Im Which a moment of frustration gives rise to a new blog post!! Remarks on New Tradition, and why that alone won't do

Good morning, my good friend, reader of this present post! How are you, today? As for me, I am okay, one step at a time. Yesterday actually went quite well, even. So, at the end of the day, I don't have much to lament about! This is always a great and immense blessing! There are always some issue that weights heavy in my life, but that is a given. I do have somethings to say on the matter, more on that bellow, but no hurry! First tell me how is the weather? Here, it is very much spring weather, no more purely wintery, while also summer is announcing itself, much to my distaste. The months of winter are so pleasant, temperature wise! Almost makes living in the tropics acceptable, concerning termic sensation. The saving grace of Summer is Christmas, and the old summer holidays from school! As I am in college, I still get those! When I should work, it will likely not proceed the same, but the beautiful memories and the jolly decoration should probably keep my spirits high, anyway. Of course, it would depend on the job. I found out I am not that desperate to find one. I say this because I was beginning a training for one, but did the planning in my head and found that this opening was a bad deal, and discontinued my process with it. Sadly, I did not get the other vacancy I was much more keen on getting. Oh well... I wonder how much is it my fault, because we are never out of it, how much is it due to the chaotic regulation and taxation scenario, as Brazil, particularly under the far left regimes, is hostile for the free entreprise, how much is just due to not being the ideal timing, anyway.... at the end, it's not exactly fruitful to indulge in this point. Opportunities should come later, so I pray... until then, I am grateful for the days I have, the help my family gives, and so on, all of the beautiful quotidian things, that should not be taken for granted, but should be praised in thanksgiving...

The good words out, time for some intellectual rambles: As you know, my friend, I am more compelled to write when I am outraged, angry, frustrated. Right now, if you pardon my french, J'e suis dégoûté. I was listening to the podcast hosted by this man that I grew to dislike, at least of his frame of mind, sir Michael Wilkinson, with one thinker I on the other hand tend to appreciate, Mr. Michael Diamant. The frustration with this conversation is one reason I ended up becoming more absent at least from much of the discussion over new traditional new classical architecture. And it is a frustration magnified by the fact most of the conversation on that broadcast was very useful. I appreciate the insights of Monsieur le Diamant, specially his criticism of new traditional urban planning, that I also do not subscribe to. On my frame, how the worst ideas of new urbanism can be taken towards the modern city planning, as to create true hellscapes in cities, where people are trapped within their neighborhoods by the impossibility of commuting to other zones of the city by car, unless they are compelled to use urban transit system, that in this dystopic scenario, would be a monopoly either of the state, or of a company state-adjacent. One aims at the renewal of urban places, it hits what they do in some places in Europe, where some big cities are closed down for cars, and navigating towards them becomes a nightmare. I divagate here, what I mean to say is, Diamant and I see eye to eye in most of his criticism on new urbanism, and I am specially skeptical, on my end, of then prince of Wales, now King Charles III, as I see him not as a genuine conservative, but as a environmentalist maniac, that happens to have some new traditional ideas, that are not inherently conservative either. In fact, I am growing to quite dislike His Majesty. What a sad end to Britain. Anyway, I divagate again, as you see l am quite filled with frustration this morning. 

Diamant loses me on his fatalistic view of Sweden, being a dystopic society on the sense of being so statist, of depending so much of their state, so far from my own conservatarian approach. Also, he and the other Michael come to ramble a bit on libertarianism as well, talking of having the "pragmatic" approach. You know, I am less anarcho-capitalist than I used to be, I grow more moderate, but I remain very much a free marketeer radical, and highly disgusted of any taxation, any regulation, really, if it comes from a central government. It is hard for me to forgive their takes on property taxes, when I come from Brazil, a taxation hellhole, the worst of any world. Anything to point towards more regulation, no matter how noble the goal "keep the soul of a city" as an example, is always to receive a strong "no, no, no" from me, and this gentleman is not for turning, as I emulate my dear Mrs Thatcher. They definitely lose me on their "every city is ruined by its people" approach. And I am very much in distaste of modernism, as you all probably assumed by now. It is hard to strike balance between my love for beautiful architecture and mid-sized cities, with healthy neighborhoods that yes, you can walk, if you choose to do so, and also my hatred of regulation and the central-government approach, because I know how oppressive that can be, too. Ah, I don't know, on this podcast, those are my observations. More may arise, though.

As with this said, I should again remark with joy how happy I am to have written a new post! I wonder if dear John will read this one! He also has interest in this theme! I hope he grows to appreciate the free market more, too, but I think he already does, to some level.  Should I wrap things up, here? I certainly said most of what I wanted. Writing is a joy, when inspiration strikes, and it did with me today, though due to anger. It is a good thing, writing, but I think I did enough of it, and if I keep going, it will bloat the post, you will lose interest further and I will feel quite drained further too. That topic is a big one, reason why I keep thinking about doing a book... we'll see. In any case, I see you again real soon, my good friend! Happy new week! Wish you the best, many great new moments!!!