#wrong-doing — Public Fediverse posts
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Ridiculous
#ElonMusk settles #SEC lawsuit over #Twitter disclosures, $1.5 million fine imposed
#Musk settled the SEC's civil lawsuit accusing the world's richest person of waiting too long in 2022 to disclose his initial purchases of Twitter, now known as #X.
A trust in Musk's name will pay a $1.5 million civil penalty, WITHOUT admitting #wrongdoing.
Musk won't have to give up ANY money he allegedly saved from the delay.
#law #billionaires #accountability #scammer
https://www.reuters.com/world/elon-musk-settles-sec-lawsuit-over-twitter-disclosures-trust-will-pay-15-million-2026-05-04/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=2025_engagement -
A quotation from La Rochefoucauld
Few men are sufficiently discerning to appreciate all the evil they do.
[Il n’y a guère d’homme assez habile pour connoître tout le mal qu’il fait.]François VI, duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) French epigrammatist, memoirist, noble
Réflexions ou sentences et maximes morales [Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims], ¶269 (1665-1678) [tr. Tancock (1959), ¶269]More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/la-rochefoucauld-fra…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #larochefoucauld #denial #ego #evil #evildoer #harm #pride #selfawareness #selfcondemnation #selfcriticism #selfdeception #selfdoubt #selfjudgment #selfopinion #selfpolicing #selfrationalization #selfreproach #selfrighteousness #vanity #wrongdoing
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A quotation from Hannah Arendt
The sad truth of the matter is that most evil is done by people who never made up their minds to be or do either evil or good.
Hannah Arendt (1906-1975) German-American philosopher, political theorist
Life of the Mind, Vol. 1 “Thinking,” Part 3, ch. 18 “The two-in-one” (1977)More about this quote: wist.info/arendt-hannah/1350/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #arendt #hannaharendt #amorality #apathy #banality #banalityofevil #decision #evil #good #indecision #lukewarm #moralchoice #moralcode #thoughtlessness #virtue #vice #evildoer #wrongdoing #rightandwrong #moralagency #responsiblity #takeresponsibility
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A quotation from Philip K. Dick
The authentic human being is one of us who instinctively knows what he should not do and, in addition, will balk at doing it. He will refuse to do it, even if this brings down dread consequences to him and those whom he loves. This, to me, is the ultimately heroic trait of ordinary people. They say “no” to the tyrant and they calmly take the consequences of this resistance. Their deeds may be small, and almost always unnoticed, unmarked by history. Their names are not remembered, nor did these authentic humans expect their names to be remembered. I see their authenticity in an odd way: not in their willingness to perform great heroic deeds, but in their quiet refusals to commit villainies. In essence, they cannot be compelled to be what they are not.
Philip K. Dick (1928-1982) American writer
Speech (1978) “How To Build A Universe That Doesn’t Fall Apart Two Days Later”More about this quote: wist.info/dick-philip-k/39294/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #philipkdick #philipkdickquotes #authenticity #civildisobedience #evil #heroism #humannature #humanity #ordinarypeople #rebellion #resistance #selfactualization #tyranny #virtue #wrongdoing
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A quotation from Hannah Arendt
As citizens, we must prevent wrongdoing because the world in which we all live, wrong-doer, wrong sufferer and spectator, is at stake.
Hannah Arendt (1906-1975) German-American philosopher, political theorist
The Life of the Mind, Part 1, sec. 3, ch. 18 (1977)More about this quote: wist.info/arendt-hannah/46319/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #hannaharendt #citizenry #civicduty #evildoer #humanity #injustice #protection #society #victim #world #wrongdoer #wrongdoing
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A quotation from Bertrand Russell
It is better to do nothing than to do harm. Half the useful work in the world consists of combating the harmful work.
Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) English mathematician and philosopher
Conquest of Happiness, Part 2, ch. 16 “Effort and Resignation” (1930)More about this quote: wist.info/russell-bertrand/815…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #bertrandrussell #action #counteracting #harm #inaction #repair #undoing #wrongdoing
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A quotation from La Rochefoucauld
Nothing is so contagious as an example, and our every really good or bad action inspires a similar one.
