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Greed
Greed by kmlsthe heart is a void
sucking greedily
at anything around it
a vain attempt
to satisfy
its eternal hunger
until even the self
is swallowed
into the hollow cavern
of its unending lust
the person disappears
and the dark virus remains
the emptiness begins
to curl back upon itself
its bloody lips
attacking
in steady demise
until all that remains
is the ache
of never enough.May 18, 1987 (rewritten June 2026)
#1987 #addictionMetaphor #ChristianReflection #consumption #ContemplativePoetry #corruption #darkness #desire #Ego #emptiness #Greed #hollowHeart #humanCondition #hunger #inwardCollapse #lust #moralImagination #moralReflection #neverEnough #POETICAORAREContemplativePoetryPrayers #Poetry #selfDestruction #Sin #soul #spiritualFormation #SpiritualHunger #SpiritualPoetry #void #WordPressTagsGreed #Writing -
Greed
Greed by kmlsthe heart is a void
sucking greedily
at anything around it
a vain attempt
to satisfy
its eternal hunger
until even the self
is swallowed
into the hollow cavern
of its unending lust
the person disappears
and the dark virus remains
the emptiness begins
to curl back upon itself
its bloody lips
attacking
in steady demise
until all that remains
is the ache
of never enough.May 18, 1987 (rewritten June 2026)
#1987 #addictionMetaphor #ChristianReflection #consumption #ContemplativePoetry #corruption #darkness #desire #Ego #emptiness #Greed #hollowHeart #humanCondition #hunger #inwardCollapse #lust #moralImagination #moralReflection #neverEnough #POETICAORAREContemplativePoetryPrayers #Poetry #selfDestruction #Sin #soul #spiritualFormation #SpiritualHunger #SpiritualPoetry #void #WordPressTagsGreed #Writing -
My word, how mortals take the gods to task!
All their afflictions come from us, we hear.
And what of their own failings? Greed and folly
double the suffering in the lot of man.
[ὢ πόποι, οἷον δή νυ θεοὺς βροτοὶ αἰτιόωνται.
ἐξ ἡμέων γάρ φασι κάκ’ ἔμμεναι· οἱ δὲ καὶ αὐτοὶ
σφῇσιν ἀτασθαλίῃσιν ὑπὲρ μόρον ἄλγε’ ἔχουσιν.]Homer (fl. 7th-8th C. BC) Greek author
The Odyssey [Ὀδύσσεια], Book 1, l. 32ff (1.32) [Zeus] (c. 700 BC) [tr. Fitzgerald (1961)]More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/homer/46564/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #homer #odyssey #accountability #blame #deflection #destiny #divinepunishment #divinewill #excuse #fate #freewill #gods #justdeserts #karma #misfortune #responsibility #selfdestruction #selfinflictedwound #troubles
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#latest #aimusic #neoliberal #fdp ist #scheisse 1. keine innovativen konzepte 2. die freie hand des marktes regelt wenn dann überhaupt nur die selbst zerstörung der menschheit
#fdp is #neoliberal #party in #germany is #shit 1. no innovative concepts 2. the free hand of the market only regulates, if at all, the #selfdestruction of #humanity 3. obviously #endstage #capitalism is #fascism https://www.tagesspiegel.de/politik/popanz-brandmauer-designierter-fdp-generalsekretar-will-neuen-umgang-mit-afd-15648117.html #music #musick #lol #parody #comedy @Finanzwende -
A quotation from Hannah Arendt
The disturbing factor in the success of totalitarianism is rather the true selflessness of its adherents: it may be understandable that a Nazi or Bolshevik will not be shaken in his conviction by crimes against people who do not belong to the movement or are even hostile to it; but the amazing fact is that neither is he likely to waver when the monster begins to devour its own children, and not even if he becomes a victim of persecution himself, if he is framed and condemned, if he is purged from the party and sent to a forced-labor or concentration camp. On the contrary, to the wonder of the whole civilized world, he may even be willing to help in his own prosecution and frame his own death sentence if only his status as a member of the movement is not touched.
Hannah Arendt (1906-1975) German-American philosopher, political theorist
Origins of Totalitarianism, Part 3, ch. 10 “A Classless Society,” sec. 1 (1951)More about this quote: wist.info/arendt-hannah/42025/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #arendt #hannaharendt #belonging #fanatic #fanaticism #identity #loyalty #movement #partisan #selfdestruction #selfpreservation #selflessness #totalitarianism #tribalism #zealotry
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A quotation from Hannah Arendt
The disturbing factor in the success of totalitarianism is rather the true selflessness of its adherents: it may be understandable that a Nazi or Bolshevik will not be shaken in his conviction by crimes against people who do not belong to the movement or are even hostile to it; but the amazing fact is that neither is he likely to waver when the monster begins to devour its own children, and not even if he becomes a victim of persecution himself, if he is framed and condemned, if he is purged from the party and sent to a forced-labor or concentration camp. On the contrary, to the wonder of the whole civilized world, he may even be willing to help in his own prosecution and frame his own death sentence if only his status as a member of the movement is not touched.
