Att arbetarklassen är reaktionär är Carin Lundströms grundtes i en artikel i Arbetaren. Jag håller inte med om det. Jag växte upp som barn till en sjöman, en maskinist och en mamma som var hemmafru. Min biologiska farfar var också sjöman, fast kock. Ibland arbetade han på sockerbruket. Han dog när pappa var liten.
https://blog.zaramis.se/2025/07/26/ar-arbetarklassen-reaktionar/
Det verkar anmärkningsvärt enkelt att övertyga dagens yngre generation om att världen är uppdelad i gott och ont och att det är vår plikt att bekämpa det onda, även om det kostar tusentals, om inte miljoner, människoliv – för ”rättvisans” skull. Man kan fråga sig om dagens gröna skulle ha motsatt sig Vietnamkriget – ett av de mest meningslösa massmorden i mänsklighetens historia.”
George Orwell (1903-1950) English writer [pseud. of Eric Arthur Blair]
Essay (1939), “Charles Dickens,” sec. 6, Inside the Whale (1940-03-11)
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The thing that drove Dickens forward into a form of art for which he was not really suited, and at the same time caused us to remember him, was simply the fact that he was a moralist, the consciousness of "having something to say." He is always preaching a sermon,…
"Catherine Liu, professor of film and media studies at UC Irvine, is the author of 'Virtue Hoarders: the Case Against the Professional Managerial Class'.
This interview discuss the origin of trauma studies, self branding on social media and the ideology of the professional class. Liu has an unwavering commitment to historical materialism and a fierce critique of elitist academies. She explores the intense moralism of our times as it relates to the Freudian super-ego."—Joshua Citarella
Catherine Liu: Trauma, Virtue and Liberal Elites | Doomscroll >
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The left's Puritan streak strikes again.
Kamala Harris ditched Joe Rogan's podcast interview over fears of progressive backlash. When Sanders went on Rogan (who came as close to endorsing him as possible), he faced an avalanche of criticism.
The left would rather be right than in power.
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Post-colonial #moralism is hard, but worth it: https://inaniludibrio.com/2024/05/11/post-colonial-moralism/
@Radical_EgoCom it’s about education. I was one of them you may not know. It took education to understand how my inaction is actually an action. Attacking the hippie “idiots” by calling them “idiots” is no way to get them on your side. It will merely entrench them. I agree with your sentiment and message but put a different way.
A quotation from Coffin, William Sloane:
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#Moralism is historically one of America’s great defects. Moralism is intolerant of #ambiguity; it perceives reality in extreme terms of good and evil and regards more sophisticated judgments as soft and unworthy. The temptation to moralize is strong; it is emotionally satisfying to have #enemies…
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Moralism is historically one of America's great defects. Moralism is intolerant of ambiguity; it perceives reality in extreme terms of good and evil and regards more sophisticated judgments as soft and unworthy. The temptation to moralize is strong; it is emotionally satisfying to have enemies rather than problems, to seek…
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