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I think one must engage in politics — using the word in a wide sense — and that one must have preferences: that is, one must recognise that some causes are objectively better than others, even if they are advanced by equally bad means. As for the nationalistic loves and hatreds that I have spoken of, they are part of the make-up of most of us, whether we like it or not. Whether it is possible to get rid of them I do not know, but I do believe that it is possible to struggle against them, and that this is essentially a moral effort. It is a question first of all of discovering what one really is, what one’s own feelings really are, and then of making allowance for the inevitable bias.
George Orwell (1903-1950) English journalist, essayist, writer [pseud. of Eric Arthur Blair]
Essay (1945-05), “Notes on Nationalism,” Polemic Magazine (1945-10)More about this quote: wist.info/orwell-george/46470/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #orwell #georgeorwell #bias #cause #endsandmeans #ideology #jingoism #moralcharacter #moralduty #nationalism #objectivity #politicalopinion #politics #prejudice #selfawareness #selfexamination #selfimprovement #subjectivity
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I think one must engage in politics — using the word in a wide sense — and that one must have preferences: that is, one must recognise that some causes are objectively better than others, even if they are advanced by equally bad means. As for the nationalistic loves and hatreds that I have spoken of, they are part of the make-up of most of us, whether we like it or not. Whether it is possible to get rid of them I do not know, but I do believe that it is possible to struggle against them, and that this is essentially a moral effort. It is a question first of all of discovering what one really is, what one’s own feelings really are, and then of making allowance for the inevitable bias.
George Orwell (1903-1950) English journalist, essayist, writer [pseud. of Eric Arthur Blair]
Essay (1945-05), “Notes on Nationalism,” Polemic Magazine (1945-10)More about this quote: wist.info/orwell-george/46470/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #orwell #georgeorwell #bias #cause #endsandmeans #ideology #jingoism #moralcharacter #moralduty #nationalism #objectivity #politicalopinion #politics #prejudice #selfawareness #selfexamination #selfimprovement #subjectivity
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I think one must engage in politics — using the word in a wide sense — and that one must have preferences: that is, one must recognise that some causes are objectively better than others, even if they are advanced by equally bad means. As for the nationalistic loves and hatreds that I have spoken of, they are part of the make-up of most of us, whether we like it or not. Whether it is possible to get rid of them I do not know, but I do believe that it is possible to struggle against them, and that this is essentially a moral effort. It is a question first of all of discovering what one really is, what one’s own feelings really are, and then of making allowance for the inevitable bias.
George Orwell (1903-1950) English journalist, essayist, writer [pseud. of Eric Arthur Blair]
Essay (1945-05), “Notes on Nationalism,” Polemic Magazine (1945-10)More about this quote: wist.info/orwell-george/46470/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #orwell #georgeorwell #bias #cause #endsandmeans #ideology #jingoism #moralcharacter #moralduty #nationalism #objectivity #politicalopinion #politics #prejudice #selfawareness #selfexamination #selfimprovement #subjectivity
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I think one must engage in politics — using the word in a wide sense — and that one must have preferences: that is, one must recognise that some causes are objectively better than others, even if they are advanced by equally bad means. As for the nationalistic loves and hatreds that I have spoken of, they are part of the make-up of most of us, whether we like it or not. Whether it is possible to get rid of them I do not know, but I do believe that it is possible to struggle against them, and that this is essentially a moral effort. It is a question first of all of discovering what one really is, what one’s own feelings really are, and then of making allowance for the inevitable bias.
George Orwell (1903-1950) English journalist, essayist, writer [pseud. of Eric Arthur Blair]
Essay (1945-05), “Notes on Nationalism,” Polemic Magazine (1945-10)More about this quote: wist.info/orwell-george/46470/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #orwell #georgeorwell #bias #cause #endsandmeans #ideology #jingoism #moralcharacter #moralduty #nationalism #objectivity #politicalopinion #politics #prejudice #selfawareness #selfexamination #selfimprovement #subjectivity
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I think one must engage in politics — using the word in a wide sense — and that one must have preferences: that is, one must recognise that some causes are objectively better than others, even if they are advanced by equally bad means. As for the nationalistic loves and hatreds that I have spoken of, they are part of the make-up of most of us, whether we like it or not. Whether it is possible to get rid of them I do not know, but I do believe that it is possible to struggle against them, and that this is essentially a moral effort. It is a question first of all of discovering what one really is, what one’s own feelings really are, and then of making allowance for the inevitable bias.
George Orwell (1903-1950) English journalist, essayist, writer [pseud. of Eric Arthur Blair]
Essay (1945-05), “Notes on Nationalism,” Polemic Magazine (1945-10)More about this quote: wist.info/orwell-george/46470/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #orwell #georgeorwell #bias #cause #endsandmeans #ideology #jingoism #moralcharacter #moralduty #nationalism #objectivity #politicalopinion #politics #prejudice #selfawareness #selfexamination #selfimprovement #subjectivity
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NO KINGS: Not Alone!
