For those who see promoting mistrust & polarisation as serving their political or commercial interests, any process that seeks to understand & address the causes of domestic terrorism is seized as an opportunity to do further damage.
How do we counter this?
Maybe recognising cynical misrepresentation when we see it is a start.
#polarisation #mistrust #profit #colonialism #exploitation #PeopleAreNotOurEnemy
Lies about #libraries
First, libraries #indoctrinate
It's sad and infuriating that #mistrust of local #government, #books, #literacy, #education, #community #empowerment, etc. are out there for #exploitation
A quotation from Franklin Roosevelt
We can gain no lasting peace if we approach it with suspicion and mistrust — or with fear. We can gain it only if we proceed with the understanding and the confidence and the courage which flow from conviction.Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945) American lawyer, politician, statesman, US President (1933-1945)
Speech (1945-01-20), Inaugural Address, Washington, D.C.
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We can gain no lasting peace if we approach it with suspicion and mistrust -- or with fear. We can gain it only if we proceed with the understanding and the confidence and the courage which flow from conviction. (Source (Audio))
#france is currently the most obvious case study of #Russia 's destabilization strategy, but the same dynamics are playing out across #europe. Targeted symbolic acts exploit pre-existing social fault lines to fuel #mistrust , #polarization , and perceived #insecurity. It's a #cognitive #warfare that undermines public trust, social cohesion, and political capacity across the Union.
(Article in italian)
https://formiche.net/2025/12/dentro-la-strategia-russa-di-destabilizzazione-in-europa-il-laboratorio-francese/#content
#war #fakenews #socialnetworks #putin #eu #misinformation #ai #afd #rn
Gli episodi che hanno attraversato la Francia negli ultimi due anni, dalle stelle di David dipinte sulle facciate dei palazzi parigini alle teste di maiale deposte davanti alle moschee, passando per la vernice verde spruzzata contro sinagoghe e memoriali, rappresentano case studies utili per comprendere tattiche, operazioni ed evoluzioni della strategia di destabilizzazione nei confronti […]
#PeteHegseth’s actions, which are without precedent in recent decades, have come w/ little explanation. In many cases, they have run counter to the advice of top #military leaders who fought alongside the officers in combat, snr military ofcls said.
The utter unpredictability of #Hegseth’s moves, as described in interviews w/ 20 current & fmr military ofcls, has created an atmosphere of #anxiety & #mistrust that has forced snr officers to take sides &, at times, pitted them against one another.
Euripides (485?-406? BC) Greek tragic dramatist
Helen [Ἑλένη], l. 1617ff (412 BC) [tr. Coleridge (1891)]
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#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #euripides #disbelief #distrust #doubt #incredulity #judgment #mistrust #skepticism #trust #wisdom
MESSENGER: Nothing is more useful to mankind than a prudent distrust. [ἌΓΓΕΛΟΣ:σώφρονος δ᾽ ἀπιστίας οὐκ ἔστιν οὐδὲν χρησιμώτερον βροτοῖς.] Informing Theoklymenos that Helen and Menelaos have escaped to Greece. (Source (Greek)). Other translations: Nought to man's welfare more Avails, than disbelief by prudence rul'd. [tr. Potter (1783), l. 1750ff] There's…
Charles Caleb "C. C." Colton (1780-1832) English cleric, writer, aphorist
Lacon: Or, Many Things in Few Words, Vol. 1, § 363 (1820)
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#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #age #caution #gettingold #growingold #maturity #mistrust #overconfidence #rashness #selfconfidence #timidity #trust #youth
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