#ruthlessness — Public Fediverse posts
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A quotation from Wendell Berry
Rats and roaches live by competition under the laws of supply and demand; it is the privilege of human beings to live under the laws of justice and mercy.
Wendell Berry (b. 1934) American farmer, educator, poet, conservationist
Essay (1988), “Economy and Pleasure,” What Are People For? (1990)More about this quote: wist.info/berry-wendell/81315/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #wendellberry #economicsystem #economicjustice #competition #humancondition #justice #living #mercy #supplyanddemand #ruthlessness #laissezfaire
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Hierarchies favour dominance. #Empathy is a liability. #Ruthlessness is rewarded. That’s why psychopathy thrives in positions of power. 3)
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We ought to beware of people who do not think it necessary to pretend that they are good and decent. Lack of hypocrisy in such things hints at a capacity for a most depraved ruthlessness.
Eric Hoffer (1902-1983) American writer, philosopher, longshoreman
Passionate State of Mind, Aphorism 200 (1955)More about this quote: wist.info/hoffer-eric/80863/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #erichoffer #badperson #character #decency #depravity #goodperson #hypocrisy #pretense #ruthlessness #sociability #mask
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The taint hidden in selflessness is that selflessness is the only moral justification of ruthlessness.
Eric Hoffer (1902-1983) American writer, philosopher, longshoreman
Passionate State of Mind, Aphorism 142 (1955)More info about this quote: wist.info/hoffer-eric/79964/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #erichoffer #mercilessness #greatergood #principle #ruthlessness #selflessness
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Compassion is probably the only antitoxin of the soul. Where there is compassion even the most poisonous impulses remain relatively harmless. One would rather see the world run by men who set their hearts on toys but are accessible to pity, than by men animated by lofty ideals whose dedication makes them ruthless. In the chemistry of man’s soul, almost all noble attributes — courage, honor, hope, faith, duty, loyalty, etc. — can be transmuted into ruthlessness. Compassion alone stands apart from the continuous traffic between good and evil proceeding within us.
Eric Hoffer (1902-1983) American writer, philosopher, longshoreman
Passionate State of Mind, Aphorism 139 (1955)More info about this quote: wist.info/hoffer-eric/53745/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #erichoffer #compassion #corruption #nobility #pity #ruthlessness #virtue
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A quotation from Franklin Roosevelt
The experience of the past two years has proven beyond doubt that no nation can appease the Nazis. No man can tame a tiger into a kitten by stroking it. There can be no appeasement with ruthlessness. There can be no reasoning with an incendiary bomb. We know now that a nation can have peace with the Nazis only at the price of total surrender.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945) American lawyer, politician, statesman, US President (1933-1945)
Speech (1940-12-29), “Fireside Chat: Arsenal of Democracy” (radio broadcast)More info about this quote: wist.info/roosevelt-franklin-d…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #franklinroosevelt #franklindroosevelt #fdr #franklindelanoroosevelt #ruthlessness #aggression #appeasement #diplomacy #fascism #Nazis #peace #reasoning #surrender #violence
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The sick in soul insist that it is humanity that is sick, and they are the surgeons to operate on it. They want to turn the world into a sickroom. And once they get humanity strapped to the operating table, they operate on it with an ax.
Eric Hoffer (1902-1983) American writer, philosopher, longshoreman
Passionate State of Mind, Aphorism 104 (1955)Sourcing, notes: wist.info/hoffer-eric/16636/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #erichoffer #authoritarian #butchery #ego #evil #humanity #inhumanity #megalomania #ruthlessness #selfrighteousness #superiority #control #sick
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HECUBA: O gods, spare me the sight
of this thankless breed, these politicians
who cringe for favors from a screaming mob
and do not care what harm they do their friends,
providing they can please a crowd!
