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  1. A quotation from Bertrand Russell

    Those who believe that the voice of the people is the voice of God may infer that any unusual opinion or peculiar taste is almost a form of impiety, and is to be viewed as a culpable rebellion against the legitimate authority of the herd. This will only be avoided if liberty is as much valued as democracy, and it is realized that a society in which each is the slave of all is only a little better than one in which each is the slave of a despot. There is equality where all are slaves, as well as where all are free. This shows that equality, by itself, is not enough to make a good society.

    Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) English mathematician and philosopher
    Lecture (1949-01-16), “The Conflict of Technique and Human Nature,” Reith Lecture, “Authority and the Individual” No. 4, BBC Radio

    More about this quote: wist.info/russell-bertrand/837…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #bertrandrussell #authority #conformity #democracy #dissent #equality #freedom #freedomofthought #herd #heterodoxy #liberty #majority #mob #popularopinion #slavery #tyrannyofthemajority #wethepeople #voxpopuli

  2. A quotation from Bertrand Russell

    Those who believe that the voice of the people is the voice of God may infer that any unusual opinion or peculiar taste is almost a form of impiety, and is to be viewed as a culpable rebellion against the legitimate authority of the herd. This will only be avoided if liberty is as much valued as democracy, and it is realized that a society in which each is the slave of all is only a little better than one in which each is the slave of a despot. There is equality where all are slaves, as well as where all are free. This shows that equality, by itself, is not enough to make a good society.

    Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) English mathematician and philosopher
    Lecture (1949-01-16), “The Conflict of Technique and Human Nature,” Reith Lecture, “Authority and the Individual” No. 4, BBC Radio

    More about this quote: wist.info/russell-bertrand/837…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #bertrandrussell #authority #conformity #democracy #dissent #equality #freedom #freedomofthought #herd #heterodoxy #liberty #majority #mob #popularopinion #slavery #tyrannyofthemajority #wethepeople #voxpopuli

  3. A quotation from Bertrand Russell

    Those who believe that the voice of the people is the voice of God may infer that any unusual opinion or peculiar taste is almost a form of impiety, and is to be viewed as a culpable rebellion against the legitimate authority of the herd. This will only be avoided if liberty is as much valued as democracy, and it is realized that a society in which each is the slave of all is only a little better than one in which each is the slave of a despot. There is equality where all are slaves, as well as where all are free. This shows that equality, by itself, is not enough to make a good society.

    Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) English mathematician and philosopher
    Lecture (1949-01-16), “The Conflict of Technique and Human Nature,” Reith Lecture, “Authority and the Individual” No. 4, BBC Radio

    More about this quote: wist.info/russell-bertrand/837…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #bertrandrussell #authority #conformity #democracy #dissent #equality #freedom #freedomofthought #herd #heterodoxy #liberty #majority #mob #popularopinion #slavery #tyrannyofthemajority #wethepeople #voxpopuli

  4. A quotation from Bertrand Russell

    Those who believe that the voice of the people is the voice of God may infer that any unusual opinion or peculiar taste is almost a form of impiety, and is to be viewed as a culpable rebellion against the legitimate authority of the herd. This will only be avoided if liberty is as much valued as democracy, and it is realized that a society in which each is the slave of all is only a little better than one in which each is the slave of a despot. There is equality where all are slaves, as well as where all are free. This shows that equality, by itself, is not enough to make a good society.

    Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) English mathematician and philosopher
    Lecture (1949-01-16), “The Conflict of Technique and Human Nature,” Reith Lecture, “Authority and the Individual” No. 4, BBC Radio

    More about this quote: wist.info/russell-bertrand/837…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #bertrandrussell #authority #conformity #democracy #dissent #equality #freedom #freedomofthought #herd #heterodoxy #liberty #majority #mob #popularopinion #slavery #tyrannyofthemajority #wethepeople #voxpopuli

  5. A quotation from Bertrand Russell

    Those who believe that the voice of the people is the voice of God may infer that any unusual opinion or peculiar taste is almost a form of impiety, and is to be viewed as a culpable rebellion against the legitimate authority of the herd. This will only be avoided if liberty is as much valued as democracy, and it is realized that a society in which each is the slave of all is only a little better than one in which each is the slave of a despot. There is equality where all are slaves, as well as where all are free. This shows that equality, by itself, is not enough to make a good society.

    Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) English mathematician and philosopher
    Lecture (1949-01-16), “The Conflict of Technique and Human Nature,” Reith Lecture, “Authority and the Individual” No. 4, BBC Radio

    More about this quote: wist.info/russell-bertrand/837…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #bertrandrussell #authority #conformity #democracy #dissent #equality #freedom #freedomofthought #herd #heterodoxy #liberty #majority #mob #popularopinion #slavery #tyrannyofthemajority #wethepeople #voxpopuli

  6. #Schrödingers #Khamenei 🤔

    Btw my motto is sic semper tyrannis. This applies also to #Trump, #Netanyahu and co. 🤷 Don't be a monstrous barbarian to your people or to other countries' people… ✊ #VoxPopuli 🔥

  7. Tochter am Abendbrottisch, als meine Frau und ich uns, über die Rentenpolitik unterhalten haben:
    "Warum gehen nicht alle die, die ihre Rente besser wollen zu Fritze und jagen den weg?"
    "Mit Fackeln und Mistgabeln"... den Kommentar konnte ich mir kaum verkneifen. Irgendwie liegt der Duft der Revolution in der Luft :D ...
    Der Geist des Ausdruckes #VoxPopuli sollte wieder in die Köpfe unserer Politiker zurückkehren. Wachstum ist nicht das höchste Gut unserer Gesellschaft!

  8. A quotation from Alcuin

    The voice of the people is the voice of God.
     
    [Vox populi, vox Dei.]

    Alcuin of York (c. 735-804) Anglo-Latin scholar, clergyman, poet, teacher [Flaccus Albinus Alcuinus, Ealhwine, Alhwin, or Alchoin]
    Letter (AD 798) to Charlemagne

    Sourcing, notes: wist.info/alcuin/78553/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #alcuin #voxpopuli #divineguidance #divinepurpose #divinewill #God #people #populace #populargovernment #popularopinion #public #publicopinion #democracy

  9. A quotation from Alcuin

    The voice of the people is the voice of God.
     
    [Vox populi, vox Dei.]

    Alcuin of York (c. 735-804) Anglo-Latin scholar, clergyman, poet, teacher [Flaccus Albinus Alcuinus, Ealhwine, Alhwin, or Alchoin]
    Letter (AD 798) to Charlemagne

    Sourcing, notes: wist.info/alcuin/78553/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #alcuin #voxpopuli #divineguidance #divinepurpose #divinewill #God #people #populace #populargovernment #popularopinion #public #publicopinion #democracy

  10. A quotation from Alcuin

    The voice of the people is the voice of God.
     
    [Vox populi, vox Dei.]

    Alcuin of York (c. 735-804) Anglo-Latin scholar, clergyman, poet, teacher [Flaccus Albinus Alcuinus, Ealhwine, Alhwin, or Alchoin]
    Letter (AD 798) to Charlemagne

    Sourcing, notes: wist.info/alcuin/78553/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #alcuin #voxpopuli #divineguidance #divinepurpose #divinewill #God #people #populace #populargovernment #popularopinion #public #publicopinion #democracy

  11. A quotation from Alcuin

    The voice of the people is the voice of God.
     
    [Vox populi, vox Dei.]

    Alcuin of York (c. 735-804) Anglo-Latin scholar, clergyman, poet, teacher [Flaccus Albinus Alcuinus, Ealhwine, Alhwin, or Alchoin]
    Letter (AD 798) to Charlemagne

    Sourcing, notes: wist.info/alcuin/78553/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #alcuin #voxpopuli #divineguidance #divinepurpose #divinewill #God #people #populace #populargovernment #popularopinion #public #publicopinion #democracy

  12. A quotation from Alcuin

    The voice of the people is the voice of God.
     
