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Again, the extraordinary persistence of this theme: that a ruling order predicated on human perfectibility should reward, glorify, encourage and indeed necessitate all that is humanly base... The Bolsheviks took hypocrisy to places it had never been before; their hypocrisy was highly innovative, highly refined, and almost wittily symmetrical. It was negative perfection.

Martin Amis, Koba The Dread

#Stalin #Lenin #Bolshevism #Russia #Martin Amis #Communism

The largest lies of politicians are the ones they tell themselves.

Andrew Rawnsley, The End of the Party

At the end of a discussion of Tony Blair’s worst failings over the Iraq War, Andrew Rawnsley offers this reflection which captures an element of politicians that one almost never sees in commentary: Their humanity.

#Tony Blair #Iraq War #Andrew Rawnsley #End of the Party

beyonslayed

We’d be better off understanding the Democrats and Republicans as two runners in a marathon race repeatedly passing each other the baton rather as opposing teams tbh

polyscinerd

except when the Democrats have the baton they extend healthcare coverage to 20 million people and when Republicans have control they claw healthcare coverage away from 24 million people. So, no, its not at all like that…

beyonslayed

You can be dense and ignorant of reality all you want so you can continue dickriding Democrats but lemme show you what I mean by baton passing

1.Immigration

2. Crime (code word for controlling black/brown people)

3. Immigrants/Refugees

It won’t allow me to post anymore videos so links will do: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCTyd_ihCqE

4. War

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BwxI_l84dc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIiyDiyUZ2w

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQg8ktsrnXY

So now when you’re done being content with the meager crumbs of a Republican inspired healthcare plan passed by unified Democratic Congress and president you tell me exactly how “its not at all like that”

mediumdensity

Obviously both users are correct. Politicians sometimes use language (and take actions) to appeal to voters outside their political base. Clinton (Bill) was a notorious for this, and there are some rather grotesque examples to his name, such as. On the other hand, Democrats had not occupied the White House for twelve years, so you can see why they were tempted to centrism and the third way. This validates the baton-passing observation, if only superficially.

It is up to each of us how far we go beyond the superficial, but it seems to me not noticing the difference between Obamacare and Trumpcare (a difference that can be counted in the millions as we see above), or between the foreign policy legacy of Bush versus that of Obama (again, count the bodies), is letting too much hard data slip away.

It’s comforting to let our superficial leftish or rightwards impressions of politics gloss over details, but, and this is something we must never allow ourselves to tire of repeating: Just because it is comforting that does not make it true.

#US politics #Clinton #Obama #Trump #Bush #ideology #superficiality #truth yes truth

alanwilsonwatts

In a famous debate that was settled by the sixth patriarch of Zen, there were two monks arguing (when a flag was flapping in the wind) whether it was the wind or the flag that was moving. And he said it’s neither; it’s the mind.

Alan Watts (via alanwilsonwatts)

There was an impressed silence that followed, and the sixth patriarch of Zen was very pleased with himself. Then the wind picked up, and the flag was blown clear of the flagpole; flying into the face of the sixth patriarch of Zen. Momentarily stunned, the sixth patriarch of Zen staggered about the cliff’s edge, the flag wrapping itself around his head pythonwise. The wind gave another astonishing gust, toppling the sixth patriarch of Zen over the edge. The sixth patriarch of Zen was heard gasping as he fell “This is all still in the MIND...”

The two monks concluded that it was, in fact, the sixth patriarch of Zen that was flapping in the wind.

#the moral is: Do not try to settle arguments #solipsistic paradox

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This is exactly the kind of poetry you’d expect from an ideology. It’s a comprehensively turgid idea, communicated in the most ludicrously self-righteous language I’ve ever seen on tumblr. Tumblr, the apotheosis of ludicrous self-righteousness...

A poem can be many things, but opaque isn’t one of them. This formulation is so blunt; as a collection of words it is a total dead end; a brick wall coming for you at the speed of light and at point blank range. There’s no slowly unspooling nuance to it. There’s no exploration of feeling. There’s no rumination. There’s no room, no space to breathe!

What there is is the threat of violence, and the self-congratulation of the fact that the threat has gone unfulfilled. Absolute pitch-dark craziness.

#poetry #what it is #what is isn't #ideology #tumblr #trash politics

Fucking John Lennon airs HIS opinion, which is that he should not be listened to and instead be quiet.

Thanks, John. If only you’d observed your own injunction not to speak, you could have saved us all a great deal of pain.

#intersectionalism #white male privilege #and other junk ideologies #BBC Question TIme #the lady in the back with her hand in the air

How many men does it take to change a light bulb on International Women’s Day?

Two.

One to see the to bulb, the other to ask when International Men’s Day is.

#19th of November

bearingmypoordiction

Question: What’s wrong with this image of defence spending from last year?

Answer: The nation at the top needs to spend an additional $54bn more annually, its current administration says.

Americans like to say that they’re not descended from fearful men. That they’re brave, even. Well, they look to me like the most frightened-to-death scared-shitless nation the planet has ever seen. There’s a lot I love about America, but what a fucking disgusting country.

