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"De netbeheerders benadrukken dat de investeringen zorgen voor lagere energieprijzen omdat Nederland minder afhankelijk wordt van gas uit het buitenland." Haha, Orwell in actie, war is peace, freedom is slavery, ignorance is strength. Hier: we moeten 235 miljard euro (269 miljard is ook al genoemd) investeren maar daarna is uw energie goedkoper. Nee, beste netbeheerders, die investering is zo gigantisch dat je zelfs als theoretisch de stroomprijzen wat zullen dalen, je die investering van je lang zal je leven niet gaat terugverdienen. https://t.co/sqZEGv5sFK #Energieprijzen #Investeringen #Gasvoorziening

The Erosion of Western Civilization’s Social Fabric It is hard to fathom how much of Western civilization’s social fabric has eroded in just a single decade. No healthy society debates whether “the system” is to blame for a child murderer’s crimes and then expresses support for the monster. Such a society certainly does not celebrate the assassinations of moderate and respectable political figures, nor does it allow repeat violent offenders back onto the streets to terrorize the general public. The best explanation I have heard for this phenomenon of macrosocial insanity is *Political Ponerology* by Andrew Lobaczewski—the study of how pathological personalities infiltrate and transform social institutions. This process does not require an entire population of psychopaths. In fact, it is often only a small minority that forms the core of the pathological movement. A relatively small party or group is led by psychopaths, who are natural experts at manipulation, deception, intimidation, and ruthlessness. The ideologues are the ones who design the system. They create abstract ideologies, often criticizing reality for falling short of their arbitrary expectations. Human beings become nothing more than nodes in a network, to be organized and managed by supposedly more intelligent minds. Then there are the spellbinders, who serve as the movement’s salespeople. They package tyranny as safety, envy as justice, and coercion as compassion. Their primary tool of persuasion is emotional alignment rather than truth or logic. These three types rely on three other groups to normalize their totalitarian system: the spellbound, adapted conformists, and bystanders. The spellbound are true believers who experience participation in the movement as a kind of moral crusade. Adapted conformists support the system because of the security, status, or comfort it provides—or because they fear ostracism. Bystanders are generally aloof and avoid conflict at all costs, believing that ignorance and cowardice will spare them.

The Erosion of Western Civilization’s Social Fabric It is hard to fathom how much of Western civilization’s social fabric has eroded in just a single decade. No healthy society debates whether “the system” is to blame for a child murderer’s crimes and then expresses support for the monster. Such a society certainly does not celebrate the assassinations of moderate and respectable political figures, nor does it allow repeat violent offenders back onto the streets to terrorize the general public. The best explanation I have heard for this phenomenon of macrosocial insanity is *Political Ponerology* by Andrew Lobaczewski—the study of how pathological personalities infiltrate and transform social institutions. This process does not require an entire population of psychopaths. In fact, it is often only a small minority that forms the core of the pathological movement. A relatively small party or group is led by psychopaths, who are natural experts at manipulation, deception, intimidation, and ruthlessness. The ideologues are the ones who design the system. They create abstract ideologies, often criticizing reality for falling short of their arbitrary expectations. Human beings become nothing more than nodes in a network, to be organized and managed by supposedly more intelligent minds. Then there are the spellbinders, who serve as the movement’s salespeople. They package tyranny as safety, envy as justice, and coercion as compassion. Their primary tool of persuasion is emotional alignment rather than truth or logic. These three types rely on three other groups to normalize their totalitarian system: the spellbound, adapted conformists, and bystanders. The spellbound are true believers who experience participation in the movement as a kind of moral crusade. Adapted conformists support the system because of the security, status, or comfort it provides—or because they fear ostracism. Bystanders are generally aloof and avoid conflict at all costs, believing that ignorance and cowardice will spare them.

Premiér této země zcela vážně řekne, že by měl ministr školství vysvětlit. proč stát dotuje soukromé školy. Doprčic, stačí se podívat do zákona č. 306/1999 Sb., tam najde všechno kolem normativu na žáka, i to, proč si je žáci přinášejí v určitém procentu i na soukromé školy. Ten člověk neví vůbec nic, ale pořad něco říká. Ignorance a arogance jdou ruku v ruce... 🙏🙈 #politika #vzdělávání #ignorance

🇫🇷🇺🇦Voici précisément le type de discours qui pousse la Russie à continuer cette guerre. En misant sur des politiciens ne maîtrisant pas les enjeux géopolitiques actuels, elle espère diviser les pays européens et faire cesser l'aide à l'Ukraine. Louis Aliot oublie quelque chose d'absolument fondamental dans ce conflit : c'est sa suite ! Si la Russie venait à gagner la guerre en Ukraine parce que nous ne la soutenons plus, elle en ressortirait suffisamment renforcée pour agresser l'Europe ensuite. C'est pour cela que ce qui est important et pertinent surtout, ce n'est pas le prix de l'aide à l'Ukraine mais le coût futur de notre inaction. Quelques milliards d'aide en 4 ans ou bien plusieurs dizaines ou centaines de milliards dans quelques années si la Russie s'attaque à l'OTAN. Ça, ce sont pour les intérêts étatiques purs mais il y a, évidemment, une question de dignité humaine. Louis Aliot souhaite que, dans une présidence RN, la France, pays des Droits de l'Homme, abandonne lâchement un voisin agressé et massacré juste parce que cela nous force à envoyer du matériel militaire que nous n'utilisons plus. Pas terrible. Se vanter d'accueillir des réfugiés ukrainiens dans sa ville pour en même temps servir la soupe à Poutine, c'est paradoxal et ne démontre que la grande ignorance de cette personne dans les enjeux sécuritaires européens de notre époque. Et certains veulent leur confier les rênes du pays ? #Ukraine #Russie #Géopolitique

Yep, people won, it made lives of tens of millions of people better, and I'm still mad about not having lived my childhood in a normal country. Museums that cover this history are useful to counter the ignorance about how it all looked and worked #HistoryMatters #CulturalAwareness #ChildhoodMemories #Thetweetdoesnotmentionanyspecificcountrynames.Therefore #therearenocountrycodestoreturn.

