Mastodawn

A nationalist is one who thinks solely, or mainly, in terms of competitive prestige. He may be a positive or a negative nationalist — that is, he may use his mental energy either in boosting or in denigrating — but at any rate his thoughts always turn on victories, defeats, triumphs and humiliations. He sees history, especially contemporary history, as the endless rise and decline of great power units, and every event that happens seems to him a demonstration that his own side is on the upgrade and some hated rival is on the downgrade.

George Orwell (1903-1950) English journalist, essayist, writer [pseud. of Eric Arthur Blair]
Essay (1945-05), “Notes on Nationalism,” Polemic Magazine (1945-10)

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Orwell, George - Essay (1945-05), "Notes on Nationalism," Polemic Magazine (1945-10) | WIST Quotations

A nationalist is one who thinks solely, or mainly, in terms of competitive prestige. He may be a positive or a negative nationalist -- that is, he may use his mental energy either in boosting or in denigrating -- but at any rate his thoughts always turn on victories, defeats,…

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Justin 3d ago

Tax The Rich!!

"Last year alone, after receiving the largest tax break in history from Donald Trump, 938 billionaires in America became $1.5tn richer. Since he was elected, President Trump and his family have become $4bn richer."

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/01/billionaire-wealth-tax-trump

#TaxTheRich #BernieSanders #UsVsThem

Yes, the rich must start paying their fair share of taxes

We need a 5% wealth tax on America’s 938 billionaires. Over a 10-year period, this bill would raise much-needed $4.4tn for public coffers

The Guardian

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A quotation from George Orwell

All nationalists have the power of not seeing resemblances between similar sets of facts. A British Tory will defend self-determination in Europe and oppose it in India with no feeling of inconsistency. Actions are held to be good or bad, not on their own merits, but according to who does them, and there is almost no kind of outrage — torture, the use of hostages, forced labour, mass deportations, imprisonment without trial, forgery, assassination, the bombing of civilians — which does not change its moral colour when it is committed by ‘our’ side.

George Orwell (1903-1950) English journalist, essayist, writer [pseud. of Eric Arthur Blair]
Essay (1945-05), “Notes on Nationalism,” Polemic Magazine (1945-10)

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A quotation from George Orwell

By “nationalism” I mean first of all the habit of assuming that human beings can be classified like insects and that whole blocks of millions or tens of millions of people can be confidently labeled “good” or “bad.” But secondly — and this is much more important — I mean the habit of identifying oneself with a single nation or other unit, placing it beyond good and evil and recognizing no other duty than that of advancing its interests.

George Orwell (1903-1950) English journalist, essayist, writer [pseud. of Eric Arthur Blair]
Essay (1945-05), “Notes on Nationalism,” Polemic Magazine (1945-10)

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Orwell, George - Essay (1945-05), "Notes on Nationalism," Polemic Magazine (1945-10) | WIST Quotations

By "nationalism" I mean first of all the habit of assuming that human beings can be classified like insects and that whole blocks of millions or tens of millions of people can be confidently labeled "good" or "bad." But secondly -- and this is much more important -- I mean…

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A quotation from James Randi

The first thing a cult does is tell you everyone else is lying.

James Randi (1928-2020) Canadian-American stage magician ("The Amazing Randi") and scientific skeptic. [b. Randall James Hamilton Zwinge]
(Attributed)

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Randi, James - (Attributed) | WIST Quotations

The first thing a cult does is tell you everyone else is lying. Very widely quoted and attributed to Randi. I cannot, however, find any evidence showing Randi actually said this, though it is plausible.

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kat donegan 🇵🇸✊Feb 17

'we got the numbers. we're gonna' fight so they can't fuck us. we got rights & we want justice, so we're gonna fight!'
#usVsThem #music #metal #hiphop
https://soundcloud.com/usvsthemofficial/frontlines

Front Lines

An anthem for the many against the few. Always us, never them.

SoundCloud

bikejourno Nov 4

Always keep this in mind:

#Cheney was a key architect of 2001's #PatriotAct that radically shifted the balance between state and #citizens in terms of #privacy.
Cheney was a key architect of the #usvsthem populist nonsense that further deepened societal #division.
You do not get a nickname such as #DarthVader without being a profoundly evil actor.

Cheney helped build the same slippery slope that #democracy and the #ruleoflaw find themselves on in 2025 in the #UnitedStates. #civicrights

WIST Quotations Has Moved!Oct 31

A quotation from Orwell

But what impressed me then, and has impressed me ever since, is that atrocities are believed in or disbelieved in solely on grounds of political predilection. Everyone believes in the atrocities of the enemy and disbelieves in those of his own side, without ever bothering to examine the evidence.

George Orwell (1903-1950) English writer [pseud. of Eric Arthur Blair]
Essay (1942-08), “Looking Back on the Spanish War, ch. 2, New Road (1943-06)

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Steve Dustcircle 🌹Sep 28, 2025

#Evangelical #Christianity Breeds an #USvsTHEM Mentality

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYsScs6hurE

#religion #sundayschool #christian #cults

Evangelical Christianity Breeds an US vs THEM Mentality

YouTube

WIST Quotations Has Moved!Jul 15, 2025

A quotation from Mohamad Safa

Our world is not divided by race, color, gender, or religion. Our world is divided into wise people and fools. And fools divide themselves by race, color, gender, or religion.

Mohamad Safa (b. 1991) Lebanese diplomat, politician
Facebook (2020-08-06)

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