#might-makes-right — Public Fediverse posts
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Might or Meaning? The Erosion of 'Right'
Explains why the idea that 'might makes right' is a flawed concept that removes morality and ethical reasoning.
#MightMakesRight, #Ethics, #Morality, #Philosophy, #Kant
https://newsletter.tf/might-makes-right-fails-ethical-reasoning/
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Might or Meaning? The Erosion of 'Right'
Explains why the idea that 'might makes right' is a flawed concept that removes morality and ethical reasoning.
#MightMakesRight, #Ethics, #Morality, #Philosophy, #Kant
https://newsletter.tf/might-makes-right-fails-ethical-reasoning/
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The idea that 'might makes right' means the powerful decide what is right, ignoring ethical rules. This is different from how most people think about right and wrong.
#MightMakesRight, #Ethics, #Morality, #Philosophy, #Kant
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The idea that 'might makes right' means the powerful decide what is right, ignoring ethical rules. This is different from how most people think about right and wrong.
#MightMakesRight, #Ethics, #Morality, #Philosophy, #Kant
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Anti-War or Anti-Trump?
You can be anti-Trump but still pro-war. Among Trump’s political opponents are those who criticize his execution of the Iran war, but don’t oppose waging war against Iran per se, or those who disapprove of the way he went about things in Venezuela, “but,” or those who decry his belligerence over Greenland, not because it is a belligerent resource-grab but on the grounds that it alienates NATO allies. Now, however, you cannot be anti-war without being anti-Trump. It is no longer possible, for example, for people to identify as MAGA and anti-war. A coherent anti-war position necessarily entails opposition to this war-mongering president.
Of the two, anti-war and anti Trump, anti-war may make for more durable resistance: if Trump were to vacate office or die tomorrow we would still have his Iran war, all his wars, from the Caribbean to Minneapolis to the Strait of Hormuz, and opposition to these wars would still be the appropriate moral and political position to take.
This is not to say that the anti-war position can take the place of opposition to Trump, or that it is enough for the moment. If all of Trump’s wars were magically to end tomorrow, there would still be plenty of reasons for responsible, decent, and reasonable people to be anti-Trump: authoritarianism, corruption and self-dealing, criminal depravity, illegitimacy, ecocidal policy, insufferable vanity, brute ignorance and gutter racism, adherence to might-makes-right, non-stop lying, chaos-monkeyism, incompetence, reckless demagoguery, and so on. And yet all of those failings, I would suggest, were always going to lead us to where we find ourselves today, to war.
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#antiWar #autocracy #corruption #ecocide #kleptocracy #love #mightMakesRight #NoKings #opposition #Peace #politicalOpposition #power #resistance -
Norway (population: 5.7m) beats US (342m) to top Winter Olympics medal table.
Let's predict what will happen next? A poll:
1. "Terrorist" attack in Oslo
2. Assassination of the prime minister of Norway
3. Assassination of the CEO of the most successful Norwegian company (like it happened to Enrico Mattei)
4. Export of democracy to Norway and installation of a puppet dictatorship
5. Tariffs of 10000% on Norwegian exports (to be cancelled rigorously the next Taco Tuesday)
6. Hijacking of Norwegian ships and expropriation of their oilhttps://www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/feb/22/winter-olympics-2026-medal-table-standings-norway
#uspol #olympics #fascism #mightmakesright #capitalism #fossil #democracy #poll #vote
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Hey, did you know that #American special forces can swoop into #Scotland and exfiltrate people even after court said no?
Well, they can. And they did. And nobody is gonna do a damn thing about it. Welcome to the thunderdome, I guess.
#DOJ #US #MightMakesRight #WhoStandsAgainstTheTyrants
https://archive.ph/QYxGw (archive past paywall)
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Hey, did you know that #American special forces can swoop into #Scotland and exfiltrate people even after court said no?
Well, they can. And they did. And nobody is gonna do a damn thing about it. Welcome to the thunderdome, I guess.
#DOJ #US #MightMakesRight #WhoStandsAgainstTheTyrants
https://archive.ph/QYxGw (archive past paywall)
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Danish parliamentarian Rasmus Jarlov reacts to Stephen Miller’s #Greenland comments:
"I hope he’s kept away from young women, because that’s the mentality of a #rapist. You can’t defend yourself, so I’m going to take you. That’s basically what he’s saying."
#TrumpDoctrine = #MightMakesRight
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Danish parliamentarian Rasmus Jarlov reacts to Stephen Miller’s #Greenland comments:
"I hope he’s kept away from young women, because that’s the mentality of a #rapist. You can’t defend yourself, so I’m going to take you. That’s basically what he’s saying."
