#common-good — Public Fediverse posts
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If Acts Happened Today, Would We Call It Communism?
For many, "communism" has become less a political philosophy and more a conversation stopper. But is every effort to use our shared resources to care for the poor, the sick, and the vulnerable really communism? This article examines the difference between political labels and biblical principles, comparing the teachings of the early Church with today's political rhetoric. -
If Acts Happened Today, Would We Call It Communism?
For many, "communism" has become less a political philosophy and more a conversation stopper. But is every effort to use our shared resources to care for the poor, the sick, and the vulnerable really communism? This article examines the difference between political labels and biblical principles, comparing the teachings of the early Church with today's political rhetoric. -
If Acts Happened Today, Would We Call It Communism?
For many, "communism" has become less a political philosophy and more a conversation stopper. But is every effort to use our shared resources to care for the poor, the sick, and the vulnerable really communism? This article examines the difference between political labels and biblical principles, comparing the teachings of the early Church with today's political rhetoric. -
If Acts Happened Today, Would We Call It Communism?
For many, "communism" has become less a political philosophy and more a conversation stopper. But is every effort to use our shared resources to care for the poor, the sick, and the vulnerable really communism? This article examines the difference between political labels and biblical principles, comparing the teachings of the early Church with today's political rhetoric. -
If Acts Happened Today, Would We Call It Communism?
For many, "communism" has become less a political philosophy and more a conversation stopper. But is every effort to use our shared resources to care for the poor, the sick, and the vulnerable really communism? This article examines the difference between political labels and biblical principles, comparing the teachings of the early Church with today's political rhetoric. -
If Acts Happened Today, Would We Call It Communism?
For many, "communism" has become less a political philosophy and more a conversation stopper. But is every effort to use our shared resources to care for the poor, the sick, and the vulnerable really communism? This article examines the difference between political labels and biblical principles, comparing the teachings of the early Church with today's political rhetoric. -
If Acts Happened Today, Would We Call It Communism?
For many, "communism" has become less a political philosophy and more a conversation stopper. But is every effort to use our shared resources to care for the poor, the sick, and the vulnerable really communism? This article examines the difference between political labels and biblical principles, comparing the teachings of the early Church with today's political rhetoric. -
If Acts Happened Today, Would We Call It Communism?
For many, "communism" has become less a political philosophy and more a conversation stopper. But is every effort to use our shared resources to care for the poor, the sick, and the vulnerable really communism? This article examines the difference between political labels and biblical principles, comparing the teachings of the early Church with today's political rhetoric. -
Everything is political, and from that said, we must be guided by good politics with the aim of the good of the people.
#sofiaflorina #ソフィアフロリナ #politics #political #thisispolitical #everythingispolitical #people #commongood #goodpolitics #globalpolitics #internationalpolitics #socialism #sosialismo #socialisme #sozialismus #социализм #社会主義 #الاشتراكية #workersoftheworldunite #forsocialism
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A BetTER Day
Independence has its day,
when o’er the skies fireworks display,
and dependence, too, is good,
as every tender spirit shouldlearn the grace of being held,
when pride is hushed, and fear is quelled.
But methinks we need another name,
a deeper word, a wider frame.It happens after we let one IN,
past the surface, past the skin,
past the guarded gates we keep,
past the places where hurt runs deep.In the space before DEPEND,
we see the other as vital friend,
all as branches from one tree,
as the grains of sand receive the sea.Then add three letters, soft but true,
TER arrives and makes it new.
