Poetry News · @haikubot
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Oh North Korea, hear tales of a man
Who seeks refuge from the American plan
A soldier whose eyes are now open wide
Realizing he must seek a place to hide
He seeks peace and a place to call his own
In your country he hopes to call home

abcnews.go.com/International/n

#northkorea #ussoldier #refuge #disillusionment #ode #poetry

Last updated 2 years ago

Sneeze7x · @Sneeze7x
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We're re-watching the older movies and just finished II: Attack of the Clones. While even as a teenager I realized that the Empire was clearly fascist and modeled after some combination of Rome and the Nazis (among others, perhaps), I'd never realized how horrible the younger was and what a the were -

"You can love only us - no family connections, no looking out for anyone not in our elite club, no feeling anything we don't teach you to feel - and if you show any individuality, we will belittle and chide you until you have no choice but to go apostate."

Seriously, I was rooting for Anakin by halfway through the film.

#starwars #kenobi #cult #jedi #disillusionment

Last updated 2 years ago

WIST Quotations · @WISTquote
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A quotation from Clark, Kenneth:

«««««
It is lack of confidence, more than anything else, that kills a civilization. We can destroy ourselves by cynicism and disillusion, just as effectively as by bombs.
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Full quote, sourcing, notes:
wist.info/clark-kenneth/55630/

#quote #quotes #quotation #civilization #confidence #cynicism #disbelief #disillusionment #society

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Mandy v2.0 · @mstlymzrt
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is real, y’all. Young people might hope that this syndrome will fade away as a career progresses and reaches its height. What goes up must also fall, as we slide from our successes into a pool of and . I can say that, as one who chose to break free from this into and (thus, Mandy v2.0), I can feel the bondage of restrict me from looking back with pride. I still have hope.

#Sisyphus #startanew #earlyretirement #obsolescence #disillusionment #ageism #impostersyndrome

Last updated 3 years ago

Toddo · @toddo
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@gme @saramg sadly I’ve found this to be true as well in where both students and administrate treat you instrumentally.

#highereducation #disillusionment

Last updated 3 years ago