#TrumpDoctrine = #MightMakesRight
#PutinAgrees #PutinsPuppet #politics -
For what was once a quirky joke, the stealing of #Greenland has become a touchstone for the moral corruption of the #TrumpRegime. It's #MightMakesRight attitude and framing of being a bully as a moral imperative is a danger to us all.
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For what was once a quirky joke, the stealing of #Greenland has become a touchstone for the moral corruption of the #TrumpRegime. It's #MightMakesRight attitude and framing of being a bully as a moral imperative is a danger to us all.
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“'President Trump was by a large measure the most culpable and most responsible person in this conspiracy. These crimes were committed for his benefit. The attack that happened at the Capitol, part of this case, does not happen without him.'
The bastards won. There is no other conclusion to be drawn."
#Republicans #Trump #Jan6 #fascism #RawPower #MightMakesRight #JackSmith
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“'President Trump was by a large measure the most culpable and most responsible person in this conspiracy. These crimes were committed for his benefit. The attack that happened at the Capitol, part of this case, does not happen without him.'
The bastards won. There is no other conclusion to be drawn."
#Republicans #Trump #Jan6 #fascism #RawPower #MightMakesRight #JackSmith
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"It is not too much to conclude that in its darkest, bat-ridden heart of hearts, the Republican party has come around to accepting the violence of January 6 as an unusually effective long-term political strategy. They’re proud of it, as proud as their president clearly is because, as Jack Smith testified before the House Judiciary Committee," (continued in /2)
~ Charles Pierce
#Republicans #Trump #Jan6 #fascism #RawPower #MightMakesRight
/1https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a69927196/january-6-five-year-anniversary/
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"It is not too much to conclude that in its darkest, bat-ridden heart of hearts, the Republican party has come around to accepting the violence of January 6 as an unusually effective long-term political strategy. They’re proud of it, as proud as their president clearly is because, as Jack Smith testified before the House Judiciary Committee," (continued in /2)
~ Charles Pierce
#Republicans #Trump #Jan6 #fascism #RawPower #MightMakesRight
/1https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a69927196/january-6-five-year-anniversary/
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"If Washington can seize a head of state without legal sanction, what stops others from doing the same? A dangerous new normal."
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https://theconversation.com/the-us-has-invaded-countries-and-deposed-leaders-before-its-military-action-against-venezuela-feels-different-272682
#NaturalResources #sovereignty #oilandgas #FossilFuels #mining #CriticalMinerals #energy #RuleOfLaw #MightMakesRight #abduction #NotFunny #Australia #Venezuela #InternationalLaw #HeadOfState #UNImage: Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, forcible removal from his home. ChatGPT
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"If Washington can seize a head of state without legal sanction, what stops others from doing the same? A dangerous new normal."
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https://theconversation.com/the-us-has-invaded-countries-and-deposed-leaders-before-its-military-action-against-venezuela-feels-different-272682
#NaturalResources #sovereignty #oilandgas #FossilFuels #mining #CriticalMinerals #energy #RuleOfLaw #MightMakesRight #abduction #NotFunny #Australia #Venezuela #InternationalLaw #HeadOfState #UNImage: Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, forcible removal from his home. ChatGPT
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"Trump sounded more like a gangster than like a American president when he said: 'he planned to fix Venezuela’s oil industry, a proposition he said could yield a lot of money.' The job of a president of the United States is not to fix Venezuela’s oil industry":
https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/trump-venezuela-bay-area-reaction-21274386.php
#TheTrumpDoctrine = #MightMakesRight. #AbuseOfAuthority #MisuseOfOurMilitary #politics #WorstPresidentEver -
"Trump sounded more like a gangster than like a American president when he said: 'he planned to fix Venezuela’s oil industry, a proposition he said could yield a lot of money.' The job of a president of the United States is not to fix Venezuela’s oil industry":
https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/trump-venezuela-bay-area-reaction-21274386.php
#TheTrumpDoctrine = #MightMakesRight. #AbuseOfAuthority #MisuseOfOurMilitary #politics #WorstPresidentEver -
‘Naked imperialism’: how Trump intervention in Venezuela is a return to form for the US
“Almost every country in the region has experienced some form of US intervention, overt or covert, in the past decades.”
#US #USA #imperialism #fascism #mightMakesRight #lawOfTheJungle
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‘Naked imperialism’: how Trump intervention in Venezuela is a return to form for the US
“Almost every country in the region has experienced some form of US intervention, overt or covert, in the past decades.”