Not just me and not just thee,
but something born between the three.In-TER-dependence names the art
of hand in hand and heart to heart,
while I am I, and you are you,
something sacred binds us too.Independence stands alone,
dependence leans on flesh and bone,
but interdependence humbly sings:
we rise by sharing roots and wings.July 4, 2015 (updated June 2026)
#Belonging #bridgeMetaphor #ChristianReflection #commonGood #Community #Connection #DeclarationOfInterdependence #dependence #faithAndCommunity #Hospitality #independence #independenceDay #July4 #July4thReflection #lettingOthersIn #mutualAid #peace #PeaceGrooves #Peacemaking #poeticReflection #POETICAORAREContemplativePoetryPrayers #sacredMiddle #socialHealing #Spirituality #SuggestedWordPressTagsInterdependence #togetherness #Unity #Words #Writing -
A BetTER Day
Independence has its day,
when o’er the skies fireworks display,
and dependence, too, is good,
as every tender spirit shouldlearn the grace of being held,
when pride is hushed, and fear is quelled.
But methinks we need another name,
a deeper word, a wider frame.It happens after we let one IN,
past the surface, past the skin,
past the guarded gates we keep,
past the places where hurt runs deep.In the space before DEPEND,
we see the other as vital friend,
all as branches from one tree,
as the grains of sand receive the sea.Then add three letters, soft but true,
TER arrives and makes it new.
Not just me and not just thee,
but something born between the three.In-TER-dependence names the art
of hand in hand and heart to heart,
while I am I, and you are you,
something sacred binds us too.Independence stands alone,
dependence leans on flesh and bone,
but interdependence humbly sings:
we rise by sharing roots and wings.July 4, 2015 (updated June 2026)
#Belonging #bridgeMetaphor #ChristianReflection #commonGood #Community #Connection #DeclarationOfInterdependence #dependence #faithAndCommunity #Hospitality #independence #independenceDay #July4 #July4thReflection #lettingOthersIn #mutualAid #peace #PeaceGrooves #Peacemaking #poeticReflection #POETICAORAREContemplativePoetryPrayers #sacredMiddle #socialHealing #Spirituality #SuggestedWordPressTagsInterdependence #togetherness #Unity #Words #Writing -
Working for the common good.
“In the old economics, doing good is a correction,” she says in her latest book. “In an economics of the common good, it is an objective we design and work on together.”
Mazzucato is always worth listening to.
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Working for the common good.
“In the old economics, doing good is a correction,” she says in her latest book. “In an economics of the common good, it is an objective we design and work on together.”
Mazzucato is always worth listening to.
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Technology and dominance in the recent
First Encyclical Letter of His Holiness Leo XIV Magnifica Humanitas, 15 May 2026* Chapter 3: TECHNOLOGY AND DOMINANCE
Some of the topics discussed are:
Automation, dignity of work
Protecting freedom against dependencies and commercialization
Breaking the chains of new forms of slavery
The normalization of war
Force without limits
The military-industrial complex
Weapons and artificial intelligence
The crisis of multilateralism
The need to disarm words
Justice >>
https://www.vatican.va/content/leo-xiv/en/encyclicals/documents/20260515-magnifica-humanitas.html#CHAPTER_THREE* Existential risk from artificial intelligence >>
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Existential_risk_from_artificial_intelligence* Martin Heidegger, The Question Concerning Technology, 1954 >>
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Question_Concerning_Technology
#humanism #human #performance #enhancement #RemainingHuman #transhumanism #PostHumanism #AI #algorithms #machines #governance #regulation #humanity #fallibility #automation #commercialisation #transformation #dehumanisation #slavery #CommonGood #war #multilateralism #justice #TechnologyAssessment #TA #TechnologicalWorldview #techne #technologies #ScientificConsensus #PublicSphere #FLI #risks #existence #nature #RawMaterials -
Technology and dominance in the recent
First Encyclical Letter of His Holiness Leo XIV Magnifica Humanitas, 15 May 2026* Chapter 3: TECHNOLOGY AND DOMINANCE
