Fitness transcends political ideology. Framing fitness as a construct of extremism on one side in order to elevate the level of acceptance of the unfit on the other side is lunacy.
I also don’t necessarily disagree with some/most of the stuff in this thread, but maybe it should be re-titled “Shaking clenched fist in no particular direction”. I visit it when I want to get my heart rate up
My wife and I have been noting that almost everything is backwards and upside down in the world these days. In my younger years I never could have imagined the state of things as they are now. Sometimes I wonder if this is just what it feels like to grow older. I have to remind myself that the God given best things in life never change, and that there really is nothing new under the sun. However, I did notice that our downward trajectory seemed to really start quickening after the recent mandates and quarantining of healthy people. Idle hands and money for nothing are definitely not good things for people and society. According to the Tytler Cycle we are getting pretty close to, if not already in “Dependence” as our politicians garner votes based on bringing home the bacon to their constituents who have have become aware that they can get personal benefits through voting.
Hayek followed in the footsteps of Ludwig von Mises, and yes I have found the work of these two interesting, and as it turns both very prescient…
Senator Leahy brought a lot of pork home to VT and kept getting reelected. Nice stuff-yes. Did we need it-no. Should it have been added to the national debt-definitely no. I never voted for him.
People in power act like they have no clue about what causes inflation. Modern Monetary Theory is a part of the greatest wealth transfer in history. I just heard on the radio that a 150 acre nature center in a suburb of the twin cities is getting 12 million dollars from the state, and 3 million from the Feds for renovations. We are so far into a debt based system that we have to spend/inflate at an ever greater rate, despite what our fiscal and monetary overlords say about it...
