#ChristianNationalism #WhiteNationalism #Slavery #Genocide #DarkAges #Christianity #Power #Obedience youtu.be/d3ZTVaThZC8?...

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The #God of #Ignorance: Why #Religion Doesn’t Want You to #GrowUp

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVryuRd4fBE

Topics covered:

- Why “#purity” often means #obedience without comprehension
- How #faith like a child is weaponized to suppress #autonomy
- The emotional and #cognitive costs of shielding #children from knowledge
- Why #religious #parenting may protect innocence, but not #wisdom
- The #psychological dangers of #spiritualized #antiintellectualism

A quotation from Banksy

The greatest crimes in the world are not committed by people breaking the rules but by people following the rules. It’s people who follow orders that drop bombs and massacre villages. As a precaution to never committing major acts of evil it is our solemn duty never to do what we’re told, this is the only way we can be sure.

Banksy (b. 1974) England-based pseudonymous street artist, political activist, film director
Wall and Piece, “Cops” (2005)

Sourcing, notes: wist.info/banksy/76546/

“'Gleichschaltung' in Trump’s America”

by Timo Al-Farooq in Al Mayadeen English

“Trump’s second term is mirroring #Nazi #Germany’s Gleichschaltung, as US institutions fall in line under an authoritarian, pro-Zionist regime targeting migrants, dissenters, and Palestine advocates”

https://english.almayadeen.net/articles/opinion/-gleichschaltung--in-trump-s-america

A quotation from Franklin Roosevelt

In dictatorships there can be no party divisions. For all men must think as they are told, speak as they are told, write as they are told, live — and die — as they are told. In those countries the Nation is not above the party, as with us; the party is above the Nation; the party is the Nation. Every common man and woman is forced to walk the straight and narrow path of the party line, not strictly speaking a party line, but rather a line drawn by the dictator himself, who owns the party.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945) American lawyer, politician, statesman, US President (1933-1945)
Speech (1941-03-29), Jackson Day Radio Broadcast, U.S.S. Potomac

Sourcing, notes: wist.info/roosevelt-franklin-d…

#obedience : subjection to rightful restraint or control

- French: obédience

- Italian: obbedienza

- Portuguese: obediência

- Spanish: obediencia

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Word of The Hour's Annual Survey @ https://wordofthehour.org/r/form

Day without immigrants Monday March 3rd, at the Federal Building, downtown #Seattle

Because a #regime can only function with the support, #obedience and cooperation of the population; and that support obedience and cooperation can be #withdrawn. #WithdrawConsent #BeUnGovernable #BecomeUngovernable

"DEI disappears at Northeastern University - what's next?"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHQqOGynNkM

#DEI #NortheasternUniversity #Boston #Massachusetts #Mapoli #USA #Education #Universities #Trump #Musk #Authoritarianism #Glaichschaltung #Dictatorship #Politics #Ideology #Obedience #Censorship #Diversity #Equity #Inclusion #Rightwing

So hey when the Klansmen come to town & tell you that you cant celebrate Harriet Tubman, Frederick Douglass, WEB DuBois,

Thats literally their position since time immemorial.

Your decision to comply is what is new.

That is what has changed here.

Dont care if its Jackson Elementary or the Maryland National (Apparently now Confederate) Guard.

Practice Random Acts of Kindness

A quotation from Thoreau, Henry David:

«
Unjust laws exist: shall we be content to obey them, or shall we endeavor to amend them, and obey them until we have succeeded, or shall we transgress them at once?
»

Full quote, sourcing, notes:
https://wist.info/thoreau-henry-david/12301/

#quote #quotes #quotation #civildisobedience #democracy #injustice #law-abiding #law-breaking #laws #legalsystem #obedience #reform

The Paradox of the Social Contract in Rousseau’s Thought

The paradox of Rousseau's social contract: how to reconcile #obedience and #freedom? The state often imposes laws through force, raising questions about its legitimacy. This self-legitimizing coercion highlights tensions between collective authority and individual will. #Rousseau #Democracy #Justice #Philosophy Rousseau's ideas on the social contract raise essential questions about the legitimacy of the…

https://homohortus31.wordpress.com/2024/12/27/the-paradox-of-the-social-contract-in-rousseaus-thought/

Trusting God's Plan: Mary & Joseph’s faith changed everything Their obedience to God’s will is a reminder for us to trust His timing in our own lives! #Faith #Obedience #Trust

https://bdking71.wordpress.com/2024/12/23/how-mary-and-josephs-faith-in-gods-plan-changed-the-world/

Purify your will, align your passions with God, and preserve your soul’s strength. St. John of the Cross guides us to seek and do God's will. #Advent #obedience

http://carmelitequotes.blog/2024/12/21/juanemotions/

[thread] Anticipatory obedience
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Anticipatory_obedience

* preemptively conforming to what's expected by authority fig.
* often w/o explicit orders
* self-censorship
* hist. significant, partic. authoritarian regimes
* citizens adapt this behavior, "legitimizing" power

[thread] Censorship: https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113567761107898994
[thread] Sycophancy: https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113766048123051472

#conformity #obedience #censorship #SelfCensorship #MajorityMinorityRelations
#Trump2 #GOP #Trumpism #fascism #authoritarianism

We decided to go to one of our favorite parks and noticed they had an obedience training course laid out. How unexpected! Indy was very ready to show just how good of a boy he really is. Remember to go outside and have a look around, you may also may find unexpected joy.

Former generals who have worked for #Trump say that the sole #military virtue he prizes is #obedience. As his #presidency drew to a close, and in the years since, he has become more and more interested in the advantages of #dictatorship, and the absolute control over the military that he believes it would deliver.

“I need the kind of generals that #Hitler had,” Trump said in a private conversation in the #WhiteHouse.

#TrumpIsUnfitForOffice #TrumpIsATraitor #VoteBlue

https://www.mediaite.com/tv/in-new-audio-john-kelly-says-trump-believes-fascism-would-work-better-than-american-democracy/