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First proper piece of my "Black Belonging" series. My legacy to the next generation. See following tweet for full piece.

I would say about 90% of my takes on here are pure moral intuition. I don't need the empirical to assert an opinion with conviction. But then again, formation (well-tuned conscience shaped by community, liturgy, memory, and story) has been a huge part of my development.

Alas....what I've been asserting for years has proven to be true. Maybe, just maybe, this event will widen the plausibility structure of the British populace around the role of community in life.

Even the current liberal establishment are increasingly pulling upon authoritarian tools. People will not enjoy full blown authoritarianism.

This is an insane "moral response" to the matter. 😂

I've accepted this. It's more comfortable for some to remain in misery. A realisation that came to me early on in life is that "not everyone will make it". And it's largely because of the narrative they walk throughout life with.

"Few things can help an individual more than to place responsibility on him, and to let him know that you trust him." -- Booker T. Washington

I know this will largely be shaped by faith. But crucial to also highlight that the Christianity inherited has been shaped in a cultural context that places high emphasis on providence and destiny (purpose). I wrote this about Nigerian Christianity.

What is interesting here is that most people today (understandably) can't express what unique British values look like, if asked. But that is not to say that there isn't an instinct and mood. Britishness is implicit unlike explicit Americanness—declaration and doctrine.

Not every problem has a right answer or a quick fix. The mature learn to sit in the tension, to wrestle, to wait. Discomfort is often the price of wisdom.

Correct. Knowing your limits isn’t shameful—it’s wise. Equality in dignity doesn’t mean equality in judgment. Sometimes the smart need to "flex" their capabilities, if only to protect the commons from nonsense.

Without the imago Dei, dignity becomes conditional. We lose the ability to talk honestly about human nature without devaluing people.

Being well-read doesn’t make you insightful. The ability to synthesise experience, data, and intuition into tangible insight—that's the mark of a visionary.

👇🏿 Insightful. Thanks for sharing.

Empiricism has colonised common sense in modern Western society. Everything is defaulted to social science data. The absurd consequence? We now need peer-reviewed studies to prove that loneliness is bad for you. There is a real crisis in moral intuition.

This was track was played everywhere back in primary school. This, Sisqo's "Thong Song" and Britney Spear's "Baby one more time" capture my memories, vividly.