A non-political conservative/reactionary who experiments with old ideas on himself and not forcing others to do so, is there such a thing
Sure, these people are usually known as eccentrics, cranks, and weirdos X-/
If there was such a thing I would actually try a demo version of it
Since you're experimenting on yourself, what's stopping you and why do you want only a demo version?
Too few personal skin in the game
That depends on where do you live and what kind of politics you are talking about.
Since you're experimenting on yourself, what's stopping you and why do you want only a demo version?
Lack of info. Know any good self-help books published before 1700 ? :)
Most of the old stuff was learned by word of mouth. The "sensei" type of learning that we Westerners find so adorable in Asia, but actually we did it too, and that means not a lot of stuff was written down.
Not all hope is lost, though, there are people learning fencing from manuals written around 1470. http://wiktenauer.com/wiki/Main_Page
But jokes aside. For example we are d...
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