IsarAthenerEverything he says is demonstrably false. He lives in a world of his own creation.
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WIST QuotationsOur Passions, Ambition, Avarice, Love, Resentment &c possess so much metaphysical Subtilty and so much overpowering Eloquence, that they insinuate themselves into the Understanding and the Conscience and convert both to their Party. And I may be deceived as much as any of them, when I Say, that Power must never be trusted without a Check.
John Adams (1735–1826) American lawyer, Founding Father, statesman, US President (1797–1801)
Letter (1816-02-02) to Thomas Jefferson
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Adams, John - Letter (1816-02-02) to Thomas Jefferson | WIST Quotations
Our Passions, Ambition, Avarice, Love, Resentment &c possess so much metaphysical Subtilty and so much overpowering Eloquence, that they insinuate themselves into the Understanding and the Conscience and convert both to their Party. And I may be deceived as much as any of them, when I Say, that Power must…
Much of man’s thinking is propaganda of his appetites.
Eric Hoffer (1902-1983) American writer, philosopher, longshoreman
Passionate State of Mind, Aphorism 261 (1955)
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8Petros [Free Radical]On this day in 2025 (at FB)
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News:
"State department signs off on bombs and missiles sales that the US claims would help Israel ‘defend its borders’"
Comment:
"Course not. He has no interest in ordinary people, as all his other policies demonstrate."
If the latter could be your comment, I need to say something to you.
Here, in Europe (especially at the "wrong side of The Iron Curtain"), we are pretty well-versed in dictatorships. Franco, Mussolini, Hitler, Stalin, now Łukaszenka and Putin... They come and they go like in a political Hurricane Alley of sorts, so we know them well (those who chose to know, at least).
And there is a particular takeaway lesson I want to convey here:
It is not him. It never was. It is us.
Whoever's name and face appears as the figurehead of the "current edition", is just a token. The dictatorship is us all. It is the crew that makes the ship.
If you work for him, you are him.
If you respect people who are him, you are him.
If you talk to your neighbour, who is him, you are him.
If you let your children play with his children, you are him.
Even if you fight him, you are still him.
Dictatorship is a highly contagious disease, and no one within its realm stays untouched.
BUT one glorious day, it is gone.
Halleluyah! We Are Saved And Redeemed!
We can go back to be our great good selves!
Because it was just him. Or maybe few scoundrels and misled simpletons, who are already dangling from the lamposts or hiding in Argentina.
We were never part of it. True?
TRUE?
Not. It was not just him. It never was. It was us.
If you worked for him, you were him.
If you respected people who were him, you were him.
If you talked to your neighbour, who was him, you were him.
If you let your children play with his children, you were him.
Even if you fought him, still. You. Were. Him.
Unless you accept the fact, confront it, and find the way to control this resident evil in you, you will be just another asymptomatic carrier, waiting for just another "unexpected" outbreak. Which is going to happen.
A quotation from Samuel Johnson
Even the acquisition of knowledge is often much facilitated by the advantages of society: he that never compares his notions with those of others, readily acquiesces in his first thoughts, and very seldom discovers the objections which may be raised against his opinions; he, therefore, often thinks himself in possession of truth, when he is only fondling an errour long since exploded. He that has neither companions nor rivals in his studies, will always applaud his own progress, and think highly of his performances, because he knows not that others have equalled or excelled him. And I am afraid it may be added, that the student who withdraws himself from the world, will soon feel that ardour extinguished which praise or emulation had enkindled, and take the advantage of secrecy to sleep, rather than to labour.Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English writer, lexicographer, critic
Essay (1754-01-19), The Adventurer, No. 126
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Johnson, Samuel - Essay (1754-01-19), The Adventurer, No. 126 | WIST Quotations
Even the acquisition of knowledge is often much facilitated by the advantages of society: he that never compares his notions with those of others, readily acquiesces in his first thoughts, and very seldom discovers the objections which may be raised against his opinions; he, therefore, often thinks himself in possession…
WIST Quotations Has Moved!Power multiplies flatterers, and flatterers multiply our delusions by hiding us from ourselves.
Charles Caleb "C. C." Colton (1780-1832) English cleric, writer, aphorist
Lacon: Or, Many Things in Few Words, Vol. 2, § 25 (1822)
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Most people are not even aware of their need to conform. They live under the illusion that they follow their own ideas and inclinations, that they are individualists, that they have arrived at their opinions as the result of their own thinking — and that it just happens that their ideas are the same as those of the majority. The consensus of all serves as a proof for the correctness of “their” ideas.
