New Pope Leo XIV Bashed Trump and JD Vance on Twitter Just Weeks Ago
https://www.thedailybeast.com/new-pope-leo-xiv-bashed-jd-vance-on-twitter-just-weeks-ago/
The very online new pope has made his feelings about MAGA’s top two figures clear.
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Virtue Signalling & the TDG
Humans have their flaws. How do we select our leaders, knowing they probably have flaws?
https://tiereddemocraticgovernance.org/blog_details.php?blog_cat_id=33&id=306
Democracy must be re-established in every generation. It goes against the way people think: emotionally instead of rationally, subjectively instead of objectively, selfishly instead of for the common good. It must therefore be kept alive with constant effort. The only way to have a functioning democracy is to promote #understanding and #morality among #voters.
We have practically given up on both in our #schools. If we don't change this as quickly as possible, our #democracy will die.
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The problem with the #left is so many judgments out there are absolute
But the only way to get #progress in this world is to be relative:
Is someone moving in a good direction, regardless of where they are starting from?
Then you applaud that
That is true #morality
Absolutism is just ego masturbation. It doesn't change the world
So I mourn the passing of #PopeFrancis
I recognize the good he did in the confines he operated in, on issues dear to the left
And so should you
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@todymotmot @FranceskaMann @profdc9 @zakalwe @wendinoakland @GutterPoetry
the essential #psychological failure of #toxicIdealism is as follows:
if one can justify a position inside the ivory tower mind palace of one's self-regard, then that is "morality"
no, it's #ego masturbation
true #morality is action, even if it is messy
but they value the purity of themselves, over actually mattering to the world
the real world is too messy, they can't be bothered with messiness
ego over #reality
‘Our moral intuitions about merit and personal worth are changing.’
an interview with Marion Fourcade about her book "The Ordinal Society" co-written by @kjhealy: https://news.berkeley.edu/2024/04/23/from-uber-ratings-to-credit-scores-whats-lost-in-a-society-that-counts-and-sorts-everything/
Berkeley News · From Uber ratings to credit scores: What’s lost in a society that counts and sorts everything? - Berkeley NewsIn her book, UC Berkeley sociology professor Marion Fourcade investigates what our dependence on ratings and rankings means for the future of individuality and society.
a few notes on a Linda Rising's talk
"Realize up front that this is hard".
Cognitive dissonance: contradictory "evidence" causes severe cognitive discomfort.
* We are not rational decision-makers
* but we are good at explaining after-the-fact why we made a decision – a pattern called rationalization.
Two thirds of people will not consider an idea until "somebody they know pretty well, is doing it, is happy with it, talks about it […] so maybe i might think about it".
To convince,
* you must address: "What's in it for me?" – requires empathy;
* you can use the values of your opponent. (Loyalty or fairness?)
A pattern of personal touch: walk a mile in the other's shoes
Another pattern: "Give it a try"
Another pattern: listen
Another pattern: ask for something personal
Carole Cadwalladr speaks truth to power.
Every one of my friends and colleagues in Silicon Valley should spend the 18 minutes to watch this incredible talk, and then have a good long think. Ask yourself: what is YOUR part in this story?
#morality #kakistocracy #coup #tyranny #oligarchy #SiliconValley #broligarchy
The Morality Compass: Guiding Choices in Our Emotional Landscape
#EmotionRegulation #MentalHealth #Mindfulness #CognitiveBehavioralTherapy #EmotionalWellbeing #PsychoPharmaceuticals #SocialCognitiveExcellence #EmotionalIntelligence #MindfulLiving #MentalWellness #Therapy #Feelings #Morality #SelfDiscovery #EmbraceTheJourney
I hate all the making fun #PierrePoilievre because he looks like he was bullied in high school. The moment you decide that there's no immoral acts, just immoral people, is the moment you embrace authoritarianism, and supremacist ideology.
"A society that rewards anti-social behaviour is a worse society" is a great line.
Makes you wonder why in our current economic system so many jobs that pay well require you to check your morals at the door while jobs where you are of service to others (like teaching) you are expected to bear a lower salary because you get to feel good about yourself at the end of the day.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESdGShbsyYo
#morality #capitalism
A stop-you-in-your-tracks moment in Omar El Akkad’s new book, “One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This”
One of many!
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It encourages just as much self-abuse and self-neglect as it encourages the neglect and abuse of others.
It's not wrong to not need to be "saved" or "chosen" by a god.
You don't need a god to follow good morals.
You don't need a god in order to live a good life.
Humans evolved to thrive when they have good connections with:
1.) Themselves (i.e., they come to know, understand and accept themselves as human beings);
2.) Their Environment (i.e., they spend time in, and, if they so choose, nurture and do a bit of tending in the natural landscape that they call home); and,
Capitalism vs Socialism - A Moral Question? #capitalism #socialism #morality #ethics
https://peacefulrevolutionary.substack.com/p/capitalism-vs-socialism
Free Society · Capitalism vs Socialism