WIST Quotations · @WISTquote
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A quotation from Barbusse, Henri:

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That society is badly arranged which forces nearly all women to be servants.
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wist.info/barbusse-henri/62697

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beSpacific · @bespacific
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- We are in & if we refuse to accept this we risk making a bad situation much worse. The massive new infrastructure projects of the so-called transition will be underwater, burnt or lack resources or labour to even complete. Instead, if we accept the reality of , we have chance to make amends, save as much of the natural world as possible while we still have relatively intact society w to get things done. medium.com/@renaeech/respondin

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NanoBookReview · @NanoBookReview
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Three main factors prevent people from realizing that the [social] order organizing their lives exists only in their imagination: A) The imagined order is embedded in the material world [...] B) The imagined order shapes our desires [...] C) The imagined order is inter-subjective.

–Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari

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Upstart Crow · @UpstartCrow
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Women's Rights

best known for A Vindication of the (1792), in which she argues that women are not naturally inferior to men, but appear to be only because they lack . She suggests that both men and women should be treated as and imagines a founded on en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Wol

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NeAlTen · @NeAlTen
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bikejourno · @bikejourno
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Turns out a power-hungry elite around prime minister have sold the to just to secure their power.
One of the provisions of the highly controversial deal is that the government can call in riot police and even military from China to maintain .

and with Chinese characteristics going on a Pacific Tour. Speaking of selling out, shame on the government of Solomon Islands. theguardian.com/world/2022/jun

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