Some of the topics discussed are:
Automation, dignity of work
Protecting freedom against dependencies and commercialization
Breaking the chains of new forms of slavery
The normalization of war
Force without limits
The military-industrial complex
Weapons and artificial intelligence
The crisis of multilateralism
The need to disarm words
Justice >>
https://www.vatican.va/content/leo-xiv/en/encyclicals/documents/20260515-magnifica-humanitas.html#CHAPTER_THREE* Existential risk from artificial intelligence >>
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Existential_risk_from_artificial_intelligence* Martin Heidegger, The Question Concerning Technology, 1954 >>
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Question_Concerning_Technology
#humanism #human #performance #enhancement #RemainingHuman #transhumanism #PostHumanism #AI #algorithms #machines #governance #regulation #humanity #fallibility #automation #commercialisation #transformation #dehumanisation #slavery #CommonGood #war #multilateralism #justice #TechnologyAssessment #TA #TechnologicalWorldview #techne #technologies #ScientificConsensus #PublicSphere #FLI #risks #existence #nature #RawMaterials -
I was honored to attend the presentation by #Pope #Leo XIV of his first #Encyclica #MagnificaHumanitas on safeguarding the #human person in the time of #AI #ArtificialIntelligence. This document of 235 pages is a #mustread for all who wish for a #future of #humanity with #socialjustice #democracy and respect for human #dignity. It calls all of us to action to work for the #commongood and it is of particular interest to those working in or with #Tech and #AI. https://www.vatican.va/content/leo-xiv/en/encyclicals/documents/20260515-magnifica-humanitas.html
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I was honored to attend the presentation by #Pope #Leo XIV of his first #Encyclica #MagnificaHumanitas on safeguarding the #human person in the time of #AI #ArtificialIntelligence. This document of 235 pages is a #mustread for all who wish for a #future of #humanity with #socialjustice #democracy and respect for human #dignity. It calls all of us to action to work for the #commongood and it is of particular interest to those working in or with #Tech and #AI. https://www.vatican.va/content/leo-xiv/en/encyclicals/documents/20260515-magnifica-humanitas.html
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From the raw street energy of Kreuzberg to the highly polished acoustics of Bebelplatz, Berlin is completely open-source today. Listening to Thielemann conduct Beethoven’s Pastoral for free on a historic square tells us something profound about what "public space" should actually mean. When high art escapes the golden boxes of the opera houses and touches the asphalt, the artificial divisions of the city melt away, if only for an afternoon. 🎻🍃 #BND #StaatsoperFürAlle #Beethoven #CommonGood
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Episcopal priest beautifully explains patriotism vs. nationalism and what sets them apart
https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/patriotism-vs-nationalism-meaning-explained-ex1/
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"A nation is formed by the willingness of each of us to share in the responsibility for upholding the common good."
Barbara Jordan
#quoteoftheday #NationBuilding #InItTogether #Responsibility #CommonGood
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Inspiration vom #SustainableEconomySummit! 🚀
Es war großartig zu sehen, wie prägend die Frauen aus unserem Netzwerk die Diskussionen in Berlin mitgestaltet haben. Mit ihrer Expertise und ihrem Blick für echte Transformation machen sie den Summit zu einem wichtigen Impulsgeber für das Gemeinwohl. 🌱✨
Ein starkes Signal für eine Wirtschaft, die Kooperation und Zukunftswert vereint.
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Inspiration vom #SustainableEconomySummit! 🚀
Es war großartig zu sehen, wie prägend die Frauen aus unserem Netzwerk die Diskussionen in Berlin mitgestaltet haben. Mit ihrer Expertise und ihrem Blick für echte Transformation machen sie den Summit zu einem wichtigen Impulsgeber für das Gemeinwohl. 🌱✨
Ein starkes Signal für eine Wirtschaft, die Kooperation und Zukunftswert vereint.
