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2024-06-02 20:34:41

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Isn't that what the former USSR unsuccesfully tried to do for about 70 years.

2024-06-02 16:16:22

#Democracy #Trump #Autocracy
American Autocracy Threat Tracker
A Comprehensive Catalog Based on Donald Trump and His Associates’ Plans, Promises, and Propositions
https://www.justsecurity.org/92714/american-autocracy-threat-tracker/
This autocracy threat tracker is also available as a PDF file. The tracker was originally published on February 26, 2024 and is continually updated.
Authors : Norman L. Eisen, Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Siven Watt, Andrew Warren, Jacob Kovacs-Goodman and Francois Barrilleaux

2024-06-02 01:44:26

#Trump Presidency 2017
The many lies Trump tells.
Most people hardly ever tell cruel lies. Trump is an exception.
🏩https://wapo.st/458zc75
The most stunning way Trump's lies differed from our participants', though, was in their cruelty. An astonishing 50 percent of Trump's lies were hurtful or disparaging.
By telling so many lies, and so many that are mean-spirited, Trump is violating some of the most fundamental norms of human social interaction and human decency.
#Democracy

2024-02-03 14:18:17

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These days the consequences of failure seem to be too devastating. The stakes are too high : financially, socially, professionally.
My failures at school.
■ Remaining in the third grade of secondary school. [ No big deal. ]
■ Dropping out of my second first year University study. [ Allowed me to discover what i wanted to do for a job ]
After entering the emerging field of IT I had an interesting and well paid responsible job for 41 years.
Failure is not the end of the world.
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2024-01-26 03:11:16

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Prof. Brian Klaas has studied #Pschychopaths and has several interesting remarks on this issue.
https://brianpklaas.com/corruptible
The impact of having power on the brain.
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/07/power-causes-brain-damage/528711/
https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/neuroscience-in-everyday-life/202006/the-brain-under-the-influence-power
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10461512/
Interview with Brian Klaas on his study of psychopaths.
https://youtu.be/BJIOLTMitK4?si=Fnom7Hi2ORP5lNVZ. [ 1:59:57 ]
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2024-01-25 23:04:20

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Humanism is not just about the self.
It is also about your relations and connections with other humans.
If you lived on your own on an isolated island, there would be no need for a philosophy.
Humans are first of all social animals.
Their super power is cooperation.

2024-01-25 22:21:20

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#Religion serves to = ■
■ tell Fairy Tales for Grown ups.
■ reign in and control the masses
■ create in-groups and out-groups
■ heighten in-group loyalty
■ postpone rewards till people are dead
■ standardise behavior and values
#Humanism is a democratic and ethical life stance, which affirms that human beings have the right and responsibility to give meaning and shape to their own lives.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humanism
#Science #Philosophy