Erich Fromm (1900-1980) American psychoanalyst and social philosopher
The Art of Loving, ch. 2 (1956)
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The Art of Loving, ch. 2 (1956) - Fromm, Erich | WIST Quotations
Most people are not even aware of their need to conform. They live under the illusion that they follow their own ideas and inclinations, that they are individualists, that they have arrived at their opinions as the result of their own thinking -- and that it just happens that their…
Snowbird of ParadiseGlorious Self-Delusion
I recently enjoyed a play performed by the Nanaimo Theatre Group (NTG) entitled “Glorious,” written by Peter Quilter. It was a delightfully comedic performance portraying the life of Florence Foster Jenkins who imagined herself to be a talented singer.
Carolyn Waye, left, Lorna McLellan, David McCormick and Kristin Forester rehearse a scene from Glorious, the season-opening production by the Nanaimo Theatre Group. (Francesca Reside photo)The Nanaimo Bulletin described the play by referring to the press release:
“Jenkins could not carry a tune but was convinced she was a great soprano,” noted an NTG press release, adding that the singer’s career reached its pinnacle when she gave a “legendary” public performance at Carnegie Hall at the age of 76.
“In this touching play … what begins as a joke becomes a lesson in how to live your dream. The play is ultimately about love in its many forms,” the release added.”
While I don’t disagree with the perception that the play is about love and “how to live your dream,” what I think the press release misses is the power of self-delusion. It was not only Florence but also those closest to her who were drawn into supporting and promoting her view that she was an unusually gifted singer. It is as though they began to hear what she heard and not the discordant sounds that accosted the ears of everyone else.
I also take issue with the perception that Jenkins’ performances began as a joke. I don’t think they did. Her singing may have been, and probably was, received as a joke, but Jenkins was more likely to have been the target of mocking than having been a provider of comedy.
Florence Foster Jenkins is a 2016 biographical comedy drama film directed by Stephen Frears and Written by Nicholas Martin and Julia Kogan.All of this got me thinking about self-delusion and wondering about the extent to which I, and probably everyone, is similarly deluded to a greater or lesser extent. This came to the fore for me today when I was discussing the newsletter that I write for a local club with one of its members. I thought I was respecting the style and tone provided by previous editors when I followed their example in writing the newsletter’s components. The person I spoke with, however, saw me as lacking confidence and authority by not changing the elements that were overly wordy. Now, I think she was probably right, but my self-delusion was that my deference to my predecessors was somehow the noble path.
We can all think of a political leader or two who seem to be victims of their own self-delusions, and some of them fire aides and allies of various kinds who try to draw attention to the misperceptions. When we are convinced of the rightness of our views, it hurts to be confronted with alternative impressions, but if we have the necessary power we can summarily dismiss the source of the hurt.
Florence Foster Jenkins was never brought to realize her shortcomings because she died shortly after her triumphant Carnegie Hall concert. I am struck by the satisfaction I feel in knowing she died in ignorance of her own bad singing, but I also applaud the actions of those who loved her and kept her from that knowledge throughout her life.
You may think it contradictory, then, when I say that I wish more people would tell our politicians when they are wrong, or are deluded, or are misinformed. I cannot applaud the people who are close to power but who fail to correct the officeholders when they make unethical choices. In fact, I consider those scoundrels just as accountable for all the bad decisions that the politicians make as the lawmakers themselves.
It seems to me to be forgivable when you tell someone you care about that that they look lovely, or that they are too kind, or that they are a great singer even when they are not. Telling a politician they are wise when they are clearly malevolent is not only unforgivable, it is traitorous.
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A quotation from Robert Louis Stevenson
Marriage is a step so grave and decisive that it attracts light-headed, variable men by its very awfulness. They have been so tried among the inconstant squalls and currents, so often sailed for islands in the air or lain becalmed with burning heart, that they will risk all for solid ground below their feet. Desperate pilots, they run their sea-sick, weary bark upon the dashing rocks. It seems as if marriage were the royal road through life, and realised, on the instant, what we have all dreamed on summer Sundays when the bells ring, or at night when we cannot sleep for the desire of living. They think it will sober and change them. Like those who join a brotherhood, they fancy it needs but an act to be out of the coil and clamour for ever. But this is a wile of the devil’s. To the end, spring winds will sow disquietude, passing faces leave a regret behind them, and the whole world keep calling and calling in their ears. For marriage is like life in this — that it is a field of battle, and not a bed of roses.Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) Scottish essayist, novelist, poet
Essay (1876-08), “Virginibus Puerisque, Part 1,” Cornhill Magazine, Vol. 34
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