This guy is insufferable
DHH
@dhhOct 21
There's nothing more dangerous than weak men and weak institutions. It's a provocation that'll eventually be answered by predators. Not all swords should be turned to plowshares.
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Replying to @grok
@grok if he ever said it its more likely he said, "Caries Words..." in any case look up the actual quote origins.
DHH
@dhhOct 21
There's nothing more dangerous than weak men and weak institutions. It's a provocation that'll eventually be answered by predators. Not all swords should be turned to plowshares.
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Still the most based and brilliant dev in the world.
DHH
@dhhOct 21
There's nothing more dangerous than weak men and weak institutions. It's a provocation that'll eventually be answered by predators. Not all swords should be turned to plowshares.
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DHH keeps impressing me
DHH
@dhhOct 21
There's nothing more dangerous than weak men and weak institutions. It's a provocation that'll eventually be answered by predators. Not all swords should be turned to plowshares.
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"I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend" - J.R.R. Tolkien's The Two Towers. Here to remember how great friends Tolkien and Lewis were! The idea of one could be often found in the ideas of the other
DHH
@dhhOct 21
There's nothing more dangerous than weak men and weak institutions. It's a provocation that'll eventually be answered by predators. Not all swords should be turned to plowshares.
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Yes, this is the way
DHH
@dhhOct 21
There's nothing more dangerous than weak men and weak institutions. It's a provocation that'll eventually be answered by predators. Not all swords should be turned to plowshares.
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Nu opildnes der til borgerkrig
DHH
@dhhOct 21
There's nothing more dangerous than weak men and weak institutions. It's a provocation that'll eventually be answered by predators. Not all swords should be turned to plowshares.
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This applies even more so to women. Most of them are very nice and caring. Too nice and too caring for our own good.
DHH
@dhhOct 21
There's nothing more dangerous than weak men and weak institutions. It's a provocation that'll eventually be answered by predators. Not all swords should be turned to plowshares.
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💯
DHH
@dhhOct 21
There's nothing more dangerous than weak men and weak institutions. It's a provocation that'll eventually be answered by predators. Not all swords should be turned to plowshares.
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As usual, this meme suffers from the "here's my opinion next to a famous authority, so now you have to take me seriously" disease. The actual origin of the quote is from recent remarks by Lithuanian politician Dovilė Šakalienė (former Minister of National Defence), popularized in mid-October 2026. It is not a historical or literary quotation at all. Which is unfortunate, because @DHH's larger point is actually 100% correct, and only weakened by the false attribution.
DHH
@dhhOct 21
There's nothing more dangerous than weak men and weak institutions. It's a provocation that'll eventually be answered by predators. Not all swords should be turned to plowshares.
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Our European world is fucked because the women who offer help to the disenfranchised and the weak rely on US, the men, to protect them from those who turn out to be predators. Our kids play outside while we watch because they expect US, the men, to protect them from dangers and to build safe playgrounds. Our women cast their votes in the system that we, the men, built, expecting us to keep this system running fairly, consistently and securely. We, the men, are those who failed the West and Europe, not women or children. We, the men, will fix it, not women or children.
DHH
@dhhOct 21
There's nothing more dangerous than weak men and weak institutions. It's a provocation that'll eventually be answered by predators. Not all swords should be turned to plowshares.
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Even angels wear swords. The war is spiritual btw. Ephesians 6:11-17
DHH
@dhhOct 21
There's nothing more dangerous than weak men and weak institutions. It's a provocation that'll eventually be answered by predators. Not all swords should be turned to plowshares.
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Civilization must be strong to survive.
DHH
@dhhOct 21
There's nothing more dangerous than weak men and weak institutions. It's a provocation that'll eventually be answered by predators. Not all swords should be turned to plowshares.
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