Gideon’s Army
Gideon’s Army On choosing, and being chosen John Carter Vladimir Manyukhin So he brought down the people unto the water: and the LORD said unto Gideon, Every one that lappeth of the water with his tongue, as a dog lappeth, him shalt thou set by himself; likewise every one that boweth down upon his knees to drink. I owe the inspiration for this piece to Grant Smith , who first articulated this metaphor to me in a different context. It’s my hope that this essay will prod him to share his own very interesting thoughts on this theme. It’s been a rough few years. With zero warning outside of those few of us who lurk on the chans to monitor the Internet’s id, the planet locked down under threat of an unprecedented pandemic. We all know what happened. I won’t re-litigate it here. It’s almost boring to talk about it now. We all know that it was all fake and ghey, the mother of all psychological operations. The world was shut down, and we were imprisoned in our domiciles – in some cases liter