#gettingalong — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #gettingalong, aggregated by home.social.
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A quotation from Naomi Shulman
Nice people made the best Nazis.
Or so I have been told. My mother was born in Munich in 1934, and spent her childhood in Nazi Germany surrounded by nice people who refused to make waves. When things got ugly, the people my mother lived alongside chose not to focus on “politics,” instead busying themselves with happier things. They were lovely, kind people who turned their heads as their neighbors were dragged away.Naomi Shulman (contemp.), American writer, essayist, editor
Essay (2016-11-17), “No Time To Be Nice: Now Is Not the Moment to Remain Silent,” WBUR, National Public RadioMore info about this quote: wist.info/shulman-naomi/80028/
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There is no virtue which is final; all are initial. The virtues of society are the vices of the saint. The terror of reform is the discovery that we must cast away our virtues, or what we have always esteemed such, into the same pit that has consumed our grosser vices.
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) American essayist, lecturer, poet
Essay (1841), “Circles,” Essays: First Series, No. 10Sourcing, notes: wist.info/emerson-ralph-waldo/…
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In today's blog post, @xtinadlr muses on solarpunk naivete and asks "dear solarpunks and everyone else who’d like to avoid a dystopian very near future, how do we neutralize the destructive effects of people like this? Especially when the “fight” is asymmetric, because we can’t resort to Machiavellianism, bullying, or steamrolling over norms in return?"
https://www.solarpunkpresents.com/blog/solarpunk-naivet
Leave us a comment on the website with your thoughts; we're honestly kind of stumped by this...
#solarpunk #naive #naivete #future #futurism #utopia #hope #PositiveFuturism #ClimateHope #Trolls #Trolling #YouTube #confrontation #GettingAlong #hypocrisy #SystemChange #SystemicChange #Change #systems #justice
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In today's blog post, @xtinadlr muses on solarpunk naivete and asks "dear solarpunks and everyone else who’d like to avoid a dystopian very near future, how do we neutralize the destructive effects of people like this? Especially when the “fight” is asymmetric, because we can’t resort to Machiavellianism, bullying, or steamrolling over norms in return?"
https://www.solarpunkpresents.com/blog/solarpunk-naivet
Leave us a comment on the website with your thoughts; we're honestly kind of stumped by this...
#solarpunk #naive #naivete #future #futurism #utopia #hope #PositiveFuturism #ClimateHope #Trolls #Trolling #YouTube #confrontation #GettingAlong #hypocrisy #SystemChange #SystemicChange #Change #systems #justice