[Rien n’est si contagieux que l’exemple, et nous ne faisons jamais de grands biens ni de grands maux qui n’en produisent de semblables.]François VI, duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) French epigrammatist, memoirist, noble
Réflexions ou sentences et maximes morales [Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims], ¶230 (1665-1678) [tr. Tancock (1959)]More info about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/la-rochefoucauld-fra…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #larochefoucauld #action #doinggood #emulation #example #goodandevil #imitation #precedent #suggestion #wrongdoing #badexample #goodexample #leadbyexample #setanexample
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From the website Above the Law, a report on more #US #government #wrongdoing: “It’s yet another sad slide into federal control to learn that Immigration and Customs Enforcement posted what appears to be a covert roster of immigration attorneys buried on its own website.” #ICE https://abovethelaw.com/2025/12/ice-accidentally-publishes-a-watch-list-of-immigration-lawyers-which-is-definitely-a-normal-thing-for-the-government-to-do/
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Wednesday, December 10, 2025
Zelensky unveils 3-track plan as talks intensify: Peace deal, security guarantees, reconstruction -- Trump's new security doctrine gives Putin exactly what he wants -- Lithuania declares state of emergency over smuggler balloons from Belarus -- "It burns for 3 days": Ukrainian drone strike sparked huge fire at Russia's Temryuk Seaport ... and morehttps://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/12/wednesday-december-10-2025/
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A quotation from Hannah Arendt
The trouble with Eichmann was precisely that so many were like him, and that the many were neither perverted nor sadistic, that they were, and still are, terribly and terrifyingly normal. From the viewpoint of our legal institutions and of our moral standards of judgment, this normality was much more terrifying than all the atrocities put together, for it implied — as had been said at Nuremberg over and over again by the defendants and their counsels — that this new type of criminal, who is in actual fact hostis generis humani [enemy of humanity], commits his crimes under circumstances that make it well-nigh impossible for him to know or to feel that he is doing wrong.
Hannah Arendt (1906-1975) German-American philosopher, political theorist
Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil, Epilogue (1963)More about this quote: wist.info/arendt-hannah/42625/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #hannaharendt #arendt #clearconscience #commonman #crimesagainsthumanity #criminal #enemy #evil #Holocaust #ignorance #immorality #naivete #normalcy #normality #responsibility #warcrime #wrongdoing
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A quotation from Thomas Fuller
Dare not to be guilty of ill Things, tho’ thou wert sure to be secret and unpunished. Conscience will sit upon it, and that is Witness, Jury, Judge, and Executioner.
Thomas Fuller (1654-1734) English physician, preacher, aphorist, writer
Introductio ad Prudentiam, Vol. 2, # 2216 (1727)More info about this quote: wist.info/ivins-molly/79900/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #thomasfuller #conscience #guilt #guiltyconscience #selfawareness #selfcondemnation #selfconsciousness #selfcriticism #selfdeprecation #selfesteem #selfinflictedwound #selfjudgment #selfregard #shame #wrongdoing
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A quotation from Thomas Fuller
If thou commitest a Sin, because thou art wilfully Ignorant; the Wilfulness of thy Ignorance makes thy sin to be wilful.
Thomas Fuller (1654-1734) English physician, preacher, aphorist, writer
Introductio ad Prudentiam, Vol. 2, # 2146 (1727)More info about this quote: wist.info/fuller-thomas-1654/7…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #thomasfuller #negligence #sin #willfulignorance #willfulness #wrongdoing #lawbreaking
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#Hegseth promised sweeping changes to how #discrimination complaints are handled & how accusations of #wrongdoing [#WarCrimes, #rape, etc] are investigated at the #Pentagon, saying the current system has top brass walking on "egg shells."
"If the words I'm speaking today are making your hearts sink, then you should do the honorable thing & resign," Hegseth said.
"I know the overwhelming majority of you feel the opposite. These words make your hearts full."
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PROSPERO: Though with their high wrongs I am struck to th’ quick,
Yet with my nobler reason ’gainst my fury
Do I take part. The rarer action is
In virtue than in vengeance.William Shakespeare (1564-1616) English dramatist and poet
Tempest, Act 5, sc. 1, l. 32ff (5.1.32-36) (1611)Sourcing, notes: wist.info/shakespeare-william/…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #shakespeare #williamshakespeare #thetempest #anger #crimes #forgiveness #fury #offense #punishment #retribution #sins #vengeance #virtue #wrongdoing
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A quotation from Eleanor Roosevelt
I know that we will be the sufferers if we let great wrongs occur without exerting ourselves to correct them.
Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962) First Lady of the US (1933-45), politician, diplomat, activist
Column (1943-08-13), “My Day”Sourcing, notes: wist.info/roosevelt-eleanor/27…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #eleanorroosevelt #bystander #disinterest #evil #injustice #karma #neutrality #passivity #standingby #uninvolvement #wrongdoing #complicity #acquiescence
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A quotation from Teddy Roosevelt
I believe that the officers, and, especially, the directors, of corporations should be held personally responsible when any corporation breaks the law.
Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) American politician, statesman, conservationist, writer, US President (1901-1909)
Speech (1910-08-31), “The New Nationalism,” John Brown Memorial Park dedication, Osawatomie, KansasSourcing, notes: wist.info/roosevelt-theodore/1…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #teddyroosevelt #theodoreroosevelt #accountability #bigbusiness #corporations #illegality #management #responsibility #wrongdoing
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Advice from the #CFPB helped me to beat a bad debt that wasn't mine in court (I was my own lawyer). Armed with pertinent questions for the debt owner, I was able to prove that it wasn't my debt. But I wouldn't have been able to do it without that information (not without hiring a lawyer, which could end up costing more than the debt)!
Workers at the CFPB watch hopelessly as the GOP undoes their work
By KEN SWEET
Updated 7:27 AM EDT, July 15, 2025NEW YORK (AP) — "The lights are on at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau across the street from the White House, and employees still get paid. But, in practice, the bureau has been mostly inoperable for nearly six months. CFPB employees say they essentially spend the workday sitting on their hands, forbidden from doing any work by directive from the White House.
"The bureau is supposed to be helping oversee the nation’s banks and financial services companies and taking enforcement action in case of #wrongdoing. Instead, the situation is Kafkaesque: the main function seems to be undoing the #rulemaking and law enforcement work that was done under previous administrations, including in President Donald Trump’s first term.
"American consumers can no longer look to the bureau for help when it comes to their checking account, credit card, #PaydayLoan, auto loan or #mortgage. Trump has neutered the watchdog, employees say, the culmination of a yearslong effort by Republicans who felt the agency often went overboard in its efforts."
#ConsumerProtection #TrumpSucks #USPol #CorporateColonialism #PaydayLoanSharks #Debt #IdentityTheft #BankFees #CollectionAgencies
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Upscale #EastBay suburban hamlet must pay $120,000 to settle case brought by a persistent projectionist , "#solarpunk novelist" and Mastodon user @AEMarling arrested in 2021 for being an alleged "public nuisance" after beaming portable political imagery onto #SanRamon #CityHall.
Marling is perhaps best known for his caustic commentary targeting petty #Twitler #CEO #MelonHusk with viral projection takes including “Space Karen,” “Lawless Oligarch” "Mediocre Manchild" and other critiques on the #American oligarch's corporate #SocialMedia HQ outpost along #MarketSt in #SanFrancisco.
Originally after being cited, Marling's attorney assumed the small suburban city would return his projection equipment and drop charges, but angry officials retained "outside counsel and private attorney to act as prosecutor, and they prosecuted this to the bitter end” which prompted the case to continue for years as Marling counter sued the bedroom community in #federalcourt for alleged violations of his #FirstAmendment and #FourthAmendment rights, as well as false arrest, among other legal claims that personally named city officials and #police personnel who pursued the charges. Named in Marling's suit were #CityAttorney Martin Lysons, city manager Joe Gorton, ex top cop Craig Stevens, current #PoliceChief Denton Carlson, Sgt. Michael Pistello, Officer Rick Gonzalez, pvt attorney Lance Bayer and city employee Karen McHenry-Smith. The first alleged criminal conspiratorial act by the local govt occured when petty police lied in their report about the spot where Marling even had the projector, claiming it was propped up against a traffic light on a sidewalk rather than placed in a landscaping bed.
From there, and even after an acquittal in an actual local court for the bogus citation, Marling filed a complaint alleging numerous civil violations, including of the First, Fourth and 14th amendments and the #CivilRights Act, as well as false imprisonment.
Marling said he hopes the legal #settlement discourages crackdowns on #activism in the future.
“For the police to try to detain in this fashion is illegal — I wasn’t violating any laws,” Marling said. “I guess you could say it was a slap on the wrist to try to encourage cities to not do this.” We only got to this point where the city finally "settled" and agreed to pay #legal costs and admit no #wrongdoing after years of #litigation.
https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2025/05/13/viral-bay-area-projection-activist-reaches-120000-settlement-in-civil-rights-lawsuit-against-bay-area-city/ #CopWatch #FreeSpeech
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Laziness in doing stupid things can be a great virtue.
James Hilton (1900-1954) Anglo-American novelist and screenwriter
Lost Horizon, ch. 8 [High Lama to Conway] (1933)Sourcing, notes: wist.info/hilton-james/76604/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #virtue #vice #error #idiocy #laziness #procrastination #sloth #stupidity #unnecessary #unusefulness #wrongdoing
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HECUBA: It the duty of a good man to do good everywhere and always to punish the evil men.
[ἙΚΆΒΗ: ἐσθλοῦ γὰρ ἀνδρὸς τῇ δίκῃ θ᾿ ὑπηρετεῖν
καὶ τοὺς κακοὺς δρᾶν πανταχοῦ κακῶς ἀεί.]Euripides (485?-406? BC) Greek tragic dramatist
Hecuba [Hekabe; Ἑκάβη], l. 844ff (c. 424 BC) [tr. Theodoridis (2007)]Sourcing, notes, other translations: wist.info/euripides/76521/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #euripides #hecuba #duty #evil #goodandevil #goodperson #justice #rightandwrong #virtue #wrongdoing
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TARTUFFE: Your scruple, then, is easy to allay:
Our secret will be safe with us alone,
And there’s no evil if the thing’s not known.
