Julius, I struggle with the decision of which and how many substacks to support as a paid subscriber. Cumulatively, it quickly adds up, as I noticed on my credit card statements a few months ago. I see you are asking for $12/month which is on the high end. I have pared down and favoured some that provide multiple authors (like The Free Press and Brownstone) and often daily postings. Can you provide a donation option for people who can’t commit to the monthly cost but want to support your work? Jeff Childers (Coffee & Covid) does this with a link at the bottom of each post. I’m happy to donate from time to time in a way I can control. I very much want to support your writing, which I greatly appreciate, and I’m sure others feel the same. You can broaden the base of supporters with either a reduced monthly charge or a donation option.
Hi Jacqueline, that's a great idea with the donation button! I haven't yet figured out how to add one on my Substack yet — lots to learn to navigate the system, but I still have a Tip Jar on my website (https://www.juliusruechel.com/) operated by PayPal until I figure out if and how to set one up on Substack. Thanks for the feedback and for your support! Cheers, Julius
Good to know. I ordered your new book yesterday, so that’s a start! :) I’ve also been sharing your Part 2 article widely, hoping to generate some discussion - found it eye opening on some Canadian issues and mind opening on possible solutions. Cheers!
This is a brilliant suggestion. Substack subscriptions add up to such a degree that I wonder if this business model is sustainable in its current form. Please, give serious consideration to this request.
If you write on substack remember to download your subscriber list periodically. In a desperate attempt to silence the resistance the platform may be censored or shutdown at some critical moment. Have a back up and advertise on mastodon and all the other platforms.
Julius, this is NOT a culture war, and nothing philosophical about it at all. We are and have been for quite some time, in a very HOT war and thousands if not millions have already been maimed or killed.
This is not a War that almost anyone will or has recognized as such as it is being fought with people's health and state of mind, their very thinking or ways of thinking in fact.
ALL living men and living women are being forced to do what many avoid whether they know it or not, and that is to stand in their claim for what they believe and therein lies the very centre of the problem. What do people actually believe?
A friend addressing a hall of people will ask - 1. hand up who has an opinion about the Christian Bible whatever it may be? 99% hands go up. 2. Who has read the bible fullyu keep their hand up? 3-5 out of maybe 100 still up. 3. How can you have an opinion about a book you have not read? 4. So how did you get your opinion?
It is difficult to impossible to be truly independent minded when many or most of the opinions or beliefs we think are 'us' or our own are not.
With no true ethical core and no morel code we hold next to life itself people are hollow empty vessels and their souls simply blow around with the winds.
People like to thjink they are responsible and accountable. Are they in reality?
I agree that this is already far more than just a cultural or philosophical war in any traditional sense even though armies are not yet on the march — the victims are already piling up in many different ways. It's heartbreaking to see what is going on all around us even as this war is completely invisible to many, including to many of the victims who often defend the very people and systems that are destroying their lives.
Of all the different forms of freedom to which we aspire, the "ability to follow our own independent compass" in both thought and action is, I think, the most rare.
There is an army the people face, bold and clear to see. A lifetime experience of the magician directing our gaze away from the obvious (tell-a-vision) means too many see what they are trained to see and not the reality before them. They ARE starting to open their eyes though and look around trying to comprehend what to most is unknown and incomprehensible. The next magician is waiting in line to distract - again. Its a tough path we all must follow - ON OUR OWN
I would gladly donate the occasional sum. I cannot commit to a monthly subscription while having to slash and burn on all other financial fronts but yours is the voice I look forward to hearing the most and I would like to give something. Please consider a donate option.
The donate option is a great idea, especially in the current uncertain financial climate! I'm looking into how to get that set up on Substack - I haven't found an easy plug-and-play option for that yet - but in the meantime, I still have a TipJar on my website https://www.juliusruechel.com/ operated by PayPal. Thank you so much for your support!
Julius I want to support you, I think you are a rare gem to us Canadians...but cannot not pay you as e-transfer.. or something like that, i somehow get a little anxious giving out my credit card, If i can support you another way and still get to read your brilliant articles.. It would be almost like the by gone days of 'magazine subscription' all this makes me anxious, the internet is not really a great place..
