Russia’s recent attacks on Germany - no longer merely “hybrid” - are making Berlin even more hawkish. Chancellor Merz’s reference to de Custine earlier this year, describing Russia as a country “of the deepest depths of barbarism,” is not a change Kremlin would have expected. #Russia #Germany #Barbarism #RU #DE
The Politics of Pity For a decade, the West has argued whether empathy should be its highest value. Some praise it as a superpower; others call it harmful. Gad Saad’s “Suicidal Empathy” topped the New York Times list. Elon Musk called empathy a weakness; John C. Reilly called it a superpower. Ideas should be judged by consequences. Compassion-justified policies have coincided with worse addiction and homelessness, rising crime, mass migration, social fragmentation, higher living costs, and controversial medical interventions for gender-dysphoric minors. When these fail, advocates often claim it was not implemented “strongly enough.” ## An Inversion of Truth A quote often attributed to Hannah Arendt claims “the death of human empathy” precedes barbarism, but no source supports it, and her writings argued almost the opposite. Arendt contrasted the American Revolution’s institutions and law with the French revolutionaries’ “politics of pity.” Pity is not compassion: it ranks “fortunate” and “unfortunate,” grants the pitier moral authority, and overrides rights. Arendt argued this enabled Robespierre’s Terror. ## The Trojan Horse Empathy can become projection—imposing your values as if they were others’ needs. Adam Smith warned about the “man of system.” Nietzsche described societies so “soft and tender” they side with those who harm them. Orwell noted equality preaching alongside elite privilege. Rob Henderson calls these “luxury beliefs.” I call it suicidal narcissism: acquiring moral status by appearing compassionate while policies erode the foundations others rely on. The reward is immediate; the damage comes later.
Utterly shocking but not a surprise. Impunity breeds hubris. All states and people who care for Freedom must rise up in defense of the ICC and int'l justice now, before it's too late. It's rule of law or barbarism. #ICC #InternationalJustice #RuleOfLaw #Nospecificcountrycodesarementionedinthetweet.
On the 1000th day of genocide in Palestine, join us for a discussion about what has gone wrong, and what must be done. Rule of law or barbarism. #WhenTheWorldSleeps #Palestine #Genocide #HumanRights #PS #IL
6/6 - a church with history dating back to the XI century. It is a unique UNESCO heritage site under special protection. Ukraine is initiating procedures within UNESCO and all other international mechanisms, demanding immediate and adequate responses to this state barbarism. #UNESCO #Heritage #Ukraine #UA
We will be urgently initiating all relevant procedures within Unesco and all other international mechanisms, demanding immediate and adequate responses to this state barbarism,
Ir sasniegta robeža eiropiešu spējai paciest migrantu šaušalīgos noziegumus un barbarismu. Paredzu, ka progresīvā politika beigsies ļoti asiņaini. #Eiropa #Migrācija #Politika
The US deliberately destroyed the world renowned Shahid Beheshti University in Tehran, including the Student accommodation. The US + Israel hit 31 Universities in Iran in just 39 days of bombing. These were War Crimes and acts of Barbarism... https://t.co/bZf3edCUXV #WarCrimes #Iran #EducationUnderAttack #US #IR #IL
🎯 "Belgium" should stand with democracies defending themselves against Islamist barbarism, not issue even-handed statements that reward the aggressor. 👇🏻 #Belgium #Democracy #Islamism #BE
US Empire, the world's largest State Sponsor of Terrorism for all our lifetime has been humiliated by Iran. It is a victory for Civilisation over Western Military Barbarism. Long live the Resistance to Western Imperialism... #USEmpire #Civilisation #Resistance #US #IR
