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THE APOTHEOSIS OF PENNSYLVANIA

"ASK THY FATHER AND HE SHALL SHOW THEE, THY ELDERS AND THEY WILL TELL THEE"

THE ENLIGHTENMENT 1687 - 1789

27 sec BEN FRANKLIN               THOMAS PAINE               THADDEUS STEVENS 27 sec

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apotheosis (modern def.)

apotheosis wiki (classical, religious def.)

THESE ARE OUR ELDERS

THOMAS PAINE (b. 1737)

THOMAS SOWELL (b. 1930)

"These Are The Times That Try Men's Souls.
The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis,
shrink from the service of their country, but he that stands it now
deserves the love and thanks of man and woman."

"The Fancier The Degree,
The More Likely They Are To Be Wrong."

(because they spout off about things
they know nothing about)

"A Long Habit Of Not Thinking A Thing Wrong
gives it a superficial appearance of being right,
and raises at first a formidable outcry in defense of custom.
But the tumult soon subsides.
Time makes more converts than reason."

"The Problem Isn't That Johnny Can't Read.
The problem isn't even that Johnny can't think.
The problem is that Johnny doesn't know what thinking is,
he confuses it with feeling."

STANFORD HOOVER INSTITUTION

TOM SOWELL says "THEY LIE and commit character assassination" (min 11, sec 27)

Thomas Sowell defines "Cosmic Justice" as the misguided attempt
to rectify all inequalities and misfortunes, including those caused by nature or history (what we used to call "Acts Of God");
rather than just ensuring fair legal process, this pursuit seeks to enforce "equality of outcome" (PLAYING "GOD"),
by tilting the playing field for specific groups, often requiring aggressive government intervention.

TRADITIONAL JUSTICE = playing fair by fair rules
COSMIC JUSTICE = equal outcomes, equal results, i.e. "PLAYING GOD" BY FIXING EVERY GAME.