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In this episode, Dan continues the series on conservatism, this time focusing on Robert Peel, Benjamin Disraeli, and the arguments for and against conservatism in Victorian England and after.

In this episode, Dan begins the discussion on conservatism and what means at its core by reviewing Burke’s contribution and many other personalities.

In this episode, Dan discusses the controversy surrounding the “Heritage American” moniker, what the Constitution says on the issue, and how the Fathers of American thought rejected the premise.  https://takeultra.com/ https://kalshi.com/

In this episode, Dan discusses what the Ancient Greeks thought about human liberty.  https://takeultra.com/

In this episode, Dan discusses the SAVE Act and what the Founders thought about elections, particularly who should control them, the states or the federal government.

In this episode, Dan discusses the Founders’ greatest fear - not a king, not an oligarchy, but a tyrannical mob.

In this episode, Dan discusses Tocqueville’s warning about soft despotism and what happens to a society when men start allowing someone else- in this case, the State or tech companies- to manage their responsibilities.

In this episode, Dan discusses historical definitions of what a nation is, from Ancient Greece through the Founders, and applies the standard to our present situation to determine if the United States is still a nation or… something else.

In this episode, Dan discusses Alexis de Tocqueville’s Democracy in America, his thesis that America succeeded where others failed because of small associations, and his warning that abandoning those small associations for polite bureaucracies would be the end of our Republic.

In this episode, Dan discusses the entire Stoic Chain, where the Stoics eventually hit a wall, how the Stoic Chain shows up in the New Testament, and how Jesus became the perfect example of each of these elements.

In today’s episode, Dan discusses Kairos, the final element of the Stoic Chain, which tells us that frank information is good, but without the proper timing, it turns from medicine into a punitive action.

In today’s episode, Dan explores the third of the four elements of the Stoic Chain, Parrhesia, which states if people are indeed my tribe, my family, I owe them the frank truth.

In today’s episode, Dan explores the Stoic Chain principle Sympatheia, which states that the people who are my family, my tribe, always were and instead of forming those relationships, I discovered them.

In this episode, Dan begins a five-part series on the Stoic Chain: four ideas in a single argument about what your responsibility is to this world. The first, Oikeiosis, is about who is in your “household”, or who you consider family.

In this episode, Dan revisits Living with the Logos and Pattern in the Wood to discuss the four tenets of masculine character: moral clarity, strength, leadership, and sacrifice. In the episode, there are four real-world challenges for you to complete and report back on your experience.