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MayReasonRule

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9. Indeed, It Is Of Our Own Making - Second Order Change Is An Exceptionally Rare Beast
Sat Mar 7, 2026, 07:33 AM
12 hrs ago

What we're each ultimately describing, is the iterative nature of change, and how the more things tend to change, the more they tend towards staying the same.

True second-order change occurs when those iterations stop merely compensating for dysfunction, and instead re‑encode the system around more rational, freedom‑enhancing principles.

Here's to the ongoing restoration of our freedoms through our nation's iterative return to reason's rule.

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