The Curse of Openness and Transparency
"... remoteness and seclusion, while they give safety, provoke suspicion."
"... remoteness and seclusion, while they give safety, provoke suspicion."
This science worship ... absolves people of the responsibility of making the hard decisions."
"... millions were forced to toil in the countryside. "Bad elements" and "New People"—intellectuals, government officials, Buddhists, shopkeepers, disfavored ethnicities—were either worked to death in rural collectives or executed outright."
"The institutional Right’s embrace of corporate capitalism and globalisation is equally problematic."
"The easiest point to make in modern identity politics is that your opponent is being contradictory."
"Biblical morality went out, and in came manmade morality, ... ideologies ... designed to produce a kind of perfect world."
"We thought we were in control."
"Write-offs for the One Percent, and more indebtedness for everyone else."
"Let’s pray we get some reinforcements, and soon."
"We are now beyond the point of no return."
"The counter-reformation left would have you believe that the return to nation, custom and tradition is the expression of underlying Western racism, and a prelude to the re-emergence of fascism. The more correct Reformation analogy, however, is a movement against the corruption and decadence within the Church of Globalism, whose synod is estranged from representative democracy or any real accountability."
"No matter what opinions you shout into the social media algorithm, they will come back at you louder and stronger. This creates a positive reinforcement loop, which amplifies your biases and shields you from any opposing arguments."
"I perceive a correlation between privilege and panic."
"Trump introduced draft legislation in February 2020 to ensure that “new federal building designs should inspire the public for their aesthetics and make Americans feel proud of our public buildings. Classical and traditional architectural styles have proven their ability to inspire such respect for our system of government.”"
"The point of libertarianism is not that people know best what they should do and they will never make mistakes. The point is that they are the only ones who have a right to screw up their own life."
"The brave days of true progressive politics are over."
"The Court of Justice has repeatedly shown its contempt for democracy."
"Many people oscillate between the two views of democracy depending on the issue at stake."
"Quarantines prevent work. Finished products and parts cannot be made and shipped. Sales cannot take place without products to sell. Without revenues companies cannot pay employees and other expenses. Incomes decline across the world. Companies go bankrupt."
"Let's hope that Kruger is able to continue advocating for his broader vision for the local, for community and for society at large."
"We are encouraged to reject the very elements of society that define us as human beings and make us civilised in the context of essence as well as existence while embracing those abstractions that render us as helpless automata."
"A return towards communitarianism among conservative-minded theorists has caused other strands of conservative thinking to re-evaluate the approach to trade unions."
Judge of the Nations, spare us yet, Lest we forget—lest we forget!