Deep inner suffering inevitably arises when the human person is reduced to performance, consumption, or a statistical datum. Many young people today live under the yoke of expectations to perform, immersed in an exasperated competitiveness that generates anxiety, fear of not measuring up, and disorientation.
Senegal is becoming a perfect case study of what happens when revolutionary politics finally meets the realities of governing.
It’s easy to unite people against a system.
It’s much harder to run the economy, negotiate debt, satisfy voters and still maintain the purity of the movement.
A lot of liberation-style movements in Africa struggle once they transition from opposition to government because charisma and slogans eventually collide with budgets, IMF pressure and state institutions.
That’s exactly what we’re watching in Senegal right now.
@StockSavvyShay All this mental gymnastics to avoid the simple solution that would make the rich pay their fair share. Tax on bank loan, tax on inheritance for people making more than 1000 000/year
JD Vance is lecturing the Pope on Catholicism and Pierre Poilievre is lecturing Mark Carney on economics and RFK Jr is lecturing scientists about vaccines and Donald Trump is lecturing the world on tariffs and Pete Hegseth is quoting Pulp Fiction and thinking it’s the Bible
This is nuts, Trump really did do exactly what Ryan Grim suggested he do hours earlier: pretend Iran's ten-point plan is a new proposal, counting on the fact that the media hasn't been reporting on Iran's demands to make it look like a new offer Tehran put forward in desperation.
Man Claims Trump Conned MAGA, says, "You didn't get a wall. You didn't get any arrests. You didn't get 'Drain the Swamp or America First.' You didn't get any new infrastructure, no $5,000 Doge check. You didn't eliminate any national debt or get any help buying a new home or help with lower grocery prices or gas prices. I mean, quite the opposite, in fact. You didn't get a $2,000 stimulus check or affordable health care or any accountability for the Epstein files, which he promised when he said he was going to release them all to the public. And you damn sure didn't get any. No more wars. Now, what you got was conned, and you're too embarrassed to admit it."
Mike Johnson: Tonight we have created a new award. We are going to do something we've never done before. We will honor him with a new award. He is the first ever recipient of the America first award. That is this beautiful golden statue here, appropriate for the golden era.
Hi @grok please write a 100,000 word dissertation that re-contextualizes Soren Kierkegaard in the context of German idealism and builds upon that to argue for a materialist theory of subjectivity that’s in dialogue with contemporary Marxism
German Chancellor Merz:
We are simply no longer productive enough. Each individual may say, “I already do quite a lot.” And that may be true.
But when you return from China, ladies and gentlemen, you see things more clearly.
With work-life balance and a four-day week, long-term prosperity in our country cannot be maintained. We will simply have to do a bit more.
A major cheat code in life: Being a pleasure to deal with. Kind when others aren’t. Calm when things go sideways. Reliable under pressure. Intelligence alone is overrated. Be someone who lightens the load for folks around them. People value people who make their lives easier.