A quotation from Kim Stanley Robinson
All of our governments are flawed, most of them disastrously. It’s why history is such a bloody mess.
Kim Stanley Robinson (b. 1952) American writer
Red Mars, Part 2 “The Voyage Out” [Arkady] (1992)
Sourcing, notes: wist.info/robinson-kim-stanley…
Are we huuuuman... or are we CAPTCHAAAAAS? 
Capitalism is not human nature
‘Mom, Dad’s feeding his penis to the #birds again…’
Guffaws of laughter.
‘Peanuts!’
‘Yeah that’s what we said, penis!’
More laughter.
That’s what happens when the young’uns ain’t so young anymore.
They get sarcastic and funny and Dad bears the brunt of it.
If you’re lucky.
Peanuts!!!!!
#nature
#humannature
#dads
On counterwill.
Or ‘being contrary’ (like Mary) 
A thread 
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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
@lisagetspolitik
RE
#Hegseth approved a school article....because there was "no duress"
I can see why #SusanCollins voted NO
That's not how #humannature is supposed to work AND especially not for a #secdef
She said to #Maddow "I am already getting blowback"
Blowback, I wonder if that's Trump's codename
Susan Collins is the #Maine senior senator a member of the Republican Party, she held her seat since 1997 and is Maine's longest serving member of Congress
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Collins
« “What progress, you ask, have I made? I have begun to be a friend to myself.” That was indeed a great benefit; such a person can never be alone. You may be sure that such a man is a friend to all mankind. »
— Seneca the Younger
· https://poligraf.tumblr.com/post/747503674538033152/what-progress-you-ask-have-i-made-i-have-begun
« There is a destiny that makes us brothers:
None goes his way alone:
All that we send into the lives of others
Comes back onto our own.
I care not what his temples or his creeds,
One thing holds firm and fast
That into his fateful heap of days and deeds
The soul of man is cast. »
― Edwin Markham
· https://poligraf.tumblr.com/post/739171663628910592/there-is-a-destiny-that-makes-us-brothers-none
#Fascism can happen just by people following the path of least resistance
https://www.tumblr.com/bobbyfiend/766450742371450880/how-can-people-do-this-because-theyre-people
« Progress is the law of life: man is not Man as yet. »
― Robert Browning
· https://poligraf.tumblr.com/post/747326626318188544/progress-is-the-law-of-life-man-is-not-man-as
« Constantly regard the universe as one living being, having one substance and one soul; and observe how all things have reference to one perception, the perception of this one living being; and how all things act with one movement; and how all things are the cooperating causes of all things which exist; observe too the continuous spinning of the thread and the contexture of the web. »
— Marcus Aurelius
· https://poligraf.tumblr.com/post/738990672631169024/constantly-regard-the-universe-as-one-living
