#selfdestruction — Public Fediverse posts
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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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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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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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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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Britains penchant for self destruction
While I don’t agree with all of the article, the general thrust seems to be on the money. And Westminster has caught the bug badly.
Although making England independent would solve many of the problems we have in the other three nations.
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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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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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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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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 Wendell Berry
We Americans are not usually thought to be a submissive people, but of course we are. Why else would we allow our country to be destroyed? Why else would we be rewarding its destroyers? Why else would we all — by proxies we have given to greedy corporations and corrupt politicians — be participating in its destruction? Most of us are still too sane to piss in our own cistern, but we allow others to do so and we reward them for it. We reward them so well, in fact, that those who piss in our cistern are wealthier than the rest of us.
Wendell Berry (b. 1934) American farmer, educator, poet, conservationist
Essay (1970-01-01), “Compromise, Hell!” Orion MagazineMore about this quote: wist.info/berry-wendell/81189/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #wendellberry #America #bigbusiness #economicinjustice #environment #politics #pollution #profit #selfdestruction #wealth #submission #acquiescence
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A quotation from Wendell Berry
We Americans are not usually thought to be a submissive people, but of course we are. Why else would we allow our country to be destroyed? Why else would we be rewarding its destroyers? Why else would we all — by proxies we have given to greedy corporations and corrupt politicians — be participating in its destruction? Most of us are still too sane to piss in our own cistern, but we allow others to do so and we reward them for it. We reward them so well, in fact, that those who piss in our cistern are wealthier than the rest of us.
Wendell Berry (b. 1934) American farmer, educator, poet, conservationist
Essay (1970-01-01), “Compromise, Hell!” Orion MagazineMore about this quote: wist.info/berry-wendell/81189/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #wendellberry #America #bigbusiness #economicinjustice #environment #politics #pollution #profit #selfdestruction #wealth #submission #acquiescence
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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 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 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 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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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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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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The self-correction mechanism requires more than just our willing power for honesty and exact transparent movements. We also need to reduce more constraints of our joints and let go more linkages of our attachments. #human #mechanics #stories #upadana #selfdestruction #suffering #nexus
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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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"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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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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@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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@Catawu A bit of shadenfreud is in order perhaps #GOP #selfdestruction
