Becoming Ungovernable
A Reassessment
https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/nikita-shepard-becoming-ungovernable
The teenage rebels, black bloc anarchists, and Invisible Committee polemicists appear to have their finger more squarely on the pulse of contemporary rebellion than the academics and theorists…
The moment you check out the breakfast buffet of your hotel…
…from which you walk away with a slice of dark bread with some olive oil…
…because most around you INSIST that for everything we do, someone needs to suffer or die.
(And yet we are all surprised how people can be brutal, when brutality is something most ask for for food and convenience. Every day.)
The Mind of Clover: Essays in Zen Buddhist Ethics
"Ten Grave Precepts of Zen Buddhism, core of Zen ethics"
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#Philosophy #Nonviolent #Activism #Spiritual #Zen #Ethics #Mindfulness #Buddhism #responsibility #modernlife
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Headline: Trump officials mistakenly texted war plans to reporter
Actual news: Trump officials intentionally use(d) unclassified systems to share classified information
@raymondpert The wise men of old had a saying: "a fish rots from its head" - how far will the stench of #corruption and unbridled avarice emanate from this putrid "head" of #America down to its individual taxpayers? What is the meaning of citizenship?
#integrity #responsibility
@europesays
Always more apps and digitalization; always less genuine human support. Fuck that. A good education teaches not to be a bystander, to be responsive against cruelty, so kids and other targets won't have to seek recourse in some apps.
#bullying #bullies #digitalisation #disengagement #bystanders #apps #unresponsiveness #software vs #support #genuinesupport #education #teachers #responsibility
#responsibility : the state of being responsible, accountable, or answerable, as for a trust, debt, or obligation
- French: responsabilité
- German: die Verantwortung
- Italian: responsabilità
- Portuguese: responsabilidade
- Spanish: responsabilidad
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#americans are fucking stupid
they treat #voting as a joke
americans are removed from the consequences of living under #autocracy and #fascism, unlike other places that understand the stakes
#alienated and #entitled on a topic that will *personally* harm them, no need for glorious appeals to #society and #responsibility
they need to learn to fucking #vote
or not vote for their own impoverishment and rights removal under #bigotry and #plutocracy
they will learn
the hard way
fucking morons
Threat for Today #CR #Budget Vote - "#Trump and #WhiteHouse officials have been telling #GOP #Congress holdouts who want more spending cuts that the administration will pursue #impoundment — that is, holding back federal funding already appropriated by Congress — according to two #Republicans who were in a recent meeting with the #president and spoke to Meredith Lee Hill. #MAGA #GOP #Republicans #legislative relinquish all #power #authority #responsibility #ruleoflaw https://www.politico.com/newsletters/inside-congress/2025/03/11/johnsons-spending-holdouts-00223195
"Five years after the start of the worst health crisis in living memory, there is a national conversation waiting to be had about the roles of the individual, society and the state in such a crisis. What is my responsibility to myself and to my community, and what is the responsibility of the state towards us? At each level there is room for improvement, but we’re not addressing it. Let’s hope we can have that conversation before we’re tested again, but first the more strident – and misguided – voices have to pipe down."
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/09/covid-five-years-right-narrative-outbreak
Since COVID, it seems we've lost our minimum bar: there are no parameters to define acceptable behavior anymore.
A lot / enough of society thinks whack-a-doos like this are some form of "normal". They're not! 
In the movie Ryan's Daughter, Michael, a man from the village and played superbly by John Mills, was an honest genuine soul that understood respect, in spite of all his challenges. A novel concept for many these days ...
Canadian politics isn't about who gets to play banker and real estate agent and he/she who bankrupts all the other players is the winner. It's about making a level playing field for all as we help those in need.
The Narcissist's Prayer
That didn't happen.
And if it did, it wasn't that bad.
And if it was, that's not a big deal.
And if it is, that's not my fault.
And if it was, I didn't mean it.
And if I did, you deserved it.
— Dayna Craig
"Supreme Court upholds a lower court order to force USAID to pay contractors"
#USAID #musk #trump #SCOTUS #accountability #responsibility #ethics
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/05/nx-s1-5309498/scotus-usaid-news
Brillant keynote about #AI at the @DHdKonferenz #DHd2025. Thank you @dingemansemark for this critical and honest speech 
I totally agree on this 
Can the president override Congress on spending? It depends on #impoundment
Listen or read three minutes at #NPR: https://www.npr.org/2025/02/27/nx-s1-5308583/can-the-president-override-congress-on-spending-it-depends-on-impoundment 