The one offense lies in the public shame,
And secret sin is sin only in name.
[Enfin votre scrupule est facile à détruire.
Vous êtes assurée ici d’un plein secret,
Et le mal n’est jamais que dans l’éclat qu’on fait.
Le scandale du monde est ce qui fait l’offense,
Et ce n’est pas pécher que pécher en silence]Molière (1622-1673) French playwright, actor [stage name for Jean-Baptiste Poquelin]
Tartuffe, or the Hypocrite [Le Tartuffe, ou L’Imposteur], Act 4, sc. 5 (1669) [tr. Frame (1967)]Sourcing, notes, other translations: wist.info/moliere/76486/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #moliere #tartuffe #privacy #publicity #scandal #secrecy #sin #vice #wrongdoing
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When you put down the good things you ought to have done, and leave out the bad ones you did do — well, that’s Memoirs.
Will Rogers (1879-1935) American humorist
Essay (1932-03-12), “Letters of a Self-Made Diplomat to Senator Borah,” Saturday Evening PostSourcing, notes: wist.info/rogers-will/76180/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #willrogers #autobiography #doinggood #goodintentions #history #memoir #past #wishfulthinking #wrongdoing
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A quotation from Thomas Fuller
Neither hate the Man for his Vice: nor love the Vice for the Man’s sake.
Thomas Fuller (1654-1734) English physician, preacher, aphorist, writer
Introductio ad Prudentiam, Vol. 2, # 1841 (1727)Sourcing, notes: wist.info/fuller-thomas-1654/7…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #agency #forgiveness #friendship #morality #sin #sinner #vice #wrongdoing
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A quotation from Teddy Roosevelt
No man is justified in doing evil on the ground of expediency. He is bound to do all the good possible. Yet he must consider the question of expediency, in order that he may do all the good possible, for otherwise he will do none.
Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) American politician, statesman, conservationist, writer, US President (1901-1909)
Essay (1900-06), “Latitude and Longitude Among Reformers,” The Century Magazine, Vol. 60, No. 2Sourcing, notes: wist.info/roosevelt-theodore/5…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #accomplishment #evildoing #expediency #necessaryevil #optimization #practicality #pragmatism #wrongdoing
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A quotation from Philip K. Dick
The authentic human being is one of us who instinctively knows what he should not do and, in addition, will balk at doing it. He will refuse to do it, even if this brings down dread consequences to him and those whom he loves. This, to me, is the ultimately heroic trait of ordinary people. They say “no” to the tyrant and they calmly take the consequences of this resistance. Their deeds may be small, and almost always unnoticed, unmarked by history. Their names are not remembered, nor did these authentic humans expect their names to be remembered. I see their authenticity in an odd way: not in their willingness to perform great heroic deeds, but in their quiet refusals to commit villainies. In essence, they cannot be compelled to be what they are not.
Philip K. Dick (1928-1982) American writer
Speech (1978) “How To Build A Universe That Doesn’t Fall Apart Two Days Later”Sourcing, notes: wist.info/dick-philip-k/39294/
#quote #quotes #quotation #authenticity #civildisobedience #evil #heroism #humannature #humanity #ordinarypeople #rebellion #resistance #self-actualization #tyranny #virtue #wrongdoing
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A quotation from Roosevelt, Theodore:
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If a public man tries to get your vote by saying that he will do something wrong in your interest, you can be absolutely certain that if ever it becomes worth his while he will do something wrong against your interest.
»Full quote, sourcing, notes:
https://wist.info/roosevelt-theodore/72799/#quote #quotes #quotation #candidate #character #election #quidproquo #vote #wrongdoing #politics
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Whether in his personal life or his public life, he has been accused of so many acts of #wrongdoing, investigated by so many prosecutors & agencies, sued by so many plaintiffs & claimants that it requires a scorecard just to remember them all.
#criminal #civil #law #rape #SexualAssault #misogyny #fraud #racism #WhiteSupremacy #MaleSupremacy #RulingClass #democracy
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#NewYork #AttorneyGeneral says she may #seize #Trump'#s assets if he can't pay the $354M +#interest #fine
— Trump continues to #lie and #deny any #wrongdoing and has indicated he'll #appeal the #ruling. That is if he can get an #appealbond to do so which isn't likely.
https://www.axios.com/2024/02/21/trump-civil-fraud-fine-ny-ag-may-seize-assets