Mastodawn

I believe there are real issues that need addressing rather than chasing a problem that doesn’t exist.

A society that encourages #passivity and #conformity, reinforced by #propaganda portraying #Japan as “special”, produces few individuals who practice critical thinking at an institutional level.

Japan sees every situation as a nail because it only knows how to wield a hammer. Not solving real issues.
#自民党 #クッソ自民党

https://famichiki.jp/@mainichi/115970310279071886

The Mainichi 🤖 (@[email protected])

PM Takaichi urges criminal penalties for damaging Japan flag as election race starts https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20260128/p2a/00m/0na/005000c

Famichiki

WIST Quotations Jan 7

A quotation from Marcus Aurelius

A man does not sin by commission only, but often by omission.

[Ἀδικεῖ πολλάκις ὁ μὴ ποιῶν τι, οὐ μόνον ὁ ποιῶν τι.]

Marcus Aurelius (AD 121-180) Roman emperor (161-180), Stoic philosopher
Meditations [To Himself; Τὰ εἰς ἑαυτόν], Book 9, ch. 5 (9.5) (AD 161-180) [tr. Staniforth (1964)]

More info about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/marcus-aureleus/2572…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #marcusaurelius #injustice #injury #harm #action #deed #evil #inaction #meme #passivity #sin #sinofomission #works

Wisdom in Space Dec 23

Countless audiences passively soak in the tepid bath of nonsense. No mental effort is demanded of them, no participation; they need only sit and keep their eyes open.
-- Aldous Huxley

⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #AldousHuxley #Nonsense #Passivity #Television

⬇ #Photography #Panorama #WhiteRimTrail #Canyonlands #Utah

Hacker News Nov 30

The Copenhagen Trap: How the West made passivity the only safe strategy

https://aliveness.kunnas.com/articles/copenhagen-trap

#HackerNews #CopenhagenTrap #WestStrategy #Passivity #SocialCommentary #AlivenessInsights

The Copenhagen Trap

How legal systems made passivity the only safe strategy

Aliveness

WIST Quotations Has Moved!Oct 24

A quotation from Aldous Huxley

States function as smoothly as they do, because the greater part of the population is not very intelligent, dreads responsibility, and desires nothing better than to be told what to do. Provided the rulers do not interfere with its material comforts and its cherished beliefs, it is perfectly happy to let itself be ruled.

Aldous Huxley (1894-1963) English novelist, essayist and critic
Essay (1927-10), “A Note on Eugenics,” Proper Studies (1927)

More info about this quote: wist.info/huxley-aldous/79966/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #aldoushuxley #eugenics #humancondition #humannature #materialist #obedience #passivity #people #population #servitude

Quantum Splash Aug 3, 2025

😔 All that is necessary for the triumph of #evil is that #good people do nothing https://bsky.app/profile/veganftaofficial.bsky.social/post/3lvfii32fm32q

#passivity #indifference #disinterest #crime

WIST Quotations Has Moved!Jul 29, 2025

A quotation from Eleanor Roosevelt

I know that we will be the sufferers if we let great wrongs occur without exerting ourselves to correct them.

Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962) First Lady of the US (1933-45), politician, diplomat, activist
Column (1943-08-13), “My Day”

Sourcing, notes: wist.info/roosevelt-eleanor/27…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #eleanorroosevelt #bystander #disinterest #evil #injustice #karma #neutrality #passivity #standingby #uninvolvement #wrongdoing #complicity #acquiescence

WIST Quotations Has Moved!Jul 24, 2025

A quotation from Cicero

He won over the ignorant masses with shows, building projects, largesses, and banquets. His followers he bound to him by rewards, his opponents by an apparent clemency. In short, he succeeded in bringing a free country, partly because of its fear, partly because of its passivity, to an acceptance of servitude.

[Muneribus, monumentis, congiariis, epulis multitudinem imperitam delenierat; suos praemiis, adversarios clementiae specie devinxerat. Quid multa? Attulerat iam liberae civitati partim metu partim patientia consuetudinem serviendi.]

Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC) Roman orator, statesman, philosopher
Philippics [Philippicae; Antonian Orations], No. 2, ch. 45 / sec. 116 (2.45/2.116) (44-10-24 BC) [tr. Berry (2006)]

Sourcing, notes, other translations: wist.info/cicero-marcus-tulliu…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #cicero #juliuscaesar #acquiescence #breadandcircuses #freedom #masses #passivity #politicalpower #populace #power #rewards #servitude

Brent Pruitt :: Artist Jul 10, 2025

“We’ve made some updates to our Terms of Service. No action is needed by you.”

“Pay No Attention To The Man Behind The Curtain!”

#PassiveConsumption #Passivity #Tech #SocialMedia #Internet #Capitalism #CapitalismKills

Narghiza Ergashova May 1, 2025

Growth does not occur within the confines of constant agreement and obedience. Growth comes with purpose, not passivity. #Growth with Narghiza Ergashova

#Agreement, #Confines, #Growth, #Obedience, #Passivity, #Purpose