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https://ancienttexan.blogspot.com/2024/02/the-wrecking-ball.html --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ancienttexan/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ancienttexan/support

I am a masculist. Yes, I advocate for men's rights. I even advocate for white men's equal rights. When I first looked up the word that was equivalent to being a feminist, but that was a male, it said that I should call myself a feminist because it is a term that refers to equal rights for all people. But you know how we decided that you can't be a mailman because the word man is captured inside of the word mailman. So, we have to use the word mailperson. So, there's a lot of emphasis on getting the word man out of terms that refer to both genders. I've always thought this was a little on the silly side, but I understand the importance of words.  So, in that light, I thought it was foolish to call myself a feminist because it has no distinction from the feminist that everyone thinks of when you use the word feminist. After all, the word feminine is actually captured inside the word feminist. So I discovered there's this word called masculist, which is not very poetic, and it brings nothing to mind except maybe the idea of masculine. But that's the word that I've got that seems to me the equivalent of a male feminist that advocates for the rights of all people, including white males, or, to be honest, maybe I should say especially for the rights of white males. I've always had a problem with the concept of white male privilege, especially if someone was talking about me. Yes, I have some advantages by being white, and there used to be a lot of advantages to being white and being a male. Those advantages, though, are now vaporware and, in fact, never applied to most poor white males any more than it applies to females or blacks or any of the hundreds of kinds of disadvantaged people.  Rich, even elite, white people are the real advantage group, and assuming that entitlement spreads much at all to people who are only white and not rich at all is a huge extrapolation these days. So, there is a historical precedent for white males running the world and a few white males being on top of this hierarchical pinnacle of power. But that Pinnacle was in the past often a merit-based pinnacle and still largely is a merit-based pinnacle. But what's even more important is this is a historical perspective that is not current with what's going on in the world. Richard Reed's book Of Men and Boys describes the current state of the white man in this society and men in general and points out that in today's world, the white male is actually increasingly with the disadvantaged people in our society. I am a masculist. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ancienttexan/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ancienttexan/support

January 6 was fueled by the replacement fear among white males. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ancienttexan/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ancienttexan/support

Statisticians predict the amount of people on average dying each day. Suddenly 10 to 20% extra people are dying everyday. Why? So what's causing all the extra people to die --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ancienttexan/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ancienttexan/support

Everything varies between extremely dangerous to existential threats these days. Are they really? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ancienttexan/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ancienttexan/support

Bigger kids on the block are dictating what direction the world goes in, not us. CO2 production, who controls it. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ancienttexan/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ancienttexan/support

When you turn on the heat in the morning, a legion of people around the globe deliver you the energy that warms your house. Do you take that all for granted? Should we be in awe?" --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ancienttexan/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ancienttexan/support

My lady and I talk about what makes our relationship work. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ancienttexan/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ancienttexan/support

Homelessness is looked at from the point of view of Finland, Vancouver Canada, and San Francisco. What's the difference between how we see homeless versus in Finland. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ancienttexan/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ancienttexan/support

What are some of the flags that divide us: Black Lives Matter Build the Wall Given these two flags, you can pick a side, a tribe, and separate yourself from those on the other side of the "wall." Do the flags do any good? Do they change anyone's minds? If I said "Hispanic Lives Matter," why wouldn't it work for either side? Because it is not yet a political statement. "Black Lives Matter" and "Build the Wall" are political statements that no longer convey a meaningful message, especially to those on one side of the wall. Even if the flag is on your side of the wall, if you could still think and listen after the flag is raised, you would find some truth, some useful message carried by the flag. For example, sometimes, building a wall to stop immigration actually makes sense. Just because Trump said "it" does not make it not true. Neither does it always make sense. Flags don't make sense; they make a statement, a political statement, and they are almost always offensive to half of the population. If you want to change the world and make it a little kinder, you can't use flags. Flags are offensive and mostly unkind these days. #AncientTexan --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ancienttexan/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ancienttexan/support

UUFN is considering dramatically raising the rent rate for their childcare center. I argued that the most worthwhile thing they do as a "church" is subsidizing the childcare center and that any increases would be passed on to the parents/children who often can't afford it. My daughter, with two jobs, can not afford more than to eat, pay her rent, and keep an old car on the road. Amy and I pay $341/week for childcare, going up in January. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ancienttexan/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ancienttexan/support

My thoughts on Presidents I have known. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ancienttexan/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ancienttexan/support