@mike805 @jeffcliff

I’m not really fond of judging #philosophers and #intellectuals of eons past by today’s #civilized #norms, but I make an exception when those thinkers make claims to absolute infallibility.

Surely somebody who had recalled the experiences of countless past lives would have the insight to understand that visualizing young girls as corpses is not really advisable. Not conducive to good innocent friendship with those young ladies nor for ones reputation generally speaking

The Deafening Silence of #Intellectuals in The Fact of Growing Global Conflicts

Intellectuals do not have a monopoly on culture, on values, or on truth, much less on the meanings attributed to any one of these “domains of the spirit,” as they used to be termed. But intellectuals should also not shrink from denouncing what they see as destructive of culture values, and truth notably when such destruction claims to be carried out in the name of these “domains of spirit”

https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-deafening-silence-of-intellectuals-in-the-fact-of-growing-global-conflicts/
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I have met many #intelligent people who are not #intellectuals, because they are incapable of being but because they refuse to be. It's "to be, or not to be" kind of question.

Lawrence W. Britt: 14 Characteristics of #Fascism

"Historian Lawrence Britt studied the fascist regimes of #Hitler (Germany), #Mussolini (Italy), #Franco (Spain), #Suharto (Indonesia), and #Pinochet (Chile) and found they had 14 elements in common. He calls these the identifying characteristics of fascism.

1. Powerful and Continuing #Nationalism
Fascist regimes tend to make constant use of #patriotic mottos, slogans, symbols, songs, and other paraphernalia. #Flags are seen everywhere, as are flag symbols on clothing and in public displays.

2. Disdain for the Recognition of #HumanRights
Because of fear of enemies and the need for security, the people in fascist regimes are persuaded that human rights can be ignored in certain cases because of “need.” The people tend to look the other way or even approve of torture, summary executions, assassinations, and long incarcerations of prisoners.

3. Identification of #Enemies/#Scapegoats as a Unifying Cause
The people are rallied into a unifying patriotic frenzy over the need to eliminate a perceived common threat or foe: #racial, #ethnic or #religious #minorities; #liberals; #communists; #socialists, #terrorists…

4. Supremacy of the #Military
Even when there are widespread #domestic problems, the military is given a disproportionate amount of government funding, and the domestic agenda is neglected. Soldiers and military service are glamorized.

5. Rampant #Sexism
The governments of fascist nations tend to be almost exclusively male-dominated. Under fascist regimes, traditional #gender roles are made more rigid. Opposition to abortion is high, as is #homophobia and anti-#gay legislation.

6. Controlled #MassMedia
Sometimes the media is directly controlled by the government, but in other cases, the media is indirectly controlled by government regulation or by sympathetic media spokespeople and executives. Government #censorship and #secrecy especially in war time, are very common.

7. Obsession with #NationalSecurity
Fear of hostile foreign powers is used as a motivational tool by the government over the masses.

8. #Religion and Government are Intertwined
Governments in fascist nations tend to use the most common religion in the nation as a tool to manipulate public opinion. Religious rhetoric and terminology is common from government leaders, even when the major tenets of the religion are diametrically opposed to the government’s policies or actions.

9. Protection of #Corporate Power
The #industrial and business #aristocracy of a fascist nation often are the ones who put the government leaders into power, creating a mutually beneficial business/government relationship and power elite.

10. Suppression of #Labor Power
Because the organizing power of labor is the only real threat to a fascist government, labor #unions are either eliminated entirely, or are severely suppressed.

11. Disdain for #Intellectuals and the #Arts
Fascist nations tend to promote and tolerate open hostility to #HigherEducation and academia. It is not uncommon for professors and other academics to be censored or even arrested. Free expression in the arts is openly attacked, and governments often refuse to fund the arts.

12. Obsession with #Crime and #Punishment
Under fascist regimes, the #police are given almost limitless power to enforce laws. The people are often willing to overlook police abuses and even forego civil liberties in the name of patriotism. There is often a national police force with virtually unlimited power in fascist nations.

13. Rampant #Cronyism and #Corruption
Fascist regimes almost always are governed by groups of friends and associates who appoint each other to government positions and use governmental power and authority to protect their friends from accountability. It is not uncommon in fascist regimes for national resources and even treasures to be appropriated or even outright stolen by government leaders.

