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"Sometimes there is no next time, no time-outs, no second chances. Sometimes it's now or never." - Alan Bennett #bethepeople
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"The good must be chosen. If a man can not choose, he ceases to be a man." - Anthony Burgess, A Clockwork Orange #bethepeople

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all systems can be seen as carrying us forward to some degree until we are able share power globally. once we reach this point though if we don't put them into this perspective then they will bind us to the ghosts of the past at the expense of the future

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We should not be surprised at the entwining of folklore and standing stones, for in both we see the past holding hands with the now as it walks into tomorrow. Both folklore and the Neolithic have long shadows. – Dr. K. Brophy #StandingStones

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if you can imagine sharing power globally as a blessed event with zero downside the analysis will become clear

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that's a very academic definition. academia though does not consider fighting for power to be a problem because it does consider sharing power to be a solution

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capitalism is a broad form of fighting for power. fascism is what happens when it coalesces

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time to get religious about democracy

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Impoundment Learn the term. It’s how Donald Trump plans to defund any agency or program he wants, and there will be nothing Congress can do to stop it. This is how he defunds education, climate action and everything else on day one. This Project 2025.

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NYT assholes. 🤬 Media bias. More clickbait that damages Biden. This is what the doctor & White House were working on.

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the key to a stable society is to blame the individual. otherwise 'ANARCHY!'

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I like to think about how all those things relate to global online democracy but not sure if that makes a historian or a futurist

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👀🗃️ The ancient world gets cooler all the time.

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I think when fighting for power we experience constant displacement which leaves us feeling weak and vulnerable. A strongman speaks to this vulnerability by promising to make us strong again.

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i was using the washington post to line my birdcage but then i decided her shit was too good for it

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This figure illustrates how record warm ocean temperatures fueled Hurricane Beryl, causing it to intensify faster, reach greater strength, maintain that strength for longer, and likely dump more rain than it would have otherwise. Source: www.bbc.com/news/article...

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Antinatalism is just fatalism masquerading as righteousness

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Status Quo: Trust me, if you give the average person power, they'll abuse it.
Democracy: What about you.
Status Quo: We have written a constitution that promises not to do that. How dare you question it.
#bethepeople

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Ranger. Does that mean I have to get out of bed?

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Of course I'd like to science the hell out of everything but first we must purify our science. #bethepeople

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6 July 1931 | Dutch Jewish girl, Esther Engelsman, was born in Amsterdam. She was deported from Westerbork to Theresienstadt ghetto in January 1944, and four months later deported to Auschwitz. She did not survive.

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All along the bruised lip of Hookland's shore, you'll find driftwood crosses erected in boneyards. Studded with flotsam, even many of the clergy acknowledge they have a it of the Black Fathom Faith about them. Then again, the church in Hookland has often accommodated folk faith.

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The worst thing that can happen to a person is to get stuck in a situation where you can't stop fighting for power. #bethepeople

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"Your under arrest for sleeping outside"
"I have an address. I just fell asleep on the bus"
"That's no excuse. You're coming with us"
#bethepeople

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I didn't realize how big it was when I started. Borrowed the ebook and read for three days and checked the progress 10 % 😳 . Hopefully I can finish before my 21 days runs out

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until we are free we will be a basketcase

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So many neat things happening that give reason to believe we can still build a better world, even in the face of climate catastrophe & right-wing psychosis. We can't give up hope.

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Democracy in its truest sense is only possible when it is global and unlimited. Until then, the best thing we can do is put our best foot forward. #bethepeople

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Believing in our own innate superiority at the expense of others is how we survive in an undemocratic world, but it also how we destroy the world. #bethepeople

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democracy in it's truest sense is not possible until it is global and unlimited so until then we must make do with making our way toward that goal by putting our best foot forward

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Status Quo: Hypocrite!
Democracy: If you want me to be perfect, stop fighting for power.
#bethepeople

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Listen, nobody wants peace and justice more than me. This is why I must become a dictator to restore order. But don't worry, it will only be for a day. Thank you for your cooperation. #bethepeople

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I love America so much, I am willing to give the president the right to kill me if I stand in his way. #bethepeople

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