America, you are not the world.

mediumdensity

A bar graph, though, is actually not very good at encapsulating this -phenomenon.

Think of the US's commitments in terms of NATO, South Korea and Japan. Not to mention Israel. Take a closer look at just NATO: It’s a treaty which enjoins the US in the protection of 27 other nations. The lowest estimate of US contributions to NATO say that it provides 22% of the total budget. The highest puts it at 75%.

Think, also, of how much less countries like China & Russia can pay their soldiers. I've seen estimates for the yearly salary of a Chinese soldier being nine times less than their US counterpart on average.

There’s also GDP to consider. Since the US is the biggest economy, comparing raw spending figures is a rather useless metric. If instead you measure by % of GDP spent on the military Russia comes out on top. Honestly, only a modicum of reading on this issue demonstrates how flatly misleading data can be when marshalled in certain ways. Anti-Americanism has never been more tempting I suppose, what with the Oval Office’s latest proprietor. Still we must differentiate Trump from the country he purports to lead. And while doing so we must not stray from the truth; we must never legitimise his cries of “fake news”.

#NATO #US military spending #Trump #bar bar #damn lies #fake news

mehreenkasana

I don’t enjoy nihilistic proclamations but I always remember Bowden’s words on the stultified condition of humanity in the context of modernity.

We are an exceptional model of the human race. We no longer know how to produce food. We no longer can heal ourselves. We no longer raise our young. We have forgotten the names of the stars, fail to notice the phases of the moon. We do not know the plants and they no longer protect us. We tell ourselves we are the most powerful specimens of our kind who have ever lived. But when the lights are off we are helpless.

We cannot move without traffic signals. We must attend classes in order to learn by rote numbered steps toward love or how to breastfeed our baby. We justify anything, anything at all by the need to maintain our way of life. And then we go to the doctor and tell the professionals we have no life.

We have a simple test for making decisions: our way of life, which we cleverly call our standard of living, must not change except to grow yet more grand. We have a simple reality we live with each and every day: our way of life is killing us.

Charles Bowden, Blood Orchid: An Unnatural History of America

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Nevermind that “our way of life is killing us.” is a contradiction in terms, our present way of life has lead us to unprecedented longevity in human lifespans.

#powerfully untrue stuff

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- The Handmaid’s Tale, Margaret Atwood

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It’s clear why this is being shared and the implied criticism of Trump inc is not unworthy.

However, I always read a fairly explicit critique of religion in general (and Islam in particular) in The Handmaid’s Tale.

destinyrush

6-year-old Caleb Squires was left in tears after a teacher took the microphone a moment before he was going to say gobble gobble. He was ready, opened his mouth and was about to speak, when the teacher snatched the mic.

Caleb burst into tears and some people in the audience laughed.

Harrison County Superintendent Dr. Mark Manchin tried to defend the teacher having said: “It’s a mistake that was made. There was no malice. This teacher, as all our teachers, truly care about these young boys and girls.”

The video went viral and sparked a lot of outrage.

This teacher keeping her job would set an awful example. Caleb is just a kid and even though he may sound different - it doesn’t make him any less of a human being! He deserved to talk, sing or whatever into the microphone like every other kid. People who have autism shouldn’t have less privileges or a worse treatment!

lovemarcheetah

smh she knew what she was doing…and people really laughed at that.

that couldnt have been my child that she did that to

nevaehtyler

^^^^^

myrosecolouredgirl

Dr. Mark A. Manchin,

Superintendent Harrison County Board of Education

[email protected]

304-326-7345

mediumdensity

The confidence of people on here in demanding and agitating for extreme consequences for that woman is stunning. The arrogance that, based on a ten-second clip, we as a public can better judge the appropriate response to the actions depicted than her employer is terrifying. Huge great leaping assumptions have been made with incredible certitude, and in a single bound. How can anyone know this woman’s intentions in that moment? It might feel good to race to feel offence and even sound off about your moral indignation, however (potentially) ill-founded, but to actually involve yourself in some kind of campaign which could very well result in someone losing their livelihood? This is self-righteousness taken to insane levels.

#everything in moderation including your principles

Girls from five to 14 spend 40% more time on unpaid chores than boys do, a report from the UN children's agency finds.

Long thought this one of the primary frontiers of the feminist battle.

It's a frontier that starts in your living room. Ends who knows where.

#feminism #50/50 in the home

mysharona1987

Until the lion learns how to write, every story will glorify the hunter.“

African proverb (via martinskki)

That’s not true because Moby Dick.

intellectualpoaching

Unless we choose to ignore reality, we must find our values in it.

Albert Camus, The Rebel (via intellectualpoaching)

Yeah I think the jigg is up with this one.

#reality doesn't register even faintly on the radar

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slouchingtowardsbedlam-deactiva

grown ass man: well my interpretation of Lolita is—

me:

mediumdensity

No interpretation necessary; Lolita is simply an astonishing work of art.

I understand Free Will in the following way:

You can play your cards, but first you must be dealt a hand.

#variations on Schopenhauer #card tricks #free will #determinism #amateur amateurishness

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