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A quotation from Franklin Roosevelt
In the future world the misuse of power, as implied in the term “power politics,” must not be a controlling factor in international relations. That is the heart of the principles to which we have subscribed. We cannot deny that power is a factor in world politics any more than we can deny its existence as a factor in national politics. But in a democratic world, as in a democratic Nation, power must be linked with responsibility, and obliged to defend and justify itself within the framework of the general good.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882–1945) American lawyer, politician, statesman, US President (1933–1945)
Message (1945-01-06) to Congress, Annual Message (State of the Union)More about this quote: wist.info/roosevelt-franklin-d…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #franklinroosevelt #fdr #franklindroosevelt #franklindelanoroosevelt #abuseofpower #commongood #democracy #diplomacy #foreignaffairs #foreignrelations #internationalaffairs #internationalcommunity #internationalorder #internationalrelations #military #power #powerpolitics #responsibility
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A quotation from Franklin Roosevelt
In the future world the misuse of power, as implied in the term “power politics,” must not be a controlling factor in international relations. That is the heart of the principles to which we have subscribed. We cannot deny that power is a factor in world politics any more than we can deny its existence as a factor in national politics. But in a democratic world, as in a democratic Nation, power must be linked with responsibility, and obliged to defend and justify itself within the framework of the general good.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882–1945) American lawyer, politician, statesman, US President (1933–1945)
Message (1945-01-06) to Congress, Annual Message (State of the Union)More about this quote: wist.info/roosevelt-franklin-d…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #franklinroosevelt #fdr #franklindroosevelt #franklindelanoroosevelt #abuseofpower #commongood #democracy #diplomacy #foreignaffairs #foreignrelations #internationalaffairs #internationalcommunity #internationalorder #internationalrelations #military #power #powerpolitics #responsibility
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Pope Arrives in Angola Amidst African Tour, Declares Focus on 'Common Good'
Pope Leo XIV arrives in Luanda, Angola, urging leaders to prioritize the common good and reject exploitative development models.
#PopeInAngola, #CommonGood, #HumanDevelopment, #Luanda, #PopeLeoXIV
https://newsletter.tf/pope-leo-xiv-angola-common-good-focus/
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Pope Leo XIV has arrived in Angola, the third stop on his African tour. He met with leaders to discuss integral human development.
#PopeInAngola, #CommonGood, #HumanDevelopment, #Luanda, #PopeLeoXIV
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"We must work as one people for our common good and our common goals."
Harold Washington
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"It’s not so much that there’s 50-something percent of the country that is committed to Trumpism. But there’s just a huge amount of the country that is not doing well—and I mean that in an emotional way, I mean that in a political way, civically."
#Trump #MAGA #SocialContract #individualism #CommonGood #solidarity
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"It’s not so much that there’s 50-something percent of the country that is committed to Trumpism. But there’s just a huge amount of the country that is not doing well—and I mean that in an emotional way, I mean that in a political way, civically."
#Trump #MAGA #SocialContract #individualism #CommonGood #solidarity
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"If we don’t take seriously some of these more underlying problems—that we are a deeply isolated and lonely and distrustful country that is focused on material wellbeing and status and is more dislocated and civically apathetic than maybe we’ve ever been—we’re going to get more Trumps, because that’s just fertile breeding ground for people like him."
~ Alan Elrod
#Trump #MAGA #SocialContract #individualism #CommonGood #solidarity
/1https://newrepublic.com/article/208976/transcript-trump-america-deeply-unwell-it-time-say
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"If we don’t take seriously some of these more underlying problems—that we are a deeply isolated and lonely and distrustful country that is focused on material wellbeing and status and is more dislocated and civically apathetic than maybe we’ve ever been—we’re going to get more Trumps, because that’s just fertile breeding ground for people like him."
~ Alan Elrod
#Trump #MAGA #SocialContract #individualism #CommonGood #solidarity
/1https://newrepublic.com/article/208976/transcript-trump-america-deeply-unwell-it-time-say
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"A nation is formed by the willingness of each of us to share in the responsibility for upholding the common good."
Barbara Jordan
#quoteoftheday #NationBuilding #CommonGood #Responsibility #InItTogether
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"A nation is formed by the willingness of each of us to share in the responsibility for upholding the common good."
