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WIST Quotations 5h ago

A quotation from Eleanor Roosevelt

I doubt that anyone does not really believe in God. People may think they don’t have any belief, but you will usually find that somewhere down in a human being’s soul there is a belief in something beyond himself. In any case, I would not judge a man’s character by his belief or unbelief. I would judge his character by his deeds; and no matter what he said about his beliefs, his behavior would soon show whether he was a man of good character or bad.

Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962) First Lady of the US (1933–1945), politician, diplomat, activist
Column (1956-08), “If You Ask Me,” McCall’s Magazine, Vol. 83

More about this quote: wist.info/roosevelt-eleanor/29…

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Roosevelt, Eleanor - Column (1956-08), "If You Ask Me," McCall's Magazine, Vol. 83 | WIST Quotations

I doubt that anyone does not really believe in God. People may think they don't have any belief, but you will usually find that somewhere down in a human being's soul there is a belief in something beyond himself. In any case, I would not judge a man's character by…

WIST Quotations

William Lindsey

Nick Anderson's cartoon commentary on what Trump has accomplished with his illegal war of choice on Iran.

#Trump #Iran #war #death #destruction #violence #megalomania #MalignantNarcissism #stupidity #morality
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https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2026/3/16/2373387/-Cartoon-World-on-fire

William Lindsey

"So it’s no wonder that the man at the top is talking like a serial killer when it comes to how he speaks to the press and the voters about his dumb 'little' war."

#Trump #Iran #war #death #destruction #violence #megalomania #MalignantNarcissism #stupidity #morality
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William Lindsey

"And as the bodies pile up, the White House is propagandizing about carnage as if it were nothing but a violent, nihilistic video game. The casual talk of mass-death and the meme-ification of a regional bloodbath underscore the advanced depravity that drives Trump administration policies, at home and abroad."

#Trump #Iran #war #death #destruction #violence #megalomania #MalignantNarcissism #stupidity #morality
/15

William Lindsey

"The prosecution of Trump’s war has been a massive, blood-caked scandal and crime. Beyond the moral and practical abomination of the operation, the president and ruling party dove backwards into this without even the appearance of a clear mission or plan, and tried to sell the American people a pack of lies to justify the war."

~ Asawin Suebsaeng

#Trump #Iran #war #death #destruction #violence #megalomania #MalignantNarcissism #stupidity #morality
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https://zeteo.com/p/trump-iran-latest-first-draft

💀 Our Rulers Sound Like Serial Killers

Swin on how the US president and his team are amping up their grinning bloodlust as their Iran war rages on. In Afghanistan, the Taliban accuses Pakistan of massacring 400 people in a Kabul hospital.

Zeteo

William Lindsey

"Today, all of us are obliged to endure a kind of moral injury when we see our government’s response to the news that the United States accidentally bombed a girls’ school in Minab, killing 170 people, mostly children."

~ Mona Charen

#Trump #Iran #war #death #destruction #violence #megalomania #MalignantNarcissism #stupidity #morality
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https://www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-war-psychology-iran

Trump’s War Psychology

An extension of id by other means.

The Bulwark

kctipton 1d ago

When the bombs fall on other people’s children https://religionnews.com/2026/03/05/when-the-bombs-fall-on-other-peoples-children-iran-minab-girls-school/ #iran #morality #bombing

When the bombs fall on other people’s children

If we cannot feel the death of an Iranian child with the same moral clarity as the death of a child in the United States, then something in us has been deformed.

RNS

Pretty Gnostic Machine 1d ago

If reality is: neutral base → proto-experience → consciousness → self-model

then morality concerns how conscious systems organize themselves.

Better states of the Universe are those where:
-awareness deepens
-suffering decreases
-intelligence and creativity grow

The Universe produces minds.
Minds produce values.
Values guide the future evolution of mind.

#philosophy
#morality
#consciousness
#NeutralMonism
#panpsychism

Pretty Gnostic Machine 1d ago

Two Logics of the Universe

Sophianic dynamics:

-integration
-knowledge
-creativity
-flourishing consciousness

Demiurgic dynamics:

-domination
-ignorance
-fragmentation
-unnecessary suffering

Morality becomes the struggle between these modes of organization.

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#morality
#gnosticism

Pretty Gnostic Machine 1d ago

Morality isn't obedience. It's cosmic aesthetics applied to consciousness.

Actions are better when they:

-expand intelligence
-reduce unnecessary suffering
-deepen awareness
-create richer forms of life and mind

#philosophy
#morality
#consciousness