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If there is anything worse than voting #PHON (on moral and ethical grounds alone, never mind policies and capacity to act in the common interests) it’s voting for a #Narcisyst #Libertarian #Ideologue like #Barnardi. Just don’t #SA.

#AusPol

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-16/one-nation-predicts-strong-primary-vote-at-sa-election/106455334

Barnaby Joyce says One Nation will be 'number one in many' SA seats

Federal MP Barnaby Joyce is predicting a big primary vote for One Nation at this Saturday's South Australian election, but lead candidate Cory Bernardi would not be drawn on how many lower house seats he hoped the party would win.

A quotation from Thomas Carlyle

Is not every true Reformer, by the nature of him, a Priest first of all? He appeals to Heaven’s invisible justice against Earth’s visible force; knows that it, the invisible, is strong and alone strong. He is a believer in the divine truth of things; a seer, seeing through the shows of things; a worshiper, in one way or the other, of the divine truth of things; a Priest, that is. If he be not first a Priest, he will never be good for much as a Reformer.

Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) Scottish essayist and historian
Lecture (1840-05-15), “The Hero as Priest,” Home House, Portman Square, London

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Carlyle, Thomas - Lecture (1840-05-15), "The Hero as Priest," Home House, Portman Square, London | WIST Quotations

Is not every true Reformer, by the nature of him, a Priest first of all? He appeals to Heaven's invisible justice against Earth's visible force; knows that it, the invisible, is strong and alone strong. He is a believer in the divine truth of things; a seer, seeing through the…

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A Psychopath, an Alzheimer’s, a Kleptocrat, and an Ideologue Walk into a Bar

Any resemblance to real-life political characters is only a coincidence:

https://tiereddemocraticgovernance.org/blog_details.php?blog_cat_id=32&id=420

#tiereddemocraticgovernance
#psychopath #alzheimer #kleptocrat #ideologue

Field Guide to the Humorless True Believer, or the ideologue who cannot debate beyond their ideology.

#1. Purity Inquisitor
Every exchange is a witch trial. They're less interested in persuasion than in sniffing out heresy. Question tactics? Tone? A single word choice? Automatic suspect. Debate always ends before it begins cuz for them disagreement is sin. Not dialogue.

#Ideologue
#Ideology

idéologue – Wikitractatus

Voir idéologie. [...]

WikiTractatus
Weapon of Destruction of #Democracy “Trump insists on nominating clowns, buffoons - himself inevitably a chaotic presence. But he also brings people like #Vought w him in2 power. Many people tend to think that extremists, nutty #MAGA people, are inherently incompetent; and that conversely, when you go up on the competence scale, you are likely to encounter fewer ideological extremists. Vought, however, fully competent, utterly committed #radical #ideologue. Thomas Zimmer https://thomaszimmer.substack.com/p/meet-the-ideologue-of-the-post-constitutional
Meet the Ideologue of the “Post-Constitutional” Right

Russell Vought, one of the architects behind Project 2025, believes there is nothing left to conserve. He desires revolution – and to burn down the system

Democracy Americana
Harris-Walz ticket sharpens contrast with Trump-Vance on health care

As Democrats convene in Chicago, Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz together are raising the prominence of health care as a 2024 election issue.

CBS News

A quotation from Jacobs, Jane:

«
Virtually all ideologues, of any variety, are fearful and insecure, which is why they are drawn to ideologies that promise prefabricated answers for all circumstances.
»

Full quote, sourcing, notes:
https://wist.info/jacobs-jane/67900/

#quote #quotes #quotation #answers #ideologue #ideology

Dark Age Ahead, ch. 5 (2004) - Jacobs, Jane | WIST Quotations

Virtually all ideologues, of any variety, are fearful and insecure, which is why they are drawn to ideologies that promise prefabricated answers for all circumstances.

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How would a #Mnuchin-aligned #ideologue use #TikTok data for political gain if #ByteDance were to sell it as a result of the proposed ban that the U.S. #House passed and sent to the #Senate? How would an #authoritarian with access to that data use it?

A quotation from Hoffer, Eric:

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The practice of terror serves the true believer not only to cow and crush his opponents but also to invigorate and intensify his own faith.
»

Full quote, sourcing, notes:
https://wist.info/hoffer-eric/35938/

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True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements, Part 3, ch. 14, § 85 (1951) - Hoffer, Eric | WIST Quotations

The practice of terror serves the true believer not only to cow and crush his opponents but also to invigorate and intensify his own faith.

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