This past Saturday, I and about 40,000 other Philadelphians amassed at Ben Franklin Parkway here in Philadelphia for the 3rd No Kings Rally. Though I wanted to attend the first two, held in June and October of 2025, prior commitments prevented me from doing so. This time around, I was in town and available, so there was no way I was going to miss it. I wasn't sure what to expect at the rally, but what I experienced that day was something I didn't even realize I needed... These days, it's […]https://johnsworldblog.wordpress.com/2026/03/31/no-kings-not-alone/
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NO KINGS: Not Alone!
This past Saturday, I and about 40,000 other Philadelphians amassed at Ben Franklin Parkway here in Philadelphia for the 3rd No Kings Rally. Though I wanted to attend the first two, held in June and October of 2025, prior commitments prevented me from doing so. This time around, I was in town and available, so there was no way I was going to miss it. I wasn't sure what to expect at the rally, but what I experienced that day was something I didn't even realize I needed... These days, it's […]https://johnsworldblog.wordpress.com/2026/03/31/no-kings-not-alone/
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NO KINGS: Not Alone!
This past Saturday, I and about 40,000 other Philadelphians amassed at Ben Franklin Parkway here in Philadelphia for the 3rd No Kings Rally. Though I wanted to attend the first two, held in June and October of 2025, prior commitments prevented me from doing so. This time around, I was in town and available, so there was no way I was going to miss it. I wasn't sure what to expect at the rally, but what I experienced that day was something I didn't even realize I needed... These days, it's […]https://johnsworldblog.wordpress.com/2026/03/31/no-kings-not-alone/
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NO KINGS: Not Alone!
This past Saturday, I and about 40,000 other Philadelphians amassed at Ben Franklin Parkway here in Philadelphia for the 3rd No Kings Rally. Though I wanted to attend the first two, held in June and October of 2025, prior commitments prevented me from doing so. This time around, I was in town and available, so there was no way I was going to miss it. I wasn't sure what to expect at the rally, but what I experienced that day was something I didn't even realize I needed... These days, it's […]https://johnsworldblog.wordpress.com/2026/03/31/no-kings-not-alone/
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NO KINGS: Not Alone!
This past Saturday, I and about 40,000 other Philadelphians amassed at Ben Franklin Parkway here in Philadelphia for the 3rd No Kings Rally. Though I wanted to attend the first two, held in June and October of 2025, prior commitments prevented me from doing so. This time around, I was in town and available, so there was no way I was going to miss it. I wasn't sure what to expect at the rally, but what I experienced that day was something I didn't even realize I needed... These days, it's […]https://johnsworldblog.wordpress.com/2026/03/31/no-kings-not-alone/
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Trump Attacks Supreme Court After Tariff Ruling Exposes Dangerous Delusion
Trump Attacks Supreme Court after a tariff ruling and lashes out with claims that reveal confusion about executive power and the Constitution.https://thedemocracyadvocate.com/2026/02/trump-attacks-supreme-court/
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Drawing parallels with Greek mythology’s Cassandra, this opinion piece examines how Congress MP Shashi Tharoor’s even-handed criticism of power exposes Indian politics’ growing intolerance for dissent, nuance and democratic honesty. https://english.mathrubhumi.com/columns/occasional-bytes/shashi-tharoor-and-the-cassandra-curse-in-indian-politics-spvs1z13?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #ShashiTharoor #IndianPolitics #Congress #Democracy #PoliticalOpinion
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Just Stop Oil vows to continue civil resistance after activists jailed for 21 years over Zoom call | Morning Star
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/just-stop-oil-vow-continue-civil-resistance-after-activists-jailed-21-years-over-zoom#JustStopOil
#Convictions
#Zoom
#ZoomCall
#ClimateCrisis
#Court
#Activists
#TellTheWholeTruth
#ClimateCrisisInadmissible
#NotAllowedToTellTheWholeTruth
#SouthwarkCrownCourt
#Southwark
#Hehir
#PoliticalOpinion
#ShowTrial
#PolicyExchange
#OilIndustry
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Just Stop Oil vows to continue civil resistance after activists jailed for 21 years over Zoom call | Morning Star
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/just-stop-oil-vow-continue-civil-resistance-after-activists-jailed-21-years-over-zoom#JustStopOil
#Convictions
#Zoom
#ZoomCall
#ClimateCrisis
#Court
#Activists
#TellTheWholeTruth
#ClimateCrisisInadmissible
#NotAllowedToTellTheWholeTruth
#SouthwarkCrownCourt
#Southwark
#Hehir
#PoliticalOpinion
#ShowTrial
#PolicyExchange
#OilIndustry
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Just Stop Oil vows to continue civil resistance after activists jailed for 21 years over Zoom call | Morning Star
