become angry enough to want to become virtuous.
Chase the wolves down inside yourself.
Kill your own demons.
And then, after getting the taste for it
Go hunting for more.
Hunt to free slaves, rather than imprison them.
The Hunt is on.
It is the same, then, with the virtues. For actions taking in dealing with other human beings make some people just, some unjust; actions in terrifying situations and the acquired habit of fear or confidence make some brave and others cowardly. The same is true in situations involving appetites and anger; for one or another sort of conduct in these situations makes some people temperate and gentle, others intemperate and irascible.
- Aristotle Nicomachean Ethics Book 2 Chapter 2