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@comfortdragon.bsky.social Sep 28, 2026, 5:26 PM

See biography for Peter Kropotkin:
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Read Peter Kropotkin's work:
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@comfortdragon.bsky.social Sep 28, 2026, 6:22 AM

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@comfortdragon.bsky.social Sep 28, 2026, 4:52 AM

#UniversalHumanism #CivilSimian #philosophy #quotes

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@comfortdragon.bsky.social Sep 28, 2026, 3:48 AM

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@comfortdragon.bsky.social Sep 28, 2026, 2:33 AM

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@comfortdragon.bsky.social Sep 28, 2026, 1:22 AM

#UniversalHumanism #CivilSimian #philosophy #quotes

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@comfortdragon.bsky.social Sep 28, 2026, 12:15 AM

IF your religious belief doesn't defy basic justice and respect for universal human rights.

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@comfortdragon.bsky.social Sep 27, 2026, 10:59 PM

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@comfortdragon.bsky.social Sep 27, 2026, 9:19 PM

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@comfortdragon.bsky.social Sep 27, 2026, 8:14 PM

I need people to agree with me...because I stand with deterministic universality....so the more people that stand with me the better..."myself" is miniscule and unimportant comparatively...

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@comfortdragon.bsky.social Sep 27, 2026, 7:06 PM

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@comfortdragon.bsky.social Sep 27, 2026, 5:28 AM

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@comfortdragon.bsky.social Sep 27, 2026, 4:30 AM

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@comfortdragon.bsky.social Sep 27, 2026, 3:18 AM

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@comfortdragon.bsky.social Sep 27, 2026, 2:14 AM

I'd sooner believe in dimensional aliens who view our universe in block fashion and they're playing a civilization game in which they make tweaks to the past to see the changes in the future.

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@comfortdragon.bsky.social Sep 27, 2026, 12:39 AM

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@comfortdragon.bsky.social Sep 26, 2026, 11:32 PM

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@comfortdragon.bsky.social Sep 26, 2026, 10:21 PM

I actually think we do have to step over the line in the most minimal sense possible....to cure the existential crisis....cleansed of particularity...universality is the safe affirmation.....

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@comfortdragon.bsky.social Sep 26, 2026, 9:12 PM

I once tried to convince my wife she wasn't actually the mother of our son....😂🤷‍♂️....

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@comfortdragon.bsky.social Sep 26, 2026, 7:58 PM

Good religious people use what is basically humanism and common-sense justice, then they give it no credit. It's philosophy, not religion, that comes closest to pinning it down. Religion gives philosophy no credit but smuggles in its conclusions.

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