[ἙΚΆΒΗ: ἀχάριστον ὑμῶν σπέρμ᾿, ὅσοι δημηγόρους
ζηλοῦτε τιμάς· μηδὲ γιγνώσκοισθέ μοι,
οἳ τοὺς φίλους βλάπτοντες οὐ φροντίζετε,
ἢν τοῖσι πολλοῖς πρὸς χάριν λέγητέ τι.]Euripides (485?-406? BC) Greek tragic dramatist
Hecuba [Hekabe; Ἑκάβη], l. 254ff (c. 424 BC) [tr. Arrowsmith (1958)]Sourcing, notes, alternate translations: wist.info/euripides/76300/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #euripides #hecuba #amorality #crowd #demagogue #mob #politician #ruthlessness #thankfulness
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HECUBA: O gods, spare me the sight
of this thankless breed, these politicians
who cringe for favors from a screaming mob
and do not care what harm they do their friends,
providing they can please a crowd!
[ἙΚΆΒΗ: ἀχάριστον ὑμῶν σπέρμ᾿, ὅσοι δημηγόρους
ζηλοῦτε τιμάς· μηδὲ γιγνώσκοισθέ μοι,
οἳ τοὺς φίλους βλάπτοντες οὐ φροντίζετε,
ἢν τοῖσι πολλοῖς πρὸς χάριν λέγητέ τι.]Euripides (485?-406? BC) Greek tragic dramatist
Hecuba [Hekabe; Ἑκάβη], l. 254ff (c. 424 BC) [tr. Arrowsmith (1958)]Sourcing, notes, alternate translations: wist.info/euripides/76300/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #euripides #hecuba #amorality #crowd #demagogue #mob #politician #ruthlessness #thankfulness
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HECUBA: O gods, spare me the sight
of this thankless breed, these politicians
who cringe for favors from a screaming mob
and do not care what harm they do their friends,
providing they can please a crowd!
[ἙΚΆΒΗ: ἀχάριστον ὑμῶν σπέρμ᾿, ὅσοι δημηγόρους
ζηλοῦτε τιμάς· μηδὲ γιγνώσκοισθέ μοι,
οἳ τοὺς φίλους βλάπτοντες οὐ φροντίζετε,
ἢν τοῖσι πολλοῖς πρὸς χάριν λέγητέ τι.]Euripides (485?-406? BC) Greek tragic dramatist
Hecuba [Hekabe; Ἑκάβη], l. 254ff (c. 424 BC) [tr. Arrowsmith (1958)]Sourcing, notes, alternate translations: wist.info/euripides/76300/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #euripides #hecuba #amorality #crowd #demagogue #mob #politician #ruthlessness #thankfulness
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I am driven by my emotions.
"Our opinions generally have emotional rather than intellectual roots, and indeed rationality largely functions as a post hoc justification. Our political opinions, ultimately, are what we feel about the world, not what we think about it. And in turn, our opinions about particular events have a lot to do with how we feel about the world in general. It’s not an exaggeration to say that most people’s views about the kind of things that happen today are extensions of concerns of their own ego. And consequently, invitations to change their minds because new facts emerge, or because old ideas are discredited by new evidence, are in fact a threat to the strength and even survival of that ego."
"But few people, especially those who have received a decent education, want to acknowledge that their views are based on emotion and not reason. They therefore try to argue".
https://aurelien2022.substack.com/p/another-country
@histodons @psychology @socialpsych @ukraine @israel
#disillusionment #disgust #power #leadership #traitors #personalSafety #feelings #emotions #indignation #moralBeauty #beauty #values #principles #morals #debate #rationality #faith #beliefs #USWars #lawAndOrder #ruleOfLaw #internationalLaw #CambridgeSpies #Cambridge #spies #ColdWar #psychology #Stalin #cult #personalityCult #hagiography #history #ruthlessness #proZionism #WeStandWithIsrael #StandWithIsrael #masculinity #longRead #geopolitics #Zelensky #Ukraine
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#TheLavenderScare 2.0.
Seventy years later, #America is again in the grip of a #LavenderScare. #Republican-controlled #states are #copyandpasting #antiLGBTQ+ #legislation from one #statehouse to the next with #frightening #speed and #ruthlessness
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #History #Conservatives #Extremism #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate https://www.bleedingheartland.com/2023/07/20/the-lavender-scare-2-0/