Although the earth can produce enough food for all humanity, many of the world’s poor still lack their daily bread. This makes the tragedy of hunger and malnutrition even more lamentable and shameful. https://t.co/fmCojg9ZsM
California is the fourth-largest economy, the most diverse state in the most diverse democracy, and a leader in technology and innovation BECAUSE of immigrants.
Immigrants are what make our state great and they are what make this country great.
Today more than ever, humanity cries out and calls for peace. This is a cry that requires responsibility and reason, and it must not be drowned out by the din of weapons or the rhetoric that incites conflict. Every member of the international community has a moral responsibility to stop the tragedy of war before it becomes an irreparable chasm. There are no “distant” conflicts when human dignity is at stake.
War does not solve problems; on the contrary, it amplifies them and inflicts deep wounds on the history of peoples, which take generations to heal. No armed victory can compensate for the pain of mothers, the fear of children, or stolen futures. May diplomacy silence the weapons! May nations chart their futures with works of peace, not with violence and bloodstained conflicts!
Violent raids with no due process, snatching people off the streets, and kids being left at schools because their parents disappeared. I don’t know how any heart can’t be broken.
This is Trump’s America.
The New Issue of The Journal of Applied Philosophy with the Special Issue on Commemorating Evildoers edited by me and Oliver Hallich #philsky@IDEA_Leeds
“Netanyahu and his crew of extremists are totally out of control… At the same time the unquestioning Free Palestine refrain that surrounds us all does not answer the simple question of why the hostages have still not all been returned? For what possible reason?
“Why did Hamas choose the truly horrific acts of October 7th? The answer seems obvious, and I believe Hamas chooses too to hide behind the suffering of its people, in an equally cynical fashion for their own purposes.
“My attempt to show respect for all those who are suffering and those who have died, and to not trivialize it in a few words, has allowed other opportunistic groups to use intimidation and defamation to fill in the blanks, and I regret giving them this chance.“
The lead singer of Radiohead, Thom Yorke, in a moving statement expressing criticism of Israel’s government and Hamas, and horror at the suffering of the people of Gaza and the hostages.
Feeling grateful we still have some artists who use their voice to genuinely lift up suffering without simplifying it. This isn’t an attempt to grift; it’s a genuine, thoughtful, and important response.
Vivimos en la era de la crueldad, como bien la definió Martín Kohan. Pero no debemos acostumbrarnos: hay que a las cosas por su nombre. Cagarse en los bebés y nenes que padecen cáncer es de HIJOS DE PUTA. No hay otra manera de definirlos. Ah, y en algún momento, todo vuelve
Ricardo Darín ha cuestionado al Gobierno argentino por la caída del poder adquisitivo de los salarios. “No alcanza la plata. Hay gente que la está pasando muy mal, muy mal”. El titular de Economía lo acusa de decir “una estupidez” https://t.co/pc05G5i08c
Javier Milei: “If individuals use the $$$ under the mattress . . . at some point there will be so many $$$... that if we want we can shut down the central bank. And liberate ourselves from thieving politicians for eternity.”
What a fool this man truly is!
No economy can function without a central bank to control the domestic supply of money. To leave it to the Fed, and to chance (hoping that enough $$$ will be pumped into the Argentinian economy at a time of either a boom or a bust), is to court boom, bust, low investment and long term stagnation.
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On the Kantian project of moral transformation, which involves repenting immoral maxims, can also be understood as a form of flourishing and self-affirmation, which includes the pursuit of happiness as one of its components #ethics#Kant
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Ultimately, in the Kantian picture, the task of moral self-improvement also has a social dimension: we must avoid being complicit with the injustices of our time and instead work towards overturning them. I