Julius, I struggle with the decision of which and how many substacks to support as a paid subscriber. Cumulatively, it quickly adds up, as I noticed on my credit card statements a few months ago. I see you are asking for $12/month which is on the high end. I have pared down and favoured some that provide multiple authors (like The Free Press and Brownstone) and often daily postings. Can you provide a donation option for people who can’t commit to the monthly cost but want to support your work? Jeff Childers (Coffee & Covid) does this with a link at the bottom of each post. I’m happy to donate from time to time in a way I can control. I very much want to support your writing, which I greatly appreciate, and I’m sure others feel the same. You can broaden the base of supporters with either a reduced monthly charge or a donation option.
Hi Jacqueline, that's a great idea with the donation button! I haven't yet figured out how to add one on my Substack yet — lots to learn to navigate the system, but I still have a Tip Jar on my website (https://www.juliusruechel.com/) operated by PayPal until I figure out if and how to set one up on Substack. Thanks for the feedback and for your support! Cheers, Julius
Good to know. I ordered your new book yesterday, so that’s a start! :) I’ve also been sharing your Part 2 article widely, hoping to generate some discussion - found it eye opening on some Canadian issues and mind opening on possible solutions. Cheers!
This is a brilliant suggestion. Substack subscriptions add up to such a degree that I wonder if this business model is sustainable in its current form. Please, give serious consideration to this request.
sadly i wish I could fully support everyone but it adds up and agreed $120/year is a lot to commit to
If you write on substack remember to download your subscriber list periodically. In a desperate attempt to silence the resistance the platform may be censored or shutdown at some critical moment. Have a back up and advertise on mastodon and all the other platforms.
Excellent advice, thank you Kalle!
Julius, this is NOT a culture war, and nothing philosophical about it at all. We are and have been for quite some time, in a very HOT war and thousands if not millions have already been maimed or killed.
This is not a War that almost anyone will or has recognized as such as it is being fought with people's health and state of mind, their very thinking or ways of thinking in fact.
ALL living men and living women are being forced to do what many avoid whether they know it or not, and that is to stand in their claim for what they believe and therein lies the very centre of the problem. What do people actually believe?
A friend addressing a hall of people will ask - 1. hand up who has an opinion about the Christian Bible whatever it may be? 99% hands go up. 2. Who has read the bible fullyu keep their hand up? 3-5 out of maybe 100 still up. 3. How can you have an opinion about a book you have not read? 4. So how did you get your opinion?
It is difficult to impossible to be truly independent minded when many or most of the opinions or beliefs we think are 'us' or our own are not.
With no true ethical core and no morel code we hold next to life itself people are hollow empty vessels and their souls simply blow around with the winds.
People like to thjink they are responsible and accountable. Are they in reality?
I agree that this is already far more than just a cultural or philosophical war in any traditional sense even though armies are not yet on the march — the victims are already piling up in many different ways. It's heartbreaking to see what is going on all around us even as this war is completely invisible to many, including to many of the victims who often defend the very people and systems that are destroying their lives.
Of all the different forms of freedom to which we aspire, the "ability to follow our own independent compass" in both thought and action is, I think, the most rare.
probably because of the very low survival rate ! :-)
There is an army the people face, bold and clear to see. A lifetime experience of the magician directing our gaze away from the obvious (tell-a-vision) means too many see what they are trained to see and not the reality before them. They ARE starting to open their eyes though and look around trying to comprehend what to most is unknown and incomprehensible. The next magician is waiting in line to distract - again. Its a tough path we all must follow - ON OUR OWN
I would gladly donate the occasional sum. I cannot commit to a monthly subscription while having to slash and burn on all other financial fronts but yours is the voice I look forward to hearing the most and I would like to give something. Please consider a donate option.
The donate option is a great idea, especially in the current uncertain financial climate! I'm looking into how to get that set up on Substack - I haven't found an easy plug-and-play option for that yet - but in the meantime, I still have a TipJar on my website https://www.juliusruechel.com/ operated by PayPal. Thank you so much for your support!
Julius, you should allow people to tip you in crypto as well. This would be, shall I say, a very progressive move on your part.
Julius I want to support you, I think you are a rare gem to us Canadians...but cannot not pay you as e-transfer.. or something like that, i somehow get a little anxious giving out my credit card, If i can support you another way and still get to read your brilliant articles.. It would be almost like the by gone days of 'magazine subscription' all this makes me anxious, the internet is not really a great place..
Great read. Hope things can go well for Canada in fortress America. I am all for it.
Ok! Enjoying your work so far, though I turned off auto-renew, as my finances are precarious and so I don't do auto-renews.
Thanks!