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    I just wanted to take a minute and thank Cassius for hosting this site, and to the admins for maintaining it. I have completely removed myself from Meta and several other social media sites that now seem to me to be instruments of politics.

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    Thank you for the kind words Eikadistes, and thank you for all you do yourself.

    Of all the many things that might be said about social media and politics, I am totally convinced that no matter what one's perspective, nothing can be fixed in politics or personal life or anything else without a fundamental reexamination of the way the world works. Studying Epicurus shows that almost everything we've been taught in conventional society is totally upside down.

    Most institutions of modern society are totally corrupt, shot through with the type of deception Lucian pointed out in "Alexander the Oracle-Monger." Lucian was right that what's needed in response is the mental strength of Epicurus and his school. There's no way we get to the point where such people can exist again without going back and uncovering what made them what they were.

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    I just wanted to take a minute and thank Cassius for hosting this site, and to the admins for maintaining it. I have completely removed myself from Meta and several other social media sites that now seem to me to be instruments of politics.

    It is heartening to find this harbor in the storm of digital intercourse.

    I too wish to thank Cassius and the many other guides on the podcasts and this website. On this Twentieth celebration that coincide with 2 other occasions this year in the USA (MLK Day, Presidential Inauguration), I plan to listen to older podcasts from Lucretius Today. These podcasts and the supporting commentary on this website helps to give us the emotional strength to see the truth through nature. I expect to gain more knowledge and truths from these words on EpicureanFriends, than all the political opinions on social media and news platforms today.

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