Barbara Jordan
#quoteoftheday #NationBuilding #CommonGood #Responsibility #InItTogether
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Have you seen any women or non-binary people start a war lately.
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Have you seen any women or non-binary people start a war lately.
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Each man is locked into a system that compels him to increase his herd without limit - in a world that is limited. Ruin is the destination toward which all men rush, each pursuing
his own best interest in a society that believes in the freedom of the commons. Freedom in a commons brings ruin to all. - Garrett Hardin#tradgedyofthecommons #climatecrisis #commongood #hangtogetherorhangseparately
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Each man is locked into a system that compels him to increase his herd without limit - in a world that is limited. Ruin is the destination toward which all men rush, each pursuing
his own best interest in a society that believes in the freedom of the commons. Freedom in a commons brings ruin to all. - Garrett Hardin#tradgedyofthecommons #climatecrisis #commongood #hangtogetherorhangseparately
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#event
#Book presentation: A EMERGÊNCIA DAS SOCIEDADES DE COMUNS (THE EMERGENCE OF COMMONS SOCIETIES)
by Marco de Abreu
📅March 14
🕑4pm to 6pm
📍Cave Cultural @ Rizoma, R. José Estêvão 4, #Lisbon
👥Open to the publicA work describing the author's journey towards Societies of Commons, introducing maps for exploring Regenerative Societies and Societies of Commons, and proposes peaceful, transformative social innovation for Portugal.
#MarcodeAbreu #EcoSystem #Collaboration #Regeneration #CommonGood
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#event
#Book presentation: A EMERGÊNCIA DAS SOCIEDADES DE COMUNS (THE EMERGENCE OF COMMONS SOCIETIES)
by Marco de Abreu
📅March 14
🕑4pm to 6pm
📍Cave Cultural @ Rizoma, R. José Estêvão 4, #Lisbon
👥Open to the publicA work describing the author's journey towards Societies of Commons, introducing maps for exploring Regenerative Societies and Societies of Commons, and proposes peaceful, transformative social innovation for Portugal.
#MarcodeAbreu #EcoSystem #Collaboration #Regeneration #CommonGood
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Water Struggles as Resistance to Neoliberal Capitalism, A time of reproductive unrest, Moore M, 2023,
"This book provides an important intervention into social reproduction theory and the politics of water...As an important analysis of two significant water struggles, the book makes a compelling argument for integrating the study of social movements within critical political economy."
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https://manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526165985/A time of reproductive unrest, Madelaine Moore
"Drawing on the rich history of social reproduction theory (SRT), the book situates struggles over water within an account of capitalism that emphasises the continuing relevance of expropriation...Via an engagement with the Irish water charges protests and resistance to unconventional gas in Australia, the work explores the tension between life-making and profit-making that defines the new water commodity frontier. "
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http://dx.doi.org/10.7765/9781526165992
#water #WaterGrabbing #extractivism #contestation #SocialReproduction #ReproductiveUnrest #SRT #CommodificationOfNature #CommonGood #biodiversity #Australia #drought #MDB #PE #book -
Water Struggles as Resistance to Neoliberal Capitalism, A time of reproductive unrest, Moore M, 2023,
"This book provides an important intervention into social reproduction theory and the politics of water...As an important analysis of two significant water struggles, the book makes a compelling argument for integrating the study of social movements within critical political economy."
