"To abandon facts is to abandon freedom. If nothing is true, then no one can criticize power, because there is no basis upon which to do so. If nothing is true, then all is spectacule" - Timothy Snyder
Thursday 8 February 2024
Friday 26 January 2024
On Tyranny - first paragraph
"Aristotles warned that inequality brought instability. Plato told us that demagogues exploit Free Speech to set themselves up as tyrants". In the first paragraph of "On Tyranny", by Timothy Snyder.
Saturday 20 January 2024
Short-term
Europe has one year to prepare itself for whatever happens in the US. This is very short, considering all that has not been done in the last 30 years and what is happening in Russia.
Sunday 14 January 2024
Two opposing ideas
"The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposing ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function" - F Scott Fitzgerald
The more I look into the news the more I think this is lacking to the majority of nowadays politicians in the whole world.
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