GroundxeroJan 26

Michael Parenti’s greatest contribution was not a single book or argument, but a stance: the refusal to flatter power, the refusal to forget history, the refusal to trade truth for respectability.

#parenti #politics #respectability #marxism #socialism #capitalism

https://www.groundxero.in/2026/01/25/michael-parenti-1933-2026-the-intellectual-who-refused-to-be-polite-with-power/

» Michael Parenti (1933–2026): The Intellectual Who Refused to Be Polite with Power

WIST QuotationsJan 1

A quotation from Eric Hoffer

When cowardice is made respectable, its followers are without number both from among the weak and the strong; it easily becomes a fashion.

Eric Hoffer (1902-1983) American writer, philosopher, longshoreman
Passionate State of Mind, Aphorism 203 (1955)

More about this quote: wist.info/hoffer-eric/81117/

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Hoffer, Eric - Passionate State of Mind, Aphorism 203 (1955) | WIST Quotations

When cowardice is made respectable, its followers are without number both from among the weak and the strong; it easily becomes a fashion. See also Hoffer (1971).

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Hermetic LibraryDec 31
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#propaganda #AleisterCrowley #respectability #greatest #blinds
Hermetic LibraryDec 31

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Estelle PlatiniOct 11

"Why did body odor start grossing us out?"
By Leah Worthington: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/body-odor-history-business

#respectability #discrimination #reputation #marketing #history #smell #perfume #hygiene #distinction #distate #disgust

Why did body odor start grossing us out?

First, grooming habits became a way for the elite to enforce their status. As bathing became widely available, new standards of scent made for lucrative business opportunities.

Hermetic LibraryAug 21, 2025
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#propaganda #thelema #respectability #greatest #blinds
Hermetic LibraryAug 21, 2025

Unicursal RESPECTABILITY IS THE GREATEST OF ALL BLINDS Propaganda from Hermetic Library Office of the Ministry of Information https://hermetic.com/information/respectability-is-the-greatest-of-all-blinds/index

#propaganda #thelema #respectability #greatest #blinds

DeadlineJun 17, 2025

Disability Belongs Reveals 2025 TV Writing Intensive Fellows
#News #RespectAbility #TVNews

https://deadline.com/2025/06/disability-belongs-2025-tv-writing-intensive-fellows-1236436118/

Disability Belongs Reveals 2025 TV Writing Intensive Fellows

Disability Belongs will hold a TV Writing Intensive from June 20 to 27

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WIST Quotations Has Moved!May 29, 2025

A quotation from Ben Franklin

                                        A Cure for Poetry,
Seven wealthy Towns contend for Homer, dead,
Thro’ which the living Homer beg’d his Bread.

Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) American statesman, scientist, philosopher, aphorist
Poor Richard (1739 ed.)

Sourcing, notes: wist.info/franklin-benjamin/76…

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WIST Quotations Has Moved!May 23, 2025

A quotation from Orwell

Back in the nineteen-hundreds it was a wonderful experience for a boy to discover H. G. Wells. There you were, in a world of pedants, clergymen and golfers, with your future employers exhorting you to “get on or get out”, your parents systematically warping your sexual life, and your dull-witted schoolmasters sniggering over their Latin tags; and here was this wonderful man who could tell you about the inhabitants of the planets and the bottom of the sea, and who knew that the future was not going to be what respectable people imagined.

George Orwell (1903-1950) English writer [pseud. of Eric Arthur Blair]
Essay (1941-08), “Wells, Hitler, and the World State,” Horizon

Sourcing, notes: wist.info/orwell-george/37598/

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