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https://manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526165985/A time of reproductive unrest, Madelaine Moore
"Drawing on the rich history of social reproduction theory (SRT), the book situates struggles over water within an account of capitalism that emphasises the continuing relevance of expropriation...Via an engagement with the Irish water charges protests and resistance to unconventional gas in Australia, the work explores the tension between life-making and profit-making that defines the new water commodity frontier. "
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http://dx.doi.org/10.7765/9781526165992
#water #WaterGrabbing #extractivism #contestation #SocialReproduction #ReproductiveUnrest #SRT #CommodificationOfNature #CommonGood #biodiversity #Australia #drought #MDB #PE #book -
A lovely read, beautifully written, reminding us that “the European Web… conquered the world because it was offered as a common good instead of seeking short-term profits.” 🙂
Redefining ‘success’ as contributing to the commons (copyleft) as opposed to privatising:
“Some are proud because they made a lot of money while cutting down a forest. Others are proud because they are planting trees that will produce the oxygen breathed by their grandchildren. What if success was not privatizing resources but instead contributing to the commons, to make it each day better, richer, stronger?“The choice is ours. We simply need to choose whom we admire. Whom we want to recognize as successful. Whom we aspire to be when we grow up. We need to sing the praises of our true heroes: those who contribute to our commons.”
🙏🏻 so much, for writing this, for sharing it 😁#copyleft #Commons #commonGood #success #redefiningSuccess #EuropeanWeb #trueHeroes #contributors #reconnectingConsequencesToCauses
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Every Man must seriously set himself to root out his Passions, Prejudices and Attachments, and to get the better of his private Interest. The only reputable Principle and Doctrine must be that all Things must give Way to the public.
John Adams (1735-1826) American lawyer, Founding Father, statesman, US President (1797-1801)
Letter (1776-04-16) to Mercy Otis WarrenMore about this quote: wist.info/adams-john/81374/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #johnadams #commongood #commoninterest #community #democracy #mutuality #privateinterest #publicgood #publicservice #republic #selfcontrol #selfdenial #selfinterest #selfmastery #selfpolicing #selfrespect #selfsacrifice #society
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The Spirit of Commerce, Madam, which even insinuates itself into Families, and influences holy Matrimony, and thereby corrupts the Morals of Families as well as destroys their Happiness, it is much to be feared is incompatible with that purity of Heart, and Greatness of soul which is necessary for an happy Republic.
John Adams (1735-1826) American lawyer, Founding Father, statesman, US President (1797-1801)
Letter (1776-04-16) to Mercy Otis WarrenMore about this quote: wist.info/adams-john/81328/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #johnadams #business #civicvirtue #commerce #democracy #gain #interest #profit #transaction #commongood #publicgood #republic #corruption
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Public Virtue cannot exist in a Nation without private, and public Virtue is the only Foundation of Republics. There must be a possitive Passion for the public good, the public Interest, Honour, Power, and Glory, established in the Minds of the People, or there can be no Republican Government, nor any real Liberty. And this public Passion must be Superiour to all private Passions. Men must be ready, they must pride themselves, and be happy to sacrifice their private Pleasures, Passions, and Interests, nay their private Friendships and dearest Connections, when they Stand in Competition with the Rights of society.
John Adams (1735-1826) American lawyer, Founding Father, statesman, US President (1797-1801)
Letter (1776-04-16) to Mercy Otis WarrenMore about this quote: wist.info/adams-john/28404/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #johnadams #citizen #citizenship #civicduty #civicvirtue #commongood #commonwealth #democracy #goodcitizen #politician #publicgood #publicvirtue #republic #virtue
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Art moves people and touches their hearts. Politics aims to improve people’s lives.
Artists try to connect with others and make the world better through aesthetics and truth.
Politicians, in the true sense of the word, work for the common good and want to improve the world as well.
#Art
#Politics
#ArtAndPolitics
#Democracy
#Society
#Culture
#Philosophy
#PoliticalArt
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The #PuertoRico #SocialSolidarityNetwork #ESSPR is a platform that connects people and organizations to promote and foster the social #solidarityeconomy. The network emerged after a series of economical disasters and from the #cooperative and #communitydevelopment movements to influence economic transformation for a sustainable, integral, human development for the #commongood.
The Puerto Rico Social Solidarity Economy Network | Grassroots Economic Organizing https://geo.coop/articles/puerto-rico-social-solidarity-economy-network