Orwell’s Five Warnings About the Psychology of Totalitarianism Orwell understood totalitarianism’s psychology: unlike dictators who seek wealth and status, totalitarians aim to reshape humanity. They often claim to act “for our own good,” with conscience on their side. After reading Orwell, five lessons stand out: 1. Political correctness can become mind control “If thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought.” Words frame reality and limit solutions. 2. Doublethink is the hallmark of propaganda “War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.” When contradictions become acceptable, rational thought collapses. 3. Control the past and you control the future “Who controls the past controls the future.” Rewriting history turns gratitude into guilt and inheritance into theft. 4. You cannot fight for freedom with a shackled mind “Until they become conscious they will never rebel.” Team loyalties replace judgment; challenging the narrative grants permission to ask questions. 5. True power is the power to shape perception “Power is in tearing human minds to pieces and putting them together again in new shapes…” The goal isn’t mere obedience, but surrendering the ability to distinguish truth from what authority declares true. Orwell’s warning: don’t let it happen—resist arbitrary power by holding to truth, conscience, family, community, faith, and the people you love.

Leftist “Empathy” Is Actually Narcissism Leftist “empathy” is often narcissism, not real compassion. Over the past decade, Western politics has debated whether empathy is the highest value—yet many policies justified in its name have produced serious unintended consequences: safe-supply programs, lenient bail, mass migration, identity-based social policy, and gender medicine for minors. Hannah Arendt helps explain why. In *On Revolution*, she contrasted the American Revolution’s focus on institutions and limits on power with the French Revolution’s “politics of pity,” an effort to eliminate suffering through political action. Robespierre’s compassion for the masses helped justify terror. Pity isn’t compassion: it creates a hierarchy between the person who pities and the person pitied. Once you claim to represent “the oppressed,” you can stop listening to real people. Much progressive “empathy” projects idealized versions of others, erasing cultural differences and treating disagreement as ignorance or prejudice. Adam Smith warned about the “man of system,” who thinks society can be rearranged like chess pieces, ignoring human wills. Dostoevsky argued abstract love is easy; loving real people is hard. Nietzsche described a morality that flatters weakness and condemns what rises above the herd, while Orwell questioned whether some socialist intellectuals truly loved workers or simply used them to vent resentment. Rob Henderson calls these “luxury beliefs”: status-providing ideas for elites that impose costs on those below them. The moral prestige is immediate; the damage unfolds over decades. So “suicidal narcissism” may fit better than “suicidal empathy”: projection, superiority, and power disguised as compassion.

@ftapiro @JLMelenchon On peut être stupide, ou inculte, ou inepte, ou obtus. Les 4 à la fois, cela relève de l'épreuve olympique. Le mouvement ouvrier porte le triangle rouge depuis le 1er mai 1890 en France. Ça laissait du temps pour s'informer, mais vous vivez de diffamation et d'ignorance. https://t.co/yyuikqO9UY #Histoire #MouvementOuvrier #Ignorance

🔴En proposant de sortir du nucléaire ? (=> retour au charbon/gaz inévitable, comme l'a montré l'Allemagne) 🔴Avec son moratoire sur la méthanisation industrielle ? (=> qui permettrait pourtant d'éviter 10,8 millions de tonnes de CO₂e par an, selon l'Ademe) 🔴 En annulant les hausses du tarif du gaz depuis 2017 et en bloquant les prix de l'énergie et du carburant ? (=> R.I.P. la transition énergétique...) 🔴En augmentant de 50% le bois-énergie (=> ultra-polluant et émetteur de CO2, alors que le puits de carbone des forêts s'effondre) 🔴En prônant une agriculture 100% biologique ? (=> déforestation massive pour compenser les pertes de rendement et augmenter les surfaces) 🔴En refusant les Nouvelles techniques génomiques ? (=> Adieu résilience aux sécheresses et baisse des intrants) 🔴En refusant les retenues de substitution ? (=> On importe déjà 70% de nos fruits et 50% de nos légumes, allons gaiement vers 100%, fuck les émissions importées !) Cet étalage d'idéologie et d'ignorance satisfaite devient quand même problématique... 🧐 #TransitionÉnergétique #Écologie #Durabilité

The willingness of Trump, RFK Jr., and Bhattacharya to resurrect the vaccine–autism myth is not merely ignorant; it is a cynical betrayal of evidence-based public health. Ignorance reigns. https://t.co/HMFwa3TKhp #VaccineMyth #PublicHealth #COVID19 #Therearenospecificcountryreferencesinthetweetprovided.Therefore #therearenocountrycodestoreturn.

Why isn't the US president elected directly by the people but instead by an electoral college, which twice this century has elected a president who lost the popular vote? The ignorance on this issue among people who don't know their own electoral system is staggering. #ElectoralCollege #PopularVote #PoliticalIgnorance #US

"Les fous du train sur Twitter - L'émergence ferrovipathe queer et politique"... le mémoire d'un étudiant d'une grande école d'Urbanisme fait le buzz (màj : un an après, il interpelle Sarah Knafo : "le savoir est de gauche, l'ignorance de droite"; elle lui répond...) https://t.co/I3BnJV23iI #Train #Urbanisme #Politique