    [Vox populi, vox Dei.]

    Alcuin of York (c. 735-804) Anglo-Latin scholar, clergyman, poet, teacher [Flaccus Albinus Alcuinus, Ealhwine, Alhwin, or Alchoin]
    Letter (AD 798) to Charlemagne

    Sourcing, notes: wist.info/alcuin/78553/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #alcuin #voxpopuli #divineguidance #divinepurpose #divinewill #God #people #populace #populargovernment #popularopinion #public #publicopinion #democracy

  13. hach, Stadtreiniger performt seiner Kollegin Monolog u.a. zu Problemen deutscher Bauern, ausgedachter Pandemie und denen da oben (Merz, Scholz und vor allem „Baerbock die dumme Sau“) #fhain #voxpopuli #balkon #gtnmrgn #aechz

  14. Misschien heb je Elon #musk het spreekwoord Vox Populi, Vox Dei zien gebruiken toen door #trump werd omarmd. Wat ontbrak was de context: Nec audiendi qui solent dicere, #voxpopuli vox Dei, quum tumultuositas vulgi semper insaniae proxima sit. Als je geen Latijn spreekt, betekent dit in het Nederlands: En er moet niet naar die mensen worden geluisterd die blijven zeggen dat de stem van het volk de stem van God is, aangezien de losbandigheid van de menigte altijd heel dicht bij waanzin ligt.

  15. 🌍 #MOSEL: Multilingual Open-Source European Languages Dataset

    • 📊 950,000 hours of #speech data covering 24 official EU languages
    • 🎙️ Includes up to 441K hours of unlabeled speech from #VoxPopuli and #LibriLight
    • 🤖 Transcribed using #Whisper large v3 #ASR model
    • 🏷️ Covers both labeled and unlabeled #speechcorpora
    • 📜 Released under #CCBY40 license for #opensource use
    • 🧠 Designed for training #AI #speechrecognition models

    Key features:
    • Diverse language coverage
    • Large-scale dataset
    • Open-source compliant
    • Includes pseudo-labeled data
    • Supports #NLP and #machinelearning research

    Learn more: huggingface.co/datasets/FBK-MT

  16. Well, #VoxPopuli was catchy and credit to an excellent stage performance. Though not really my music. #umk #eurovision

  17. I do love me a poll. #voxpopuli
    Peter Stormare

  18. #NowPlaying Originally released in 1987 as a cassette, “Half Dead Ganja Music” by #VoxPopuli sounds like a band practicing club music as some form of contemporary voodoo ritual. platform-23.bandcamp.com/album

  19. @bobthomson70

    Wonder how many of those that got it wrong voted for Brexit ?

    #VoxPopuli

  20. This is what comes to mind when I think of "vox populi" ... #VoxPopuli

  21. CW: Long thread/6

    A decade later, Musk performed the same stunt, asking users whether they wanted him to fuck all the way off from the company, then ignored the #VoxPopuli, which, in this instance, was not #VoxDei:

    apnews.com/article/elon-musk-t

    Facebook, Twitter and other #WalledGardens are designed to be sticky-traps, relying on high #SwitchingCosts to keep users locked within their garden walls which are really prison walls.

    6/

  22. Regarding "Vox populi, vox dei"
    Letter from Alcuin to Charlemagne in 798
    "Nec audiendi qui solent dicere, Vox populi, vox Dei, quum tumultuositas vulgi semper insaniae proxima sit."
    "And those people should not be listened to who keep saying the voice of the people is the voice of God, since the riotousness of the crowd is always very close to madness."
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vox_popu
    #twitter #trump #musk #VoxPopuliVoxDei #VoxPopuli #Zwitsch

    Merci à @iSchack