"Weimar - On the Edge of Catastrophe" by Katja Hoyer chronicles the lives of Weimar residents, including bookseller Carl Weirich and Jewish hotelier Rosa Schmidt, from the onset of World War I through the unfolding atrocities of the Nazi regime, ultimately questioning how a nation rooted in culture succumbed to barbarism and highlighting the importance of individual and collective responsibility. #WeimarHistory #NaziGermany #CulturalHeritage #DE #GB #US #EG
"Weimar - On the Edge of Catastrophe" by Katja Hoyer chronicles the lives of Weimar's residents, particularly focusing on Carl Weirich and Rosa Schmidt, as they navigate the cultural and political upheavals from 1914 to the aftermath of World War II, ultimately examining the troubling interplay of civilization and barbarism that enabled the rise of Nazism. #Weimar #History #Nazism #DE #GB #PL #US
In Abbeville and everywhere in the country, a May 8 to remember all the soldiers, French, English, American, Soviet, African who chased and defeated Nazi barbarism. (Original: À Abbeville et partout dans le pays, un 8 mai pour se souvenir de tous les soldats, français, anglais, américains, soviétiques, africains qui ont pourchassé et vaincu la barbarie nazie. https://t.co/HnZrnIVWyj) #MemorialDay #WWIIMemories #UnityInDiversity #FR #GB #US #SU #NA
🕊️ This afternoon, we also commemorate the other May 8, 1945. On that day, while France celebrates victory against Nazi barbarism, it commits an act of colonial barbarism against the civilian populations of Algeria, massacring Algerian citizens who are demonstrating. (Original: 🕊️ Cet après-midi, nous commémorons aussi l’autre 8 mai 1945. Ce jour là, alors que la France célèbre la victoire contre la barbarie nazie, elle se rend coupable d’une barbarie coloniale à l’égard des populations civiles d’Algérie, massacrant des citoyens algériens qui défilent https://t.co/tJaIJ9nlUC) #ColonialHistory #May8 #AlgerianMassacre #FR #DZ
On May 8, 1945, 81 years ago today, witnessed the defeat and surrender of Nazi Germany after six years of a war whose cruelty and barbarism remain unmatched in the history of humanity. (Original: Ce 8 mai 1945, il y a 81 ans jour pour jour, vit la défaite et la capitulation de l’Allemagne nazie après six années d’une guerre dont la cruauté et la barbarie demeurent sans égal dans l’histoire de l’humanité. Ce jour-là, après des années de combats, de sacrifices et de https://t.co/8825eFgHqg) #VictoryInEurope #WWII #NeverForget #DE #FR
The victory of 1945 is not only a military victory. It is primarily that of civilization over barbarism, of light and brotherhood over darkness, of free peoples against the mad project of an eternal empire. (Original: La victoire de 1945 n’est pas seulement une victoire militaire. Elle est d’abord celle de la civilisation sur la barbarie, de la lumière et de la fraternité sur les ténèbres, des peuples libres contre le projet fou d’un empire éternel. https://t.co/jI5YDobpNy) #Victory1945 #CivilizationOverBarbarism #Freedom #Nospecificcountrycodesarementionedinthearticle.
On May 8, 1945, the surrender of Nazi Germany marked the victory of freedom over barbarism. The Nation thinks of all those who fought for France and gave their lives for our freedom: resistance fighters, soldiers, deportees. We owe them our freedom and. (Original: Le 8 mai 1945, la capitulation de l’Allemagne nazie marquait la victoire de la liberté sur la barbarie. La Nation a une pensée pour tous ceux qui ont combattu pour la France et donné leur vie pour notre liberté : résistants, soldats, déportés. Nous leur devons notre liberté et https://t.co/9Pys8HMMqi) #VictoryOverBarbarism #Freedom #RememberingHeroes #FR #DE
On May 8, 1945, France did not just win a war: it regained its freedom and honor after occupation and barbarism. That day, our country held firm because some French people refused to give up: soldiers, resistors, and the anonymous who chose. (Original: Le 8 mai 1945, la France ne remportait pas seulement une guerre : elle retrouvait sa liberté et son honneur après l’occupation et la barbarie. Ce jour-là, notre pays a tenu parce que des Français ont refusé de renoncer : des soldats, des résistants et des anonymes qui ont choisi https://t.co/IOZUFDywR2) #VictoryDay #Freedom #Resistance #FR
