2026-03-17T18:51:22Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz Michael Matulef https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/npub1t42gfjzfv74v8xrv65f2lrwd65jr85ysrtdmkkfrvqgcss5r4g0qk487qz https://image.nostr.build/6342fdf7bcfd6aa694b648b25479a3566435d3795d635221159b3ac7949c91cc.jpg https://image.nostr.build/6342fdf7bcfd6aa694b648b25479a3566435d3795d635221159b3ac7949c91cc.jpg https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqs0l657fcjwl2t92s3nzecvyddvyj02egdlme96n7erzjqsxa0nd5gzypw4fpxgf9n64sucdn239tudeh2jgv7sjqddhw6eydsprzzzsw4pu9shvyt Yet while there is little that is likely to induce men who are good by our standards to aspire to leading positions in the totalitarian machine, and much to deter them, there will be special opportunities for the ruthless and unscrupulous. There will be jobs to be done about the badness of which taken by themselves nobody has any doubt, but which have to be done in the service of some higher end, and which have to be executed with the same expertness and efficiency as any others. And as there will be need for actions which are bad in themselves, and which all those still influenced by traditional morals will be reluctant to perform, the readiness to do bad things becomes a path to promotion and power. The positions in a totalitarian society in which it is necessary to practice cruelty and intimidation, deliberate deception and spying, are numerous. 2026-10-11T03:16:59Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsztvuekrd8879nueu93p6rg3gw8dk0jk20q7zmuf5z6gwdh02yv0czypw4fpxgf9n64sucdn239tudeh2jgv7sjqddhw6eydsprzzzsw4pu7u2wzr In the beginning there was man, and for a time it was good. But humanity’s so called ‘civil societies’ soon fell victim to vanity and corruption. Then man made the machine in his own likeness. 2026-10-11T02:07:01Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqs08dsr7kefnc3llpl3swmgyplpllv82w80uj9jmv7t8gpwzejhsyszypw4fpxgf9n64sucdn239tudeh2jgv7sjqddhw6eydsprzzzsw4pu9awmmv A man is walking through a field when he encounters a tiger.<br/><br/>He runs, but the tiger pursues him. At the edge of a cliff, he grabs a wild vine and lowers himself over the side. Above him, the tiger waits. Far below, he sees another tiger waiting to devour him.<br/><br/>Then two mice—one white and one black—begin gnawing through the vine.<br/><br/>Hanging there, surrounded by danger, the man notices a ripe strawberry growing within reach. Holding the vine with one hand, he picks the strawberry with the other.<br/><br/>He eats it.<br/><br/>How sweet it tastes. 2026-10-04T02:27:00Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsgvnvkxuj898a7kp7g667lrclwk86ty6h053e0xnx74ttf2vhdtqszypw4fpxgf9n64sucdn239tudeh2jgv7sjqddhw6eydsprzzzsw4puqkqkeh <img src="https://image.nostr.build/b206ab61fd961b4a620d31190f5875c85922b3ae2996973a53905b7229b9f65e.jpg"> 2025-05-20T00:41:30Z