14. #Fraudulent #Elections
Sometimes elections in fascist nations are a complete sham. Other times elections are manipulated by #SmearCampaigns against or even assassination of opposition candidates, use of legislation to control #voting numbers or political district boundaries, and manipulation of the media. Fascist nations also typically use their judiciaries to manipulate or control elections.

This post is a summary of Fascism, Anyone? by Lawrence W. Britt published in 2003 by Free Inquiry magazine."

https://voxpopulisphere.com/2017/08/23/lawrence-britt-14-characteristics-of-fascism/

just me or the #british way of doing away with #intellectuals.
wondering whether some #tyrant wonnabe takes notes

And they outnumber the thinkers… and they vote! 😵‍💫#philosophy #Descarte #thinking #critical #criticalthought #sociology #psychology #psychoanalysis #Freud #intellectuals #Monday #america #MAGA #qanon #trump #donaldtrump

I just read someone on #medium post about how #intellectuals are stupid and talk about irrelevant stuff that dont matter in our regular life.

Big thing to say right? I was interested to read their reasoning until the examples or irrelevancy they used were discourses on subjects like #FreeMarket and abolition of the #police , and grouped these subjects with ontology.

This is what they do guys, gaslight us on our intellectual agency on matters that are the most critical to our existence.

Opinion How to restore intellectual diversity on college campuses

The lack of right-of-center professors undermines higher education. It means that some conservative perspectives go unexplored and conservative arguments unexamined. It stifles debate, since even professors and students with reservations about campus orthodoxies will hesitate to voice them if they think they’re alone.

#balance #liberal #conservative #diversity #intellectuals #college

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/02/27/nurturing-conservative-ideas-on-campus/

> The #DunningKruger effect is a cognitive bias in which people wrongly overestimate their knowledge or ability in a specific area. This tends to occur because a lack of self-awareness prevents them from accurately assessing their own skills.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/dunning-kruger-effect

How does this effect overlap with #Bullshit, #PreProgaganda, #Intellectuals, #ManSplaining... ?
#DunningKrugerEffect #Psychology

The 14 Characteristics of #Fascism

by Lawrence Britt, Spring 2003

The 14 characteristics are:

1. Powerful and Continuing #Nationalism
Fascist regimes tend to make constant use of patriotic mottos, slogans, symbols, songs, and other paraphernalia. Flags are seen everywhere, as are flag symbols on clothing and in public displays.

2. Disdain for the Recognition of #HumanRights
Because of fear of enemies and the need for security, the people in fascist regimes are persuaded that human rights can be ignored in certain cases because of "need." The people tend to look the other way or even approve of torture, summary executions, assassinations, long incarcerations of prisoners, etc.

3. Identification of Enemies/Scapegoats as a Unifying Cause
The people are rallied into a unifying #patriotic frenzy over the need to eliminate a perceived common threat or foe: racial , ethnic or religious minorities; liberals; communists; socialists, terrorists, etc.

4. Supremacy of the #Military
Even when there are widespread domestic problems, the military is given a disproportionate amount of government funding, and the domestic agenda is neglected. Soldiers and military service are glamorized.

5. Rampant #Sexism
The governments of fascist nations tend to be almost exclusively male-dominated. Under fascist regimes, traditional #gender roles are made more rigid. Opposition to #abortion is high, as is #homophobia and anti-#gay legislation and national policy.

6. Controlled Mass Media
Sometimes to media is directly controlled by the government, but in other cases, the media is indirectly controlled by government regulation, or sympathetic media spokespeople and executives. #Censorship, especially in war time, is very common.

7. Obsession with National Security
Fear is used as a motivational tool by the government over the masses.

8. Religion and Government are Intertwined
Governments in fascist nations tend to use the most common religion in the nation as a tool to manipulate public opinion. Religious rhetoric and terminology is common from government leaders, even when the major tenets of the religion are diametrically opposed to the government's policies or actions.

9. #Corporate Power is Protected
The industrial and business aristocracy of a fascist nation often are the ones who put the government leaders into power, creating a mutually beneficial business/government relationship and power elite.

10. #Labor Power is Suppressed
Because the organizing power of labor is the only real threat to a fascist government, labor unions are either eliminated entirely, or are severely suppressed .

