Looking for collaboration ideas
All views are welcome and heard
I’ve been writing here for the past month, starting with Irish and British history and my own interest in Zoroastrianism, but I’m increasingly interested in how patterns of division, betrayal, and social fracture play out across different contexts.
The local stuff—Northern Ireland, UK politics—was a natural starting point, but I know fine well this is not unique to one place.
What I’m wondering:
Are there historical episodes or social patterns from other parts of the world that deserve this kind of analytical treatment? Moments where the past illuminates something we’re missing about the present, wherever that might be?
I’m open to:
Guest perspectives on parallel themes in different contexts
Suggestions for overlooked historical moments worth examining
Q&A sessions to discuss sensitive topics and increase awareness
Cross-promotion with writers covering similar territory globally
Co-examining topics where our interests overlap
My approach tends to be digging into specific events to find broader patterns—nothing groundbreaking, just trying to make connections that might be useful.
If you’re working on something in this space, or you’ve been wanting someone to write about a particular angle on historical patterns, social division, or political dynamics anywhere in the world, I’d be interested to hear about it.
Reply here or reach out directly.
—Gary
It is a great starting point.
Anyone can feel free to comment, but my position would be that the current political discourse, certainly in the UK, across Europe and in the US.
Maybe we need to redesign out political landscape from top to bottom. REMOVE the whole Left/Right concept and start again.
How about starting from there 🤔
Gary, Social division is now the norm in the USA. The rift between the left and the right is so wide that the left is calling for violence against the right and the right is calling for sanity from the left. The constant drumbeat of anti Trump supporters, naming them as Nazis, existential threats against democracy, evil, hateful people, etc., is the cause of violent attacks, including the assassination of Charlie Kirk, the two attempts at killing Trump, shootings, beatings, etc. It’s my opinion that, if democrat leadership doesn’t rein in their rhetoric things will get worse and worse and worse.
This is a good starting point for discussion.
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