Hannah Arendt (1906-1975) German-American philosopher, political theorist
Origins of Totalitarianism, Part 3, ch. 10 “A Classless Society,” sec. 1 (1951)More about this quote: wist.info/arendt-hannah/42025/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #arendt #hannaharendt #belonging #fanatic #fanaticism #identity #loyalty #movement #partisan #selfdestruction #selfpreservation #selflessness #totalitarianism #tribalism #zealotry
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@tafnn
Republicans declare a fossil-fuel war of choice on Americans and the world as they pollute and burn us to all to hell.
#selfdestruction #fossilfuels #pollution #madness
Self Destruction - AI Follies
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@tafnn
Republicans declare a fossil-fuel war of choice on Americans and the world as they pollute and burn us to all to hell.
#selfdestruction #fossilfuels #pollution #madness
Self Destruction - AI Follies
https://youtube.com/shorts/3NaIS37VCPs -
The firing of Bondi clarifies a strategy for fighting Trump's fascism: Keep the pressure on those around Trump and force them to show him for the shitty fascist he is. Trump will do the destroying of the empire for us. Soon he'll have no allies left. #resist #fightfascism #selfdestruction
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The firing of Bondi clarifies a strategy for fighting Trump's fascism: Keep the pressure on those around Trump and force them to show him for the shitty fascist he is. Trump will do the destroying of the empire for us. Soon he'll have no allies left. #resist #fightfascism #selfdestruction
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this is not a coincidence. It says girls are things to be consumed by the #Patriarchy. A ressource to be capitalized on as they seize and control the means of (re)production. #paedophilia #self-destruction
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this is not a coincidence. It says girls are things to be consumed by the #Patriarchy. A ressource to be capitalized on as they seize and control the means of (re)production. #paedophilia #self-destruction
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Burn not thy fingers to snuff another man’s candle.
James Howell (c. 1594 - 1666) Welsh historian and writer
Paroimiographia [Παροιμιογραφία], or, Old Sayed Sawes & Adages, “New Sayings” (1659)More about this quote: wist.info/howell-james/12025/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #jameshowell #competition #conflict #cost #selfdefeating #selfdestruction
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A quotation from Marcus Aurelius
The sinner sins against himself. The wrong-doer wrongs himself by making himself evil.
[Ὁ ἁμαρτάνων ἑαυτῷ ἁμαρτάνει: ὁ ἀδικῶν ἑαυτὸν ἀδικεῖ, ἑαυτὸν, ἑαυτὸν κακὸν ποιῶν.]Marcus Aurelius (AD 121-180) Roman emperor (161-180), Stoic philosopher
Meditations [To Himself; Τὰ εἰς ἑαυτόν], Book 9, ch. 4 (9.4) (AD 161-180) [tr. Hutcheson/Chrystal (1902)]More info about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/marcus-aureleus/8100…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #marcusaurelius #crime #harm #injury #injustice #selfdefeat #selfdestruction #selfharm #selfinflictedwound #sin #sinner #wrongdoer #wrongdoing
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A quotation from Abraham Lincoln
At what point then is the approach of danger to be expected? I answer, if it ever reach us, it must spring up amongst us. It cannot come from abroad. If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen, we must live through all time, or die by suicide.
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) American lawyer, politician, US President (1861-65)
Speech (1838-01-27), Young Men’s Lyceum, Springfield, IllinoisMore info about this quote: wist.info/lincoln-abraham/4216…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #abrahamlincoln #abelincoln #danger #freedom #nationalsecurity #selfdestruction #selfdestructiveness #threat
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Hmm... Some "trickle up" reaction to Sir #TrumpVirus and his spew of destruction and idiocy...
> 'Rattled' Trump allies flooding his chief of staff with 'panicked calls': report
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-economic-chaos/
#BrainSpurs #economics #tariffs #SelfDestruction #nihilism #confusion #psychopathology #economy
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Hmm... Some "trickle up" reaction to Sir #TrumpVirus and his spew of destruction and idiocy...
> 'Rattled' Trump allies flooding his chief of staff with 'panicked calls': report
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-economic-chaos/
#BrainSpurs #economics #tariffs #SelfDestruction #nihilism #confusion #psychopathology #economy
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A summary of the human species. Cartoon from last year - that I felt was a bit underappreciated, so I’m sharing it again :)
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A summary of the human species. Cartoon from last year - that I felt was a bit underappreciated, so I’m sharing it again :)
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Self-Destruction of Complex Systems: Communicative and Structural Aspects by Kirill Postoutenko, 2025
This book is the first attempt to provide a general theory of self-destruction in complex systems applicable to natural, social and cultural phenomena.