11. Disdain for #Intellectuals and the #Arts
Fascist nations tend to promote and tolerate open hostility to higher education, and academia. It is not uncommon for professors and other academics to be censored or even arrested. Free expression in the arts is openly attacked, and governments often refuse to fund the arts.

12. Obsession with Crime and Punishment
Under fascist regimes, the police are given almost limitless power to enforce laws. The people are often willing to overlook police abuses and even forego civil liberties in the name of patriotism. There is often a national police force with virtually unlimited power in fascist nations.

13. Rampant Cronyism and #Corruption
Fascist regimes almost always are governed by groups of friends and associates who appoint each other to government positions and use governmental power and authority to protect their friends from accountability. It is not uncommon in fascist regimes for national resources and even treasures to be appropriated or even outright stolen by government leaders.

14. #Fraudulent Elections
Sometimes elections in fascist nations are a complete sham. Other times elections are manipulated by smear campaigns against or even assassination of opposition candidates, use of legislation to control voting numbers or political district boundaries, and manipulation of the media. Fascist nations also typically use their judiciaries to manipulate or control elections.

Monday's book of the day is:
#PrisonAboliition #intellectuals #radicalintellectuals #DylanRodriguez

It is clear that #twitter is now 4chan since @elonmusk
took over.

#Scientists & scientifically minded people will not stay on this platform, nor should they.

If only media people could kick their addiction too, Twitter would be dead already, instead of dragging it out for #clicks

The #miscalculation from rightwing culture warriors is always that they think they can coerce #intellectuals and #scientists into submission by owning their forums.

@sscribner @MicrobialLife As my user name says, I am still kinda hoping, including that #AI + #SocialMedia != #disaster. So I do admire your hopefulness and #goodintentions. 🛠️✅ Your comment mentions peer reviewers. It is interesting to imagine that it will be #intellectuals or peer reviewers that determine the outcome of our #civilization. 👩‍🎤vs💰vs🤠vs🥸 🤣

RT @TheFactFindr@twitter.com

#JustSaying Most of Indias top 0.5% identify themselves as #NewIndia #Intellectuals.

IRONICALLY many send their kids to IB Schools or plan to send their kids abroad.
After spending $150k on Education, NO ONE is returning.

#IRONICAL like Indias $100bn Trade deficit with #CHINA

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/TheFactFindr/status/1614596610025226241

Tomorrow 10AM (Eastern US) I'll be talking about my book, #Hungarian #Catholic #Intellectuals in Contemporary #Romania: Reforming Apostles (www.marcloustau.org/book) with James Kapalo, Anca Șincan, and Csongor Jánosi. Sponsored by the Society for #Romanian Studies and the SRS #ReligiousStudies Working Group. Contact me for login information. #hungary #catholicism #minorities #anthropology

I'll be presenting about my book #Hungarian #Catholic #Intellectuals in Contemporary #Romania: Reforming Apostles with the Society for Romanian Studies Working Group on Religion with @AncaSincan and Csongor Jánosi. Thanks to @JamesKapalo!

Date and time: Tuesday, November 22, 2022, 9-11AM Eastern US Time. Stay tuned for registration and login information!

I'll be presenting about my book #Hungarian #Catholic #Intellectuals in Contemporary #Romania: Reforming Apostles with the Society for Romanian Studies Working Group on Religion with
@AncaSincan
and Csongor Jánosi. Thanks to
@JamesKapalo! @PalgraveSoc

@researchbuzz I’m looking forward to reading it all!
It’s humbling to be among so many #intellectuals and #techies in a space where they thrive

Magnificent article from @MuriamDavis
on #Fanon, #Algeria, & the #US tendency to abstract his thought from its context. I wonder whether, apart from the habit even many critical & radical US #intellectuals have of assuming the US is the centre of the earth & US concepts universal ones, language is not an issue? That you can establish yourself as an expert on Fanon without even learning French, let alone Arabic?

https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-us-academy-and-the-provincialization-of-fanon/

"the concept of "#Russia first", which not only provided Russia priority among the post-Soviet states, but for a long time did not identify 🇺🇦 as a separate entity... opinion of the artificiality of sovereigns of 🇺🇦 & #Belarus, about their "dedication" to 🇷🇺 is very deep..." 6/

"...in the widest circles of Russian #intellectuals. They did not realize that artificial was not the sovereignty of these peoples, as their own ideas about tnature of this sovereignty..." 7/