Eye of the Storm

Lower class people use magic all the time--it's necessary for survival--and they're hired to do magic for the upper classes, whether they're working the fields, hiring out their magic for factory work, or working as a maid in an upper class home. Gentlemen are allowed to use magic in a few specific "refined" occupations.

Upper-class ladies are allowed to do almost no magic, except for tiny decorative uses--magic is "low", and using it too much destroys your status in society. Upper-class ladies also regularly go insane from "magic hysteria". Some women are starting to notice this and are arguing for women to be allowed to do healthy amounts of magic. Other people find this idea coarse and unfeminine.

A more significant problem: This sort of castle isn't defensible with the number of people who are implied to live in that house (that doesn't look like a barracks for 16+ people, and the shipping containers don't seem to be used for living or working space either!) It's fundamentally out of scale.

An even more significant problem on a logistical / strategic basis: While it generally makes sense to fortify a residence, large fortifications that require widespread cooperation (which this is one of) don't exist in a vacuum. Something even vaguely like this implies being a warlord controlling area (I don't accuse the people envisioning this silliness of wanting that).

Where's your farm field? Where are your livestock? How do you get around when the fuel for your Gigantic American Trucks is exhausted?

Sister Mary of Saint Peter

(Marie de Saint-Pierre)

October 4, 1816 – July 8, 1848

The Golden Arrow Prayer

Sister Mary of Saint Peter was a Discalced Carmelite nun from France. In her cloistered convent she experienced a series of private revelations from Our Lord. He told her about a powerful devotion He wished to establish worldwide: devotion to the Holy Face of Jesus. She was given the Golden Arrow Prayer by Jesus, for reparation against blasphemy to His Holy Name and profanation of Holy Days of the Lord. The Golden Arrow with its three rings, symbolizes the Holy Trinity. Sister Mary died before this devotion was approved by Pope Leo XIII in 1885.

The great tragedy is that many of the problems Trump identifies are real, and so many of the hurts he exploits demand serious thought and measured action—from governments, yes, but also from community leaders and individuals. Yet so long as people rely on that quick high, so long as wolves point their fingers at everyone but themselves, the nation delays a necessary reckoning. There is no self-reflection in the midst of a false euphoria. Trump is cultural heroin. He makes some feel better for a bit. But he cannot fix what ails them, and one day they’ll realize it.

Trump is... Okay he's not honest but he does come off as genuinely too stupid, selfish and complacent to believe that anything he does has real consequences for the country.

Sure he'll brutalize individual people but there's some level on which he thinks that the only reason we have problems is that the cucks haven't bothered to show everyone who's boss, that America is invincible and eternal and nothing can hurt us so why should we bother thinking through our actions? It's not like they'll have any consequences!

Vance has spent a lot of time cogently and logically articulating exactly why the things he is doing right now are tremendously destructive for the country, not merely for individual people but for the long term health of the country as a whole, and he's doing them anyway.

Saint Kilian

c.640 - c.689

Feast Day: July 8

Patron of Wurzburg, German

Saint Kilian, an Irish monk known as the Apostle of Franconia. He was consecrated Bishop, and in 686 with 11 companions went to evangelize Bavaria. He converted Gozbert, the Duke of Wurzburg. Kilian advised Gozbert that his marriage was unlawful, incurring the wrath of his pagan wife Geilana. She then had Kilian killed when the Duke was away on a military expedition. The site where Kilian was martyred became a pilgrimage site and many miracles occurred there.

HAZY NOSTALGIC FLASHBACK INTENSIFIES

I AM A GLORIOUS EMPEROR, I CAN EARN THE LOVE OF MY CITIZENS!

I AM A GLORIOUS EMPEROR, I CAN ADEQUATELY PREPARE MY SUCCESSOR!

If someone were, as a random example, say hospitalized for over two weeks with no explanation, I think that should automatically trigger a special election to replace them.

If you're still able to do your job, then prove it. And if you're not, then you're actively obstructing democracy by not stepping down.

Which is to say, that if a public official were to pass away or into a coma, and their handlers choose to obfuscate that fact, this should be seen as intentionally obstructing democracy.