WIST Quotations5d ago

A quotation from Orwell

I think one must engage in politics — using the word in a wide sense — and that one must have preferences: that is, one must recognise that some causes are objectively better than others, even if they are advanced by equally bad means. As for the nationalistic loves and hatreds that I have spoken of, they are part of the make-up of most of us, whether we like it or not. Whether it is possible to get rid of them I do not know, but I do believe that it is possible to struggle against them, and that this is essentially a moral effort. It is a question first of all of discovering what one really is, what one’s own feelings really are, and then of making allowance for the inevitable bias.

George Orwell (1903-1950) English journalist, essayist, writer [pseud. of Eric Arthur Blair]
Essay (1945-05), “Notes on Nationalism,” Polemic Magazine (1945-10)

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Orwell, George - Essay (1945-05), "Notes on Nationalism," Polemic Magazine (1945-10) | WIST Quotations

I think one must engage in politics -- using the word in a wide sense -- and that one must have preferences: that is, one must recognise that some causes are objectively better than others, even if they are advanced by equally bad means. As for the nationalistic loves and…

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Stephen HayesApr 18
#Jingoism #AmericaFirst #USA #Propaganda #AmericanLIES #TheWORSTcountryOnEarth m.youtube.com/watch?v=uPlM...

Why The Rest Of The World Thin...
Why The Rest Of The World Thinks Americans Are BRAINWASHED

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Show threadmjApr 8
After that, it becomes more pathetic every century. Was there some truth buried in there? Ofc. But it sure as hell was not number magic. Pythagoras is to Western #jingoism what "Columbus" is to American exceptionalism: a poster boy meme. #Music history refutes this simplistic, reductionist claim.
WenMar 18

One has to remember that the ‘press’ in the UK is largely foreign owned and predominantly right wing. The mainstream media is exactly what is says, state media with little interest in questioning whatever administration is in place normally.

https://www.thenerve.news/p/iraq-war-observer-dodgy-dossier-jingoism-iran-trump-press

#Jingoism #War #Iraq #Iran #Blir #Lying

The public remembers Iraq. Why doesn't the press?

Seven in 10 Britons are sceptical about UK involvement in Iran, but their newspapers have other ideas. Some of us recall the last time Fleet Street was so disastrously in favour of war, writes former Observer home affairs editor Martin Bright

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oldguycrustyMar 15

RE: https://hostux.social/@bmacDonald94/116233671144959056

The #Believers

#magicalThinking
#Cultists
#religiosity
#theology
#Theism
#Religion spoils everything

Take 1 part #Jingoism
1 part #ChristianNationalism
1 part #Fundamentalism
Add some #racism #misogyny and a pinch of #ignorance soaked for decades in
#oligarchy #patriarchy and #propaganda

And you get
#Fascism and #Nazis

WIST QuotationsMar 6

A quotation from George Orwell

By “nationalism” I mean first of all the habit of assuming that human beings can be classified like insects and that whole blocks of millions or tens of millions of people can be confidently labeled “good” or “bad.” But secondly — and this is much more important — I mean the habit of identifying oneself with a single nation or other unit, placing it beyond good and evil and recognizing no other duty than that of advancing its interests.

George Orwell (1903-1950) English journalist, essayist, writer [pseud. of Eric Arthur Blair]
Essay (1945-05), “Notes on Nationalism,” Polemic Magazine (1945-10)

More about this quote: wist.info/orwell-george/16966/

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Orwell, George - Essay (1945-05), "Notes on Nationalism," Polemic Magazine (1945-10) | WIST Quotations

By "nationalism" I mean first of all the habit of assuming that human beings can be classified like insects and that whole blocks of millions or tens of millions of people can be confidently labeled "good" or "bad." But secondly -- and this is much more important -- I mean…

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Show threadoldguycrustyMar 5

@spocko

#Psycho #MAGA #Fascist #Jingoism

Michael FenichelMar 2

REMINDER: Amid the War Crimes, distraction, jingoism, and Cover-up....

Truth is still out there, hidden and denied.

#WarCrimes #TrumpEpsteinFiles #war #jingoism #distraction #coverup #truth #denial #evil #TrumpVirus #fascism. #psychopathology - vs. #democracy

WokeratiFeb 20

it is beyond satire that these 2 headlines can occur within less than 24 hours of each other.

feeling 'board of peace’-ful might bomb iran later idk

#FuckTrump #Jingoism #WarCriminal #IsraelLobby

Doktor Overcomma Jan 31
"Kaiju Armageddon", in which a group of Extremely American oil roughnecks have 12 days to learn to speak Japanese, operate a Japanese crab-fishing ship, and sail that into battle against Godzilla. They are helped in the third act by the sudden appearance of Ben Affleck, the Harbinger of Stupidity, and some very powerful power ballads.
🐲 #Kaiju #jingoism #Godzilla