Politics

We just know that something feels wrong, but we don’t quite have new ideas about what to do about it. At best, we’re recycling old ones and say we’ll do them proper this time.

„Ein starker Staat begegnet Bürgerinnen und Bürgern und Unternehmen mit einem Vertrauensvorschuss“, heißt es da, und: „Reformen werden transparent erklärt und tragen dem Gerechtigkeitsempfinden der Bürgerinnen und Bürger Rechnung.“

Steinbrück, Voßkuhle, de Maizière: Was ein „handlungsfähiger Staat“ nun braucht

people have a general tendency to stick with their current situation.

Richard H. Thaler • Nudge: The Final Edition

“You are not entitled to your opinion. You are entitled to your informed opinion. No one is entitled to be ignorant.” ― Harlan Ellison

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As long as the general population is passive, apathetic, diverted to consumerism or hatred of the vulnerable, then the powerful can do as they please, and those who survive will be left to contemplate the outcome. [[Noam Chomsky]]

varia • Varia

I like to think of gardening metaphors, like growing trust. You have to water it—not too much, not too little. And things will always grow in different directions and with different outcomes than you’re expecting, but that’s okay.

Willa Köerner • On growing a cooperative like you’d grow a garden

People aren’t really looking to be economically stable before they start families; they’re looking to be existentially stable. They will opt-out of important life decisions altogether because they are waiting for the day when they will feel like more of a confident person with a firmer sense of self before making a commitment—not knowing that it’s

And you can also commit injustice by doing nothing. —Meditations 9.5