#beliefs

Germany's claim to have reckoned with its racial supremacist past is fraudulent, proven by decades of supporting fascist regimes.

Esad Širbegović: https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/germany-support-israel-far-right-alliances-shatters-denazified-facade

#complicity #beliefs #censorship #conflation #antisemitism #guilt #proZionism #StandWithIsrael #racism #IHRA #genocide #colonialism #Denazification #afD #normalization

It's sad Evangelical Christians have destroyed the word "evangelist." It used to be people could be a civil rights evangelist or a nature evangelist but the word strikes a different note now. #evangelical #beliefs #politics #religion

The monotheistic religions made it normal to squash people: "I think there is something really special about the Bible [...] which is precisely this idea that the revelation of truth comes through the suffering of the weak." (Matthieu Poupart)

Then the Renaissance made it easier to blame the victim: With modernity, "it is the person who takes no initiative who is seen as responsible for the emergence of sexual promiscuity." (Matthieu Poupart)

#EstelleSays #longThread

#truth #revelation #believe #beliefs #empathy #feminism #quotes #blameTheVictim #maleSupremacy #manliness #patriarchy #misogyny #relationships #sociology #religion #catholic #christianity #jewishness #jewish #squash #flatten #crush #agressions #agressive #agressivity #supremacy #rapeCulture #brutalization #modernity #Renaissance #history #intellectualHistory #historyOfHumanThought #historyOfPhilosophy #normal #normality #heteronormativity #weak #weakness #incest #incestCulture

Disinformation isn't a supply problem it's a demand problem https://tormentnexus.substack.com/p/disinformation-isnt-a-supply-problem #disinformation #misinformation #beliefs

Poor sleep may fuel conspiracy beliefs, research suggests

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-03-poor-fuel-conspiracy-beliefs.html

#sleep #conspiracy #psychology #politics #paranoia #mentalhealth #beliefs

Neon Liberalism (now with video!) #18: Samantha talks with Liberal Currents editors Caitlin Green and Trent Nelson about the crisis of #misinformation, taking responsibility for your own #beliefs in the social media age, and their new #podcast, ⁠Half the Answer⁠. https://www.liberalcurrents.com/neonliberalism/neon-liberalism-18-knowing-the-question-is-half-the-answer/

“Many women, I think, resist feminism because it is an agony to be fully conscious of the brutal misogyny which permeates culture, society, and all personal relationships.”
― Andrea Dworkin in her book, Our Blood: Prophecies and Discourses on Sexual Politics

#beliefs #empathy #feminism #quotes #blameTheVictim #maleSupremacy #patriarchy #misogyny #relationships #sociology

Good morning.

7 March 2025

Another day beneath the sun—though that’s not entirely accurate, is it? We are forever circling the sun on this spinning sphere, a feat of cosmic choreography. It’s a wonder we aren’t perpetually dizzy. Or perhaps we are, and we’ve simply adapted to consider it normal. The gravity of the situation, after all, keeps us grounded—quite literally. I often wonder what people thought about the universe before we discovered planets, solar systems, galaxies, and the vast expanse beyond. Back then, it was all firmament, waters, and heavens—oh my. We’ve come a long way since, though not all of us, perhaps. Speaking of progress, did you know astrology and astronomy share a historical connection? Fascinating, isn’t it? That’s something I’ll need to delve deeper into.

"I don't believe in astrology; I'm a Sagittarius and we're skeptical." - Arthur C. Clarke

#photo #photography #photographer #nature #morning #butterfly #astrology #astronomy #beliefs #science

"Capitalism and extreme poverty: A global analysis of real wages, human height, and mortality since the long 16th century
[…]
• Data on real wages suggests that, historically, extreme poverty was uncommon and arose primarily during periods of severe social and economic dislocation, particularly under colonialism.
• The rise of capitalism from the long 16th century onward is associated with a decline in wages to below subsistence, a deterioration in human stature, and an upturn in premature mortality.
• In parts of South Asia, sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America, wages and/or height have still not recovered."

Sullivan, Hickel, 2022 : https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305750X22002169

@histodons

#progress #appropriation #enclosures #landGrab #economics #property #theft #capitalism #power #ownership #stateViolence #slavery #capitalization #history #anthropology #bioPower #bioPolitics #reputation #domination #beliefs #manufacturingConsent #whiteSupremacy #India #colonialism #BritishRule #BritishIndia #BritishEmpire #UK #Britain

All #Religious #Beliefs are Irrational

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAxxhT5Qpvc
#belief #religion #myths #cults #culture

(continued)

The director of the institution, Pierre Silviet-Carricart, has been charged of the case of sexual assault. François Bayrou asked the investigating judge for a meeting at his place. The discussion was around the risks for the Bayrous' son, then a student at the boarding school. François Bayrou's wife attended the director's funeral in 2000.

At Parliament, on 11th February 2025, François Bayrou was representing the government for the weekly question-and-answer session. When asked about #Bétharram, he stated before the National Assembly that he had "never been informed of any violence, and even less of sexual violence".

