Some assumptions held by far too many people have crippled most individuals and, by extension, our society.

- You don't have to be very strong unless you're a pro athlete

- You don't have to be highly intelligent and widely read unless you're a scientist or politician

Lies...
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Strength is not the domain of pro athletes and Olympic weightlifters. It is the human birthright, and necessary for a heathy, responsible, productive life.

But holding to the lies, most folk are not just not strong, they are pathetically weak.

There are grave consequences.
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And I have heard people proclaim that they needn't worry about continually educating themselves, because 'there are people who are responsible for those things: scientists and world leaders and such.'

Irresponsibility aside, failing to self educate empawns you to tyrants...
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and to people who seek to harm you.

Self sufficiency is not merely about financial independence. It requires that you have an intellect and knowledge wide and deep enough to keep you from having to pay a price ($ or other) to keep your life in order.

BUT college is not...
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the sole conduit through which folk must develop intelligence and acquire knowledge. It is but one way and necessary almost exclusively for mainstream scientists.

Education cannot be purchased and you must get it yourself. No one can educate you. It's all on you.
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But too many believe education ends after 12 or 16 years of school. This is a crippling assumption that inevitably leads to voluntary or involuntary servitude, which is the current state of nearly all of our society.

As for strength, most folk are "sick with civilization."
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They mistakenly believe that civilization will protect them from nature. As a result, they cultivate irresponsibility the way a farmer cultivates a crop.

What they reap is a ridiculously weak body, which is inevitably lead into a predictable cycle of decline that ends...
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in a decades-long death and a life before it that has wasted potential, compromised and ever-declining health, and an inevitable date with early termination.

Not to mention slavish dependence on more and more drugs that are entirely unnecessary for responsibly healthy folk.
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But none of this is necessary and the fact that the sick-aging-phenotype exists is an incriminating symptom of our sick and enslaved society that cultivates belief in those horrible two lies: 1) only athletes need to be strong, and 2) only scientists/leaders need to be smart.
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So don't believe them.

You are given a body, not just to carry your mouth to the break room and back to your cubicle, but to have a strong, healthy, productive life.

You are given a brain--a human's only natural weapon--so that you may be a free force.

Don't fail this.
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