@dvg Frage ich mich auch immer. Sind es #clans #dummbatzschland #fossilisten #wahnsinnige #idealist|en, das #system #korrupte #davos, wer noch, oder doch immer nur #reiche?

A quotation from George Carlin

If you’ll scratch a cynic, you’ll find a disappointed idealist.

George Carlin (1937-2008) American comedian
Interview (2001-07) by Marc Cooper, The Progressive

Sourcing, notes: wist.info/carlin-george/53516/

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I'm an anarchist. And with that I have faith that in the right circumstances, people are generous & solidaire & good & helpful & everything. But oh god damn do I have moments where I'm like "why are you all this oblivious?" I guess it's just not the right circumstances, but come ooooonnnnnn. Help a guy out
Anyway, reading The Dispossessed is this year's Ecotopia for me. It's my little hopium book
#anarchism #leftism #misanthropy #hope #idealist #thedispossessed #ursulakleguin #ecotopia #hopium

Elke #idealist heeft een #plan om de #wereld te #redden.
Al die #plannen los hebben geen kans van #slagen, daarom #verzamel ik deze plannen.
Mocht je zelf zo'n plan hebben, schroom dan niet om deze aan mij te geven, zodat ik de krachten van onze plannen aan elkaar kan #twernen tot een mooi geheel waar we nog #decennia baat bij zullen hebben.

Hartelijk bedankt voor je medewerking mocht je bereid zijn om samen te werken met mij.

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I’m a hopeless #romantic and #idealist! I see the world around me seemingly turn its back on the values of #solidarity, #compassion and #unity that I so deeply care about, and it has often had the power to throw me into a deep state of #depression. But I realize that the only cure is to double down and not give in. To shout as loud as I possible can, and overcome my fear of judgement, ridicule and failure.
To anybody out there who shares my frustration with the world. You are not alone!

A quotation from Roosevelt, Theodore:

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The worth of the ideal must be largely determined by the success with which it can in practice be realized. We should abhor the so-called “practical” men whose practicality assumes the shape of that peculiar baseness which finds its expression in disbel…
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Full quote, sourcing, notes:
https://wist.info/roosevelt-theodore/73247/

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