@anthropology @edutooters

#availability #family #adultDomination #adultism #criminality #criminalNetwork #schoolNetwork #sexualViolence #rapeCulture #silentiation #adults #publicHealth #torture #boardingSchool #adultism #beliefs #values #family #children #education #childhood #learning #catholic #catholics #religion #institutionsDeceive #France #Bayrou #schoolViolence

“Before we can build something new, we have to understand what we’re working with. Our adopted #beliefs don’t come out of nowhere—they are shaped by the #environments we grow up in, the #narratives we are taught, and the forces that shape our understanding of the world.”
https://fosterthinking.substack.com/p/how-to-build-a-belief-system?r=5bjv&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&triedRedirect=true

“For nearly a thousand years, communities on the Indian subcontinent had coexisted in a cultural melting where religious identity was less salient than ethnic or linguistic identity. “A hybrid Indo-Islamic civilization emerged,” according to the historian of India William Dalrymple. “In the nineteenth century, India was still a place where traditions, languages, and cultures cut across religious groupings, and where people did not define themselves primarily through their religious faith.” Much as communities had negotiated means of coexistence in pre-Mandate Palestine only to see them unravel during British rule, the subcontinent’s communal arrangements corroded when the full weight of Britain’s colonial state bore down on them. The Raj’s divide and rule policies produced a chemical-like reaction, shattering long-standing traditions of coexistence and interacting with local personalities who had their own ambitions, passions, and allegiances. It was another liberal experiment in empire gone horribly wrong, and on a scale so epic that once history’s chain of contingent events combusted, no one could contain it.”

Excerpt from Caroline Elkins' #book, "Legacy of Violence: A History of the British Empire"

@bookstodon hat-tip @markvonwahlde

#liberalism #castism #raceMaking #hindouism #beliefs #violence #brutalization #ethnic #religion #islamophobia #IndianSubcontinent #India #Pakistan #Bangladesh #colonialism #British #preBritish #BritishEmpire #BritishRule #bookStodon #CarolineElkins

Good morning.

26 January 2025

I'm surprised that I'm awake and alert at this time of the morning. It's just now five-thirty, and I've been up for half an hour, but the coffee is particularly good today.

I recall standing guard in the old days. It was always two hours on and four hours off. It seemed like just as I would fall asleep, the Sergeant-of-the-Guard (SOG) would rouse me from my bunk, and I would find myself standing in what seemed like the middle of nowhere in the cold, often in the rain or snow—it didn't matter. After about an hour, the SOG would return with coffee, which I would drink from my canteen cup. That was a long time ago.

"All of us should be on guard against beliefs that flatter ourselves. At the very least, we should check such beliefs against facts." - Thomas Sowell

#photo #photography #photographer #photographylovers #morning #ocean #waves #sleep #coffee #guard #beliefs

A quotation from Roosevelt, Theodore:

«
In a republic, to be successful we must learn to combine intensity of conviction with a broad tolerance of difference of conviction. Wide differences of opinion in matters of religious, political, and social belief must exist if conscience and intellect alike ar…
»

Full quote, sourcing, notes:
https://wist.info/roosevelt-theodore/74201/

#quote #quotes #quotation #beliefs #bigotry #democracy #fanaticism #hatred #opinion #republic #tolerance #tribalism #zeal

Why is it SO hard to think critically and acquire true beliefs constantly? Well, you asked: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Cognitive_bias_codex_en.svg

Thanks for SEP's revised Bounded Rationality entry for reminding me of those, https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/bounded-rationality/, and thank you Wikimedia for this marvellous timeless svg-christmas present! Just hope everybody interested has spacious screens available and the WM-link works.

#ajattelu #thinking #thought #tietoteoria #epistemology #criticalThinking #truth #beliefs #cognitive #cognitiveBias #bias #wikimedia #wikimedia_commons #christmas #joulu #AineetonLahja

“The Asch #conformity experiments or the Asch paradigm were a series of studies directed by #SolomonAsch studying if and how #individuals yielded to or defied a #majority group and the effect of such influences on #beliefs and #opinions.”

The stigma is real.

#UAP / #UFO <https://x.com/truthstreamnews/status/1870726891885482328> / <https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asch_conformity_experiments>

As #HHS #secretary, #RFKJr. would be a direct #threat to #LGBTQ+ people's #health.

With the #federalgovernment behind him, Kennedy enforce his #antitrans, #AIDS #denialism #beliefs.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Health #Healthcare #HIV #AIDS #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/12/as-hhs-secretary-rfk-jr-would-be-a-direct-threat-to-lgbtq-health/

#SoulCatcher #EarlyCameras #Cameras #Folklore #Photography #MassMedia #MassMediaTechnology #Folklore #BeliefsAndValues #Society #Culture #MassMediaLiteracy
The introduction of new Mass Media Technology, is often accompanied by anxiety, born of ignorance, as its potential interacts with cultural #Beliefs and #Values.