#statusquo — Public Fediverse posts

A quotation from Bertrand Russell

Hostility to the status quo may be derived from either of two sources: it may spring from sympathy with the unfortunate or from hatred of the fortunate. If it springs from the latter, it involves just as much limitation of sympathy as is involved in conservatism. Many revolutionaries in their day-dreams are not so much concerned with the happiness that is to come to the common people as with the vengeance that they will be able to wreak upon the insolent holders of power from whom they are suffering in the present.

Bertrand Russell (1872–1970) English mathematician and philosopher
Education and the Social Order [Education and the Modern World], ch. 1 “The Individual versus the Citizen” (1932)

More about this quote: wist.info/russell-bertrand/860…

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wI3tbBk1PA

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@Jinx_HH ich hätte mich gefreut, wenn diese Regierung nichts getan hätte, als den #StatusQuo zu verwalten, das bisschen, was die sog. #Ampel erreicht hatte, zum Beispiel. Mit ihrem sinnlosen #Reformgequatsche aka #Sozialabbau haben sie die #scheißAfD verdoppelt. Und mal ehrlich, wer jetzt noch fordert #RotSchwarz sollte endlich mal handeln, treibt dieses Spiel weiter.

@Jinx_HH ich hätte mich gefreut, wenn diese Regierung nichts getan hätte, als den #StatusQuo zu verwalten, das bisschen, was die sog. #Ampel erreicht hatte, zum Beispiel. Mit ihrem sinnlosen #Reformgequatsche aka #Sozialabbau haben sie die #scheißAfD verdoppelt. Und mal ehrlich, wer jetzt noch fordert #RotSchwarz sollte endlich mal handeln, treibt dieses Spiel weiter.

@Jinx_HH ich hätte mich gefreut, wenn diese Regierung nichts getan hätte, als den #StatusQuo zu verwalten, das bisschen, was die sog. #Ampel erreicht hatte, zum Beispiel. Mit ihrem sinnlosen #Reformgequatsche aka #Sozialabbau haben sie die #scheißAfD verdoppelt. Und mal ehrlich, wer jetzt noch fordert #RotSchwarz sollte endlich mal handeln, treibt dieses Spiel weiter.

Justice Barrett’s Tone-Deaf Defense Of The Shadow Docket Comes As Federal Judges Revolt Against Supreme Court’s “Mystical” Orders

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.techdirt.com/2025/10/14/justice-barretts-tone-deaf-defense-of-the-shadow-docket-comes-as-federal-judges-revolt-against-supreme-courts-mystical-orders/

A quotation from Ella Wheeler Wilcox

If you dare to sail first o’er a new thought track,
   For a while it will scourge and score you;
Then, coming abreast with a skillful tack,
It will clasp your hand and slap your back,
   And vow it was there before you.

Ella Wheeler Wilcox (1850-1919) American author, poet, temperance advocate, spiritualist
Poem (1892), “The World” st. 2, Once A Week, Vol. 10, No. 6 (1892-11-19)

Sourcing, notes: wist.info/wilcox-ella-wheeler/…

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I was part of Anjali4bc campaign & it was the first time in my life I'd registered with any political party. I'd hoped for a real challenge to #StatusQuo . I asked for refund & cancelled my membership. I felt #RippedOff with not being given the chance to vote for new party leader. I'd already felt distrustful of Gov't before this undemocratic hijacking by #BCNDP elites. Made me drop all trust in #BCgovernment - esp. #NewDeathParty #CareerPoliticians 👎

https://briarpatchmagazine.com/articles/view/who-is-the-ndp-for

#BCpoli #CanPoli

A quotation from #Pratchett, Terry:

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The suggestion that the world could be completely other than it is always annoys those who are content with the way things are. #Stories of #imagination tend to upset those without one. #Rulers are suspicious of new worlds where their writ does not run. #Jailers don’t like #escapism.
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Full quote, sourcing, notes:
https://wist.info/pratchett-terry/60637/

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#SenateJudiciary Cmte Held Hearing 3/2/23 On #EthicsCode For #SupremeCourt Amidst #ClarenceThomas #scandal #SCOTUS #EthicsReforms #ethics #testimony #checksandbalances #corruption #recusal #statusquo #HarlanCrow #publicservice #judicialpower #federaljudiciary Enforce the #CodeofConduct #crisis #public #confidence #JudicialActivism #PartisanJudiciary #OathofOffice https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQ4kKO73q1w

@shans
Hi Shans,

If you live in #Australia, Growing For Broke (2015?) by the late Peter North is a must-read.

We speak in the language of #ConvivialSufficiency. The way we can achieve this is by "Getting #NEOeD", which may involve punching upwards at those perpetrating the #statusQuo.

#growingForBroke #peterNorth #growthism