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Self-Destruction of Complex Systems: Communicative and Structural Aspects by Kirill Postoutenko, 2025
This book is the first attempt to provide a general theory of self-destruction in complex systems applicable to natural, social and cultural phenomena.
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Shamelessly stolen from @ZLabe and then sprinkled with some anger and desperation.
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Or, in short, putting (artificial) idiots into key positions just because they are cheap is the road to disaster. And humanity is eager to take that road.
#AI #ArtificialIdiot #greed #lazyness #SelfDestruction -
So, it is #Israel versus the world right now.
And stupidly much of the world is assisting Israel.
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@Jackiemauro @MikeF @CptSuperlative @Huntn00
the only effect of not #voting is to be ignored
#politicians look for people who vote, to sway them
nobody sees "i'm not going to #vote" as an act of #power
it's an act of #selfdestruction
on all the issues that person cares about
who is going to work through the dead inert weight of the miasma of toxic social, personality, and psychological issues that renders someone alienated?
you *have* to vote
that is your voice and your responsibility
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@Jackiemauro @MikeF @CptSuperlative @Huntn00
the only effect of not #voting is to be ignored
#politicians look for people who vote, to sway them
nobody sees "i'm not going to #vote" as an act of #power
it's an act of #selfdestruction
on all the issues that person cares about
who is going to work through the dead inert weight of the miasma of toxic social, personality, and psychological issues that renders someone alienated?
you *have* to vote
that is your voice and your responsibility
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Die Menschheit befindet sich auf einem Selbstzerstörungskurs, der nicht mehr aufzuhalten ist ... #klima #umwelt #erderwärmung #globalwarming #selfdestruction
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#MetalInjection
BUTTHOLE SURFERS Are Turning Down Six-Figure Offers To Reunite: "I Don't Want To Be Sending A Bandmate Home In A Body Bag"
"We’re really lucky to not be in prison and I don’t want to push that anymore."#ButtholeSurfers #ReunionTour #SixFigureOffers #Drugs #SelfDestruction #FamilyLife #OrdinaryMoments
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#TheMetalDogArticleList
#MetalInjection
BUTTHOLE SURFERS Are Turning Down Six-Figure Offers To Reunite: "I Don't Want To Be Sending A Bandmate Home In A Body Bag"
"We’re really lucky to not be in prison and I don’t want to push that anymore."#ButtholeSurfers #ReunionTour #SixFigureOffers #Drugs #SelfDestruction #FamilyLife #OrdinaryMoments
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How did humans get to the brink of crashing climate? A long push for progress and energy to fuel it
By DANA BELTAJI
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"I’ve never before seen so many Americans who actually hate America enough to support someone so determined to destroy it. It’s like a family watching their home burn inviting the arsonist standing beside them with gasoline and a lighter to run the Neighborhood Watch."
~ Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
#Trump #Republicans #MAGA #PoliticsofDestruction #ChaosAgents #SelfDestruction
https://kareem.substack.com/p/trump-admits-hell-persecute-enemies
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Nations That Vowed to Halt Warming Are Expanding Fossil Fuels, Report Finds
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Nations That Vowed to Halt Warming Are Expanding Fossil Fuels, Report Finds
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A quotation from Truman, Harry S:
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Those who want the Government to regulate matters of the mind and spirit are like men who are so afraid of being murdered that they commit suicide to avoid assassination.
»Full quote, sourcing, notes:
https://wist.info/truman-harry-s/62469/#quote #quotes #quotation #censorship #fear #meme #selfdestruction #thoughtcontrol #authoritarianism
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The Eastern world, it is explodin'
But you tell me
Over and over and over again, my friendHow you don't believe
We're on the eve of destructionDon't you understand what I'm trying to say
Can't you feel the fears I'm feeling today?
Frm from the cold war , nuclear destruction & hiding under desks for notin' to a burning inferno , we all knew, I'm gettin' fed up with the fking bat brained Petro fueled no belfry Petro destruction.
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@andybaio oooh nooo, felon continuing the destruction of the dirty blue bird. I knew something happened again the mastodon signups are spiking again. LMFAO
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@pluralistic #Corporations need #Regulations to protect them from #SelfDestruction.
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@pluralistic #Corporations need #Regulations to protect them from #SelfDestruction.
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@Catawu A bit of shadenfreud is in order perhaps #GOP #selfdestruction
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@Toastie @parkermolloy I hope the #JohnMastodon #meme will go so big, that the #InternetHistorian will have to mention it in a video about the #SelfDestruction of #Twitter by #ElonMusk...
