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anonymiss

"In their #moral #justification, the #argument of the lesser evil has played a prominent role. If you are confronted with two evils, the argument runs, it is your duty to opt for the lesser one, whereas it is irresponsible to refuse to choose altogether. Its weakness has always been that those who #choose the lesser evil forget quickly that they chose #evil." - #HannahArendt

#quote #wisdom #society #politics #Democracy #World #Problem #future #crisis #humanrights

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psych@diasp.org
Michael

As Lord #TrumpVirus prepares to give his victory speech, and stunned millions wonder how this could be....

I try to tell myself: "We've been lucky to have lived life during the enlightened period of the U.S., rife with promise, before the cult of crazy became a majority, funded by the richest and best (sociopaths).... Yes, so many places still value democracy, and strive to keep it. Meanwhile.... healthcare, women's rights, taxation, pollution, science, medicine... all await their sworn enemies' arrival.

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#TrumpVirus takes over #democracy .... RIP #democracy Bye Bye Ukraine Goodbye leadership in aspirational human achievement.

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psych@diasp.org
Michael

Here we go.... very deeply real.... #truth, #anxiety, and #uncertainty about the #TrumpVirus returning, powered by a #cult

Senior Women Back Harris In Iowa | America's Fresh Start | Trump vs. The Microphone

2 quick stress-relievers

  1. Watch this snapshot of the election's beginning -
    Colbert/Late Show (Mon night)

  2. Be at the least "mindful" if not woke:
    Memorize and practice/remember this: Breathe. In/out... In/out.... deep breath...

Note: Praye,r optional, voting not. "Own it!" #Democracy

Or maybe we'll just wake up and the plague of willful ignorance and nihilism will be gone, like a miracle, like a horrible nightmare

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wazoox@diasp.eu
Emmanuel Florac

The Tyranny of Stuctureless - Jo Freeman

#politics #democracy #feminism

A "laissez faire" group is about as realistic as a "laissez faire" society; the idea becomes a smokescreen for the strong or the lucky to establish unquestioned hegemony over others. This hegemony can be so easily established because the idea of "structurelessness" does not prevent the formation of informal structures, only formal ones. Similarly "laissez faire" philosophy did not prevent the economically powerful from establishing control over wages, prices, and distribution of goods; it only prevented the government from doing so. Thus structurelessness becomes a way of masking power, and within the women's movement is usually most strongly advocated by those who are the most powerful (whether they are conscious of their power or not). As long as the structure of the group is informal, the rules of how decisions are made are known only to a few and awareness of power is limited to those who know the rules. Those who do not know the rules and are not chosen for initiation must remain in confusion, or suffer from paranoid delusions that something is happening of which they are not quite aware.

https://www.jofreeman.com/joreen/tyranny.htm

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wist@diasp.org
WIST

A quotation from Lincoln, Abraham

The people — the people — are the rightful masters of both Congresses, and courts — not to overthrow the Constitution, but to overthrow the men who pervert it.

Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) American lawyer, politician, US President (1861-65)
Speech (1859-09-16), Columbus, Ohio

#quote #quotes #quotation #checksandbalances #citizenry #congress #Constitution #courts #democracy #people #voting #wethepeople
Sourcing / notes: https://wist.info/lincoln-abraham/39417/

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