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/just-stop-oil-vow-continue-civil-resistance-after-activists-jailed-21-years-over-zoom#JustStopOil
#Convictions
#Zoom
#ZoomCall
#ClimateCrisis
#Court
#Activists
#TellTheWholeTruth
#ClimateCrisisInadmissible
#NotAllowedToTellTheWholeTruth
#SouthwarkCrownCourt
#Southwark
#Hehir
#PoliticalOpinion
#ShowTrial
#PolicyExchange
#OilIndustry
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Just Stop Oil vows to continue civil resistance after activists jailed for 21 years over Zoom call | Morning Star
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/just-stop-oil-vow-continue-civil-resistance-after-activists-jailed-21-years-over-zoom#JustStopOil
#Convictions
#Zoom
#ZoomCall
#ClimateCrisis
#Court
#Activists
#TellTheWholeTruth
#ClimateCrisisInadmissible
#NotAllowedToTellTheWholeTruth
#SouthwarkCrownCourt
#Southwark
#Hehir
#PoliticalOpinion
#ShowTrial
#PolicyExchange
#OilIndustry
#PoliceCrimeSentencingAndCourtsAct -
Just Stop Oil vows to continue civil resistance after activists jailed for 21 years over Zoom call | Morning Star
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/just-stop-oil-vow-continue-civil-resistance-after-activists-jailed-21-years-over-zoom#JustStopOil
#Convictions
#Zoom
#ZoomCall
#ClimateCrisis
#Court
#Activists
#TellTheWholeTruth
#ClimateCrisisInadmissible
#NotAllowedToTellTheWholeTruth
#SouthwarkCrownCourt
#Southwark
#Hehir
#PoliticalOpinion
#ShowTrial
#PolicyExchange
#OilIndustry
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Quebec public sector unions say the government is running out of time to reach a deal for new collective agreements and avoid an unlimited general ...
The temporary strike comes after the common front rejected the Quebec’s most recent contract offer, which includes a salary increase of 12.7 per cent over five years#canadiannews #canadanews #breakingnewsvideo #canadianbreakingnews #breakingnews #globeandmailbreakingnews #globeandmailcanadanews #photos #worldnews #localnews #nationalnews #usnews #foreignnews #sportsnews #artsnews #lifenews #lifestyle #canadatraffic;canadaweather #trudeau #government #federalgovernment #canadasports #canadasportsnews #politics #politicsnews #politicalnews #politicalopinion #environment #economy #technology #education #travel #canada #alberta #bc #britishcolumbia #manitoba #ontario #quebec #novascotia #pei #newbrunswick #newfoundlandandlabrador #nunavut #northwestterritories #yukon #globeandmail
Quebec unions representing 420,000 public sector workers start weeklong strike -
Quebec public sector unions say the government is running out of time to reach a deal for new collective agreements and avoid an unlimited general ...
The temporary strike comes after the common front rejected the Quebec’s most recent contract offer, which includes a salary increase of 12.7 per cent over five years#canadiannews #canadanews #breakingnewsvideo #canadianbreakingnews #breakingnews #globeandmailbreakingnews #globeandmailcanadanews #photos #worldnews #localnews #nationalnews #usnews #foreignnews #sportsnews #artsnews #lifenews #lifestyle #canadatraffic;canadaweather #trudeau #government #federalgovernment #canadasports #canadasportsnews #politics #politicsnews #politicalnews #politicalopinion #environment #economy #technology #education #travel #canada #alberta #bc #britishcolumbia #manitoba #ontario #quebec #novascotia #pei #newbrunswick #newfoundlandandlabrador #nunavut #northwestterritories #yukon #globeandmail
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> The #NationalAcademyOfSciences, the nation's leading honor society for scientists, rejected a prominent Harvard political scientist today after a bruising internal struggle over whether his work amounted to ''#pseudoscience'' in which equations were used to dress up mere #PoliticalOpinion... #DrHuntington has twice been judged one of the top 10 #PoliticalScientists in polls of his peers, and he ranked sixth.. in the number of times his work was cited in.. the early 1980's.
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Letter: Top ten reasons why I won’t vote for Donald Trump in 2024
https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/letters/2023/10/08/letter-top-ten-reasons-why-i-wont/
#DonaldTrump2024 #ReasonsNotToVoteTrump #PresidentialElection #PoliticalOpinion #VoteWisely #2024Election #Politics #News
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Tweaking Facebook feeds is no easy fix for polarization, studies find.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02420-z?utm_source=Nature+Briefing&utm_campaign=0f780659c4-briefing-dy-20230728&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c9dfd39373-0f780659c4-46206854
"Landmark research suggests that tweaking how people access news and other content on social-media platforms — to reduce the echo-chamber effect — doesn’t necessarily change their political opinions, knowledge or behaviour."
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Conservative women are embracing extremism under the guise of motherhood
#ConservativeWomen #Extremism #Motherhood #EmbracingExtremism #WomenInPolitics #PoliticalOpinion #Politics #News