WIST QuotationsApr 20

A quotation from Henry Commager

What is the new loyalty? It is, above all, conformity. It is the uncritical and unquestioning acceptance of America as it is — the political institutions, the social relationships, the economic practices. It rejects inquiry into the race question or socialized medicine, or public housing, or into the wisdom or validity of our foreign policy. It regards as particularly heinous any challenge to what is called “the system of private enterprise,” identifying that system with Americanism. It abandons evolution, repudiates the once popular concept of progress, and regards America as a finished product, perfect and complete.

Henry Steele Commager (1902-1998) American historian, writer, activist
Essay (1947-09), "Who Is Loyal to America?" Harper's Magazine, Vol. 195, No. 1168

More about this quote: wist.info/commager-henry-steel…

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Commager, Henry Steele - Essay (1947-09), "Who Is Loyal to America?" Harper's Magazine, Vol. 195, No. 1168 | WIST Quotations

What is the new loyalty? It is, above all, conformity. It is the uncritical and unquestioning acceptance of America as it is — the political institutions, the social relationships, the economic practices. It rejects inquiry into the race question or socialized medicine, or public housing, or into the wisdom or…

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Show threadRamesh GuptaMar 26

⬆️ @TCatInReality

>> #European leaders should announce a national #mobilisation effort to build distributed #renewables - incl European production of #solar panels. Build on gov and military sites. Subsidise homes.

👍

Meanwhile, a European #WindEnergy company has decided to take a billion dollars of #US money from #Trump and run with it.

Unrestrained #greed ALWAYS gets the better of #laissezFaire. That's why good #government intervention is necessary in #capitalism.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/26/world/europe/iran-trump-hormuz-europe-dilemma.html

Trump’s Threats to Europe Put Its Leaders in a Double Bind Over Iran

European politicians risk angering their voters if they join America’s war. Yet they could also face domestic upheaval if they take no action to reopen shipping routes that Iran has blocked and ease an energy crisis.

The New York Times
Show threadRamesh GuptaMar 2

⬆️ @PatrickoftheG

>> …ccapitalism goes on that list too, and I think is that work here more than the others.

It's not #capitalism by itself.

It is #unregulatedCapitalism that is the real problem.

Pure #laissezFaire, with no government oversight, together with the government actively exempting the rich from taxes at the expense of greater good of society as a whole compounds the problem, and it contributes to income #inequality.

Look at #Finland, #Sweden, and #Norway for a contrast with #US

Don Curren 🇨🇦🇺🇦Feb 25
#Hegel mocking #laissez-faire #economics: “The plague ends too; it rights itself. But hundreds of thousands have perished of it; they’re all dead. Everything has thereby also been straightened out again.” open.substack.com/pub/adamtooz...

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Great links, images, and reading from Chartbook Newsletter by Adam Tooze

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WIST QuotationsJan 19

A quotation from Wendell Berry

It is impossible not to notice how little the proponents of the ideal of competition have to say about honesty, which is the fundamental economic virtue, and how very little they have to say about community, compassion, and mutual help.

Wendell Berry (b. 1934) American farmer, educator, poet, conservationist
Essay (1988), “Economy and Pleasure,” What Are People For? (1990)

More about this quote: wist.info/berry-wendell/81511/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #wendellberry #business #capitalism #community #compassion #competition #freemarket #honesty #laissezfaire #mutuality #virtue

Berry, Wendell - Essay (1988), "Economy and Pleasure," What Are People For? (1990) | WIST Quotations

It is impossible not to notice how little the proponents of the ideal of competition have to say about honesty, which is the fundamental economic virtue, and how very little they have to say about community, compassion, and mutual help.

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WIST QuotationsJan 12

A quotation from Wendell Berry

Rats and roaches live by competition under the laws of supply and demand; it is the privilege of human beings to live under the laws of justice and mercy.

Wendell Berry (b. 1934) American farmer, educator, poet, conservationist
Essay (1988), “Economy and Pleasure,” What Are People For? (1990)

More about this quote: wist.info/berry-wendell/81315/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #wendellberry #economicsystem #economicjustice #competition #humancondition #justice #living #mercy #supplyanddemand #ruthlessness #laissezfaire

Berry, Wendell - Essay (1988), "Economy and Pleasure," What Are People For? (1990) | WIST Quotations

Rats and roaches live by competition under the laws of supply and demand; it is the privilege of human beings to live under the laws of justice and mercy.

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Show threadlipputankodonSep 3, 2025

47/n

”Elokuva kertoo hesseniläisessä Hanaussa tapahtuneesta rasistisesta iskusta surevien ja uhrien näkökulmasta.Muutamassa minuutissa tekijä ampui yhdeksän nuorta, koska hän ei pitänyt heitä saksalaisina”

”Omaiset tuntevat jäävänsä viranomaisten hylkäämiksi. Samalla he kohtaavat kylmän byrokratian,joka ei ole valmistautunut tällaiseen rikokseen – vaikka oikeistolainen terrori on surullinen normaalius #Saksa’n historiassa”

#Rasismi #Fasismi #UusiNormaali #LaissezFaire
https://youtu.be/G8CnduEak98?si=LFrTO1uxB9_f8F11

Das Deutsche Volk (Das Deutsche Volk) - trailer | 22. Millennium Docs Against Gravity

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gittacaAug 17, 2025

Über den Ursprung der Ideologie #Austerität nach dem 1.WK:

> In Großbritannien wie Italien [gewannen] die Arbeiter*innen daraus die entscheidende Erkenntnis [...]: Während sich der Vorkriegskapitalismus noch als naturgegebener #LaissezFaire-Zustand gerierte, zeigte der staatliche Eingriff in die Produktion die Gestaltbarkeit wirtschaftlicher Verhältnisse auf.

https://www.nd-aktuell.de/artikel/1193310.die-ordnung-des-kapitals-das-maerchen-vom-sparzwang.html

#Sparzwang #ClaraEMattei #Faschismus #Kriegswirtschaft

Das Märchen vom Sparzwang

In Krisenzeiten droht alternativlose Sparpolitik. Dieses Muster beschreibt die italienische Ökonomin Clara E. Mattei als ideologische Erfindung, um den Kapitalismus gegen Klassenkampf abzuschirmen.

nd-aktuell.de
lipputankodonAug 3, 2025

Vuodetut asiakirjat paljastavat, kuinka Unkarista tuli Venäjän huoltokeskus Naton sisällä

”Sisäinen kirjeenvaihto ja venäläisten puolustusalan yksiköiden viralliset asiakirjat paljastavat, että venäläiset yritykset ovat ylläpitäneet teknistä yhteistyötä Unkarin puolustusministeriön kanssa ainakin vuodesta 2013 lähtien – huolimatta EU:n vuonna 2014 Venäjän Krimin liittämisen jälkeen käyttöön ottamista pakotteista”

#Unkari #Orban #Venäjä #HenkinenIsänmaa #LaissezFaire
https://united24media.com/latest-news/leaked-docs-reveal-how-hungary-became-russias-maintenance-hub-inside-nato-10385

Leaked Docs Reveal How Hungary Became Russia’s Maintenance Hub Inside NATO

Leaked documents reveal how Hungary quietly worked with sanctioned Russian companies—signing contracts, importing parts, and upgrading helicopters in defiance of EU rules.

UNITED24 Media
Justin BuzzardJul 21, 2025
Laissez Faire leadership tends to delegate mostly all aspects of responsibility to those around them, taking a hands-off approach to decision making. #business #leader #laissezfaire #handsoff