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| Warning voices from the ARC |
every man fared in this life according to the management of the creature; therefore every man prospered according to his genius, and that every man conquered according to his strength; and whatsoever a man did was no crime (Book of Mormon | Alma 30:17; bold emphasis added)."Privatized morality" also summarizes my post of one-year ago: Moral Orientation: Part III - Self-as-Sovereign.4
There were many truth-tellers at this third-annual ARC conference. They didn't all agree on current events and personalities, but they felt free to speak their minds. As it stands, the mix of good and bad is unfolding so rapidly that hindsight may prove the only true understanding of the justice and judgments of our time. Yes, (finally!) much long-standing, pervasive corruption is being rooted out, but are we seeing 360, 180, or less? Where is the Constitution headed in this rout? And if history repeats itself, undoubtedly, so will this observation:
The moment David Brooks CHALLENGED world leaders at ARC 2025
(Alliance for Responsible Citizenship | Feb 18, 2025 | Time 14:17 min.) at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSa52TR9tCA
39 We have learned by sad experience that it is the nature and disposition of almost all men, as soon as they get a little authority, as they suppose, they will immediately begin to exercise unrighteous dominion.Let us not be so locked into what is being made visible from the past that we do not observe the present. Let us observe all things 360 and remember the persistence of déjà vu.
(Doctrine & Covenants 121:39; bold emphasis added)
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1. https://www.arcforum.com/
- https://www.youtube.com/@arc_conference/featured
The Alliance for Responsible Citizenship (ARC) is an international organisation whose aim is to unite conservative voices and propose policy based on traditional Western values. It is associated with psychologist and political commentator Jordan Peterson. It was founded in June 2023, with a London conference held in October of that year.
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alliance_for_Responsible_Citizenship
- https://dejavu-timestwo.blogspot.com/2023/11/time-to-board-arc.html
2. David Brooks (born August 11, 1961)[1] is a Canadian-born American book author and political and cultural commentator. Though he describes himself as an ideologic moderate, others have characterised him as centrist, moderate conservative, or conservative, based on his record as contributor to the PBS NewsHour, and as opinion columnist for The New York Times[2][page needed][3][better source needed]. In addition to his shorter form writing, Brooks has authored six non-fiction books since 2000, two appearing from Simon and Schuster, and four from Random House, the latter including The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources of Love, Character, and Achievement (2011), and The Road to Character (2015). Beginning as a police reporter in Chicago and as an intern at William F. Buckley's National Review, Brooks rose to his positions at The Times, NPR, and PBS[1] after a long series of other journalistic positions (film critic for The Washington Times, reporter and op-ed editor at The Wall Street Journal,[4][full citation needed] senior editor at The Weekly Standard, and contributing editor at Newsweek and The Atlantic Monthly).[when?][citation needed]
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Brooks_(commentator)
- https://heroes-and-hydras.blogspot.com/2025/02/58-david-brooks-author-political.html
3. https://dejavu-timestwo.blogspot.com/2024/02/moral-orientation-part-iii-self-as.html
4. Book of Mormon character: "Korihor, antichrist who was successful in Zarahemla and Gideon, but was run out of Jershon. Debated Giddonah2 and Alma2, was struck dumb, then trodden down by Zoramites (c. 74 BC).[157]" [Book of Mormon | Alma 30]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Book_of_Mormon_people#K