#US #USA #imperialism #fascism #mightMakesRight #lawOfTheJungle
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Imagine - foreign powers could come and take your leader away.
#NaturalResources #sovereignty #oilandgas #FossilFuels #mining #CriticalMinerals #energy #RuleOfLaw #MightMakesRight #abduction #NotFunny #Australia #Venezuela #InternationalLaw #HeadOfState
Image: Chat GPT + BellingenNSW
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Imagine - foreign powers could come and take your leader away.
#NaturalResources #sovereignty #oilandgas #FossilFuels #mining #CriticalMinerals #energy #RuleOfLaw #MightMakesRight #abduction #NotFunny #Australia #Venezuela #InternationalLaw #HeadOfState
Image: Chat GPT + BellingenNSW
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2026 - Welcome to a (very) new international order.
Shakespeare: “The world is out of joint"
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#oil #sovereignty #energy #FossilFuels #PetroleumIndustry #TransnationalCorporations #NaturalResources #resources #nomos #GeopoliticalRealignment #interregnum #HegemonicPower #RuleOfLaw #MightMakesRight #relations -
2026 - Welcome to a (very) new international order.
Shakespeare: “The world is out of joint"
tags>
#oil #sovereignty #energy #FossilFuels #PetroleumIndustry #TransnationalCorporations #NaturalResources #resources #nomos #GeopoliticalRealignment #interregnum #HegemonicPower #RuleOfLaw #MightMakesRight #relations -
The reason I wake up at 5am isn't a sleeping disorder, it's that I have a cat who wakes me up at 5am until I get up and move to my office. Then when I'm near him, he goes back to sleep.
This is absolute BS, but then on the other hand, I will sometimes pick him up and bring him to bed when I'm sleepy because I want to snuggle
And I realized that from his perspective the only difference is I'm physically larger than him.
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The reason I wake up at 5am isn't a sleeping disorder, it's that I have a cat who wakes me up at 5am until I get up and move to my office. Then when I'm near him, he goes back to sleep.
This is absolute BS, but then on the other hand, I will sometimes pick him up and bring him to bed when I'm sleepy because I want to snuggle
And I realized that from his perspective the only difference is I'm physically larger than him.
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If bullying has remained a serious and entrenched problem at Wikipedia then to some extent people who are ok with others being bullied will have stayed at WP while those not ok with it will have been more likely to leave.
What you're seeing prevail might be those people, who are "ok enough" with bullying, demonstrating how they think WP should proceed.
I'd not be surprised if "ok enough with bullying" was associated with some irrational thought processes.
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If bullying has remained a serious and entrenched problem at Wikipedia then to some extent people who are ok with others being bullied will have stayed at WP while those not ok with it will have been more likely to leave.
What you're seeing prevail might be those people, who are "ok enough" with bullying, demonstrating how they think WP should proceed.
I'd not be surprised if "ok enough with bullying" was associated with some irrational thought processes.
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Ganz ehrlich, wer auch nur einen völkerrechtliche oder moralische Rechtfertigung für die Position des gesamten Westens findet, die möge sich melden! Wir haben hier gerade 80 Jahre sog. Nachkriegsordnung mit ihrer zumindest pro forma Regelbasiertheit und Gewaltenteennung, mit internationalen Verträgen und Normen ohne Not durch das schiere Recht des situativ je Stärkeren ersetzt.
Die Idee, dass zwischen Kombattanten und Nichtkombattanten zu unterscheiden ist, dass es universale Menschenrechte gibt, dass medizinisches Personal und Einrichtungen sakrosankt sind etc. etc.
Welches Argument hatten wir nochmal gegen den russischen Angriffskrieg gegen die Ukraine? Genau!
#MightMakesRight #WarCrimes #CrimesAgainstHumanity #USA #EU #Germany #France #UK #Israel #Genocide
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Ganz ehrlich, wer auch nur einen völkerrechtliche oder moralische Rechtfertigung für die Position des gesamten Westens findet, die möge sich melden! Wir haben hier gerade 80 Jahre sog. Nachkriegsordnung mit ihrer zumindest pro forma Regelbasiertheit und Gewaltenteennung, mit internationalen Verträgen und Normen ohne Not durch das schiere Recht des situativ je Stärkeren ersetzt.
Die Idee, dass zwischen Kombattanten und Nichtkombattanten zu unterscheiden ist, dass es universale Menschenrechte gibt, dass medizinisches Personal und Einrichtungen sakrosankt sind etc. etc.
