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Feb 28Liked by Domenic C. Scarcella

Parrhesia is one of they ways I can recognize a “real” Christian.

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Right! It's one of those courageous aspects that used to be part of genuine Christianity, simply due to how others would treat Christians. Nowadays, you can show practically no courage and side with Caesar, and still identify as "Christian" and feel comfortable with all the "It's nice to be nice to be nice" bland sermons.

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Feb 28Liked by Domenic C. Scarcella

“But the Mises Institute is an opponent of the kind of heavy-handed government revealed in those reports”.

The institute itself is, or some of the people affiliated with the institute are?

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I've found everything there roughly aligns to the "Austrian economics, freedom and peace" tagline the Mises Institute promotes. Most of the content creators there appear to be nonpartisan minarchists-to-anarchists, though it occasionally seems like an item still exudes old (usually GOP) party leanings.

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Feb 28Liked by Domenic C. Scarcella

It’s instinct for me to rebel when morality is assigned to a group. Probably why I’m an individualist outlier until I die : )

Reading Mises and Ron Paul articles were a staple pattern for years as a republican, then libertarian. Along with the Drudge Report.

Don’t hold it against me!

The institute is too political for my liking these days. Economics is something you’re knowledgeable about and interested in so it makes sense why Mises is a major source for you.

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I hear you on group morality. To clear up confusion, I'm referring to the Mises Institute as a publisher of a wide range of materials on economics and government intrusions. To my knowledge, their content has been consistently against heavy-handed government, including the persecution of Assange. They've been one of the better news outlets on this and other topics. And, yes, I usually visit their website at least once per day to see what they're reporting on :-)

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Feb 29Liked by Domenic C. Scarcella

Clarity matters, and I appreciate the dose of it you provided in this response!

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