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Cash is King! Why You Should Ditch Digital Money for Good
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Don’t give the Globalists your money, cut off their cash, build a utopia by doing favors instead!

https://youtu.be/M3r8iEnm04w The world is going crazy, the divide between the politicians and the people has never been greater.  Our elected representatives spend all their time preaching their luxury beliefs, signaling Continue Reading

Posted On : 31st May 2023 Published By : Comicus Muo
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The Stoic Wrestler: the mindset to tackling life

“The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing, in so far as it stands ready against the accidental and the unforeseen, and is not apt to fall.” – Continue Reading

Posted On : 29th May 2023 Published By : Epicurus Of Albion
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You are God, both in experience and expression.

There is only one being in the universe, and you are a part of it. You are interconnected with the great totality of all things, which is the Universe. You Continue Reading

Posted On : 29th May 2023 Published By : Comicus Muo
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Disobedience — that is the nobility of slaves

“Disobedience — that is the nobility of slaves.” said Friedrich Nietzsche in his book “Thus Spoke Zarathustra, ” published between 1883 and 1885. In this quote, Nietzsche presents a provocative Continue Reading

Posted On : 26th May 2023 Published By : Comicus Muo
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Marcus Aurelius – Debts and Lessons

“Debts and Lessons” is the first chapter of the philosophical work “Meditations” written by the Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius. On a personal note, it’s actually one of my favourites, because Continue Reading

Posted On : 26th May 2023 Published By : Comicus Muo
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Beyond Metanarratives: Nihilism’s Challenge to Objective Meaning

Metanarrative… it’s a word we don’t use in everyday parlance. But what it refers to plays a significant part in human history, psychology and guidance. So what is a metanarrative? Continue Reading

Posted On : 23rd May 2023 Published By : Epicurus Of Albion
"Strong minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, weak minds discuss people
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Only weak minds talk about people…

Socrates was an ancient Greek philosopher who lived in Athens during the 5th century BC. He is considered one of the founders of Western philosophy and played a crucial role Continue Reading

Posted On : 23rd May 2023 Published By : Comicus Muo
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Buy Local and watch the globalists crumble.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFytN8CPLcY   Let the fight back begin! We know from recent experience, that the only thing that the globalists care about is maintaining their power and money. They fear insurrection, Continue Reading

Posted On : 21st May 2023 Published By : Comicus Muo
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The Power of the Image: Exploring Hyper-Reality in a Media-Dominated Era

The concept of hyper-reality, as posited by the French postmodern philosopher and cultural theorist Jean Baudrillard, suggests that we now live in a world where reality is increasingly shaped by Continue Reading

Posted On : 19th May 2023 Published By : Epicurus Of Albion
Getting over the fear of failure is a process that requires patience, self-reflection, and practice. Here are some strategies that can help:
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Getting over the fear of failure – Part 1 – Acceptance

  Getting over the fear of failure is a process that requires patience, self-reflection, and practice. Here are some strategies that can help: Firstly, we can recognise that failure is Continue Reading

Posted On : 17th May 2023 Published By : Comicus Muo
The Pursuit of Happiness: Unveiling the Path to Lasting Fulfilment
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Only an idiot pursues happiness.

“Only an idiot pursues happiness. Happiness is never found on its own, it’s always the by product of something else well done, some goal achieved, some job done well, some Continue Reading

Posted On : 16th May 2023 Published By : Comicus Muo
Cash is King! Why You Should Ditch Digital Money for Good
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Cash is King! Cash is Freedom – Why you should ditch digital money for good!

https://youtu.be/NLustjzq830 Please feel free to enjoy the following extract from our book ‘Fuck the Globalists,’ available for sale on Amazon Kindle.   Seriously always use cash, ask the shop keeper Continue Reading

Posted On : 16th May 2023 Published By : Comicus Muo
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How ugliness weakens and afflicts us!

  “Nothing is beautiful, except man alone: all aesthetics rests upon this naïveté, which is its first truth. Let us immediately add the second: nothing is ugly except the degenerating Continue Reading

Posted On : 15th May 2023 Published By : Comicus Muo
“No price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself.” Friedrich Nietzsche
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No price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself!

When Nietzsche wrote, “No price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself,” he was expressing the importance of individual freedom and self-determination. Nietzsche was a German Continue Reading

Posted On : 15th May 2023 Published By : Comicus Muo
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Capitalism and the Bottomless Pit of Satisfaction: Exploring Consumer Culture through Schopenhauer’s Lens

If I were to employ a Schopenhauerian critique on consumer culture it would be how capitalism exploits the striving will inherent in the human condition. “All striving comes from lack, Continue Reading

Posted On : 14th May 2023 Published By : Epicurus Of Albion
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What is philosophy for?

We know that we’re alive.  We also know that the world exists.  It’s not a fiction, it’s unlikely to be a product of our own imagination, we can also be Continue Reading

Posted On : 14th May 2023 Published By : Comicus Muo
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Epoche: The Ancient Greek Practice of Suspending Judgment

Step back in time to ancient Greece, where a fascinating concept emerged that paved the way for modern skepticism. Its name is Epoche, and it was championed by the ancient Continue Reading

Posted On : 11th May 2023 Published By : Epicurus Of Albion
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Why Fiat Currency is Bad!

  Your dollars, pounds or euros aren’t worth the paper they are printed on.  Every time you spend some money you are engaging in an act of faith, and that’s Continue Reading

Posted On : 10th May 2023 Published By : Comicus Muo

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