Welches Argument hatten wir nochmal gegen den russischen Angriffskrieg gegen die Ukraine? Genau!
#MightMakesRight #WarCrimes #CrimesAgainstHumanity #USA #EU #Germany #France #UK #Israel #Genocide
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aaahh .. weiß nicht 🤔
Alle tun so als sei das mit dem "neuen" Zeitalter #MightMakesRight schon in Papier & Tüten.
Aber wir stehen erst ganz am Anfang & es ist gar nicht sicher ob sich die Clown-Riege um Trump & seine Nazi - homies überhaupt dauerhaft durchsetzen kann.
Immerhin war die versteckte #Lüge / #Doppelmoral ja auch 1 Machtinstrument & Schutz. Das fällt jetzt weg.
Wir #Anarchist_innen glauben ja weniger an #Moral, sondern an #Macht.
Uns da siehts mau aus.https://geschichtedergegenwart.ch/das-ende-der-heuchelei-und-der-politische-klimawandel/
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aaahh .. weiß nicht 🤔
Alle tun so als sei das mit dem "neuen" Zeitalter #MightMakesRight schon in Papier & Tüten.
Aber wir stehen erst ganz am Anfang & es ist gar nicht sicher ob sich die Clown-Riege um Trump & seine Nazi - homies überhaupt dauerhaft durchsetzen kann.
Immerhin war die versteckte #Lüge / #Doppelmoral ja auch 1 Machtinstrument & Schutz. Das fällt jetzt weg.
Wir #Anarchist_innen glauben ja weniger an #Moral, sondern an #Macht.
Uns da siehts mau aus.https://geschichtedergegenwart.ch/das-ende-der-heuchelei-und-der-politische-klimawandel/
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If you think #imperialism is great and that it is right that the strong should dictate conditions to the weak because they are strong, you need to go back to grammar school and study the second world war.
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My newest philosophy video is fairly political and potentially interesting to a broader audience: Does Might Make Right?
I got inspired by reading a horrible interview with a so-called 'neo-realist' who was praising the foreign policy of the second Trump administration to review and dismantle this phrase.
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My newest philosophy video is fairly political and potentially interesting to a broader audience: Does Might Make Right?
I got inspired by reading a horrible interview with a so-called 'neo-realist' who was praising the foreign policy of the second Trump administration to review and dismantle this phrase.
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Ain’t no one gonna stop our bestie committing genocide y’all – yeehaw!
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#UnitedStates #Israel #settlerColonialism #apartheid #ethnicCleansing #genocide #mightMakesRight #AmericaFuckYeah https://mastodon.social/@DrALJONES/112895558186141541
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Ain’t no one gonna stop our bestie committing genocide y’all – yeehaw!
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#UnitedStates #Israel #settlerColonialism #apartheid #ethnicCleansing #genocide #mightMakesRight #AmericaFuckYeah https://mastodon.social/@DrALJONES/112895558186141541
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CW: On the growth of authoritarianism 🧵
The Republican agenda under #Trumpism has three primary goals:
(a) to dismantle the very notion of the rule of law and any extant institutions capable of or willing to resist authoritarianism —"We can do whatever we want";
(b) to secure popular support through the promise and demonstration of #StateViolence against scapegoated minorities and through the preferential targeting of government support—"We will hurt (the people we've convinced you are) your enemies";
(c) to further centralise and cement the profits and power of extant ecocidal capitalistic #plutocracy—"Billionaires deserve to rule the final days of a planet being consumed by their own greed".This is #FossilFuelledFascism. Far bigger than a single individual, it is a movement of resentment, fear and #MightMakesRight that won't simply disappear with electoral defeat or criminal convictions of its current unifying figurehead.
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CW: On the growth of authoritarianism 🧵
The Republican agenda under #Trumpism has three primary goals:
(a) to dismantle the very notion of the rule of law and any extant institutions capable of or willing to resist authoritarianism —"We can do whatever we want";
(b) to secure popular support through the promise and demonstration of #StateViolence against scapegoated minorities and through the preferential targeting of government support—"We will hurt (the people we've convinced you are) your enemies";
(c) to further centralise and cement the profits and power of extant ecocidal capitalistic #plutocracy—"Billionaires deserve to rule the final days of a planet being consumed by their own greed".This is #FossilFuelledFascism. Far bigger than a single individual, it is a movement of resentment, fear and #MightMakesRight that won't simply disappear with electoral defeat or criminal convictions of its current unifying figurehead.
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