tripu @tripu@social.cleverlibre.org

“It’s time for more of us to stand up and say: yes, I am a center-left extremist. Yes, I’m an #Enlightenment fanatic, a radical for liberal moderation and reason. If #liberalism is the vanilla of worldviews, then I aspire to be the most intense vanilla anyone has ever tasted. I’m not a closeted fascist. I’m not a watered-down leftist. I’m something else. I consider myself ferociously anti-racist and anti-sexist and anti-homophobic and pro-downtrodden, but I don’t cede to any ideological faction the right to dictate what those terms mean. The world is too complicated, too full of ironies and surprises, for me to outsource my conscience in that way.”
https://www.scottaaronson.com/blog/?p=4892

«La #igualdad no es una bandera #socialista, sino #liberal, porque fueron los liberales quienes insistieron en la igualdad compatible con la libertad y la justicia; a saber, la igualdad *ante* la ley.
Los socialistas de todos los partidos usurparon dicha bandera y la desfiguraron, convirtiéndola en la igualdad *mediante* la ley, lo que necesariamente viola la libertad y la justicia.
Por eso jalean la “justicia social”, que es, como la “justicia fiscal”, una injusticia política.»

— #CarlosRodríguezBraun
https://www.carlosrodriguezbraun.com/articulos/expansion/contra-la-desigualdad/

One doesn't need to be a radical anarchist (I am not) to acknowledge these concerns:

“From the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, there have been calls […] for […] governments to combat the spread of the virus. These calls may seem quite innocuous and unsurprising, but they represent a dangerous trend. […] Specifically, these calls for #government action highlight a concerning belief […] that, when faced with an economic, social, or political problem, we should first look to the government to ‘do something’ and that the government’s response will be in our best interest. These calls for action demonstrate not only […] acceptance of #paternalistic government practices, but our demand for more.”

https://www.econlib.org/library/Columns/y2020/Johnsonpaternalism.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQAmZ_kR8S8
#Japan #Tokyo #History

https://gist.github.com/tripu/9ce82a091aea410217ecb30052b5502f
#unix #linux #shell #script #bookmark #firefox

“What ‘anti-racist’ really means”, via #JamesLindsay https://mobile.twitter.com/ConceptualJames/status/1271512599922913285
https://newdiscourses.com/tftw-antiracism/
https://newdiscourses.com/tftw-racism-systemic/
#racism #socialjustice #culturewars

❤️ 🎵
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lglNftf4qJbZB3obucQxD7OSP_yL2hCww

“Questions have resurfaced about problematic #language in #opensource communities and code, and specifically the use of terminology like ‘master’ and ‘slave’. […] The #Ansible community, for example, has started work to rename its ‘master’ branch to ‘main’ branch and phase out use of ‘whitelist’ and ‘blacklist’ in favor of ‘allowlist’ and ‘denylist’. […] If any person or groups of people feel unwelcome because of the language being used in a community, code or documentation, then the words should change.”
https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/making-open-source-more-inclusive-eradicating-problematic-language

🔋 🎵
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnsCGFL63Kw

The #WAWeffect and the #misandry in our sense-making institutions and in our collective psique are so pervasive that most people are blind to the absurdity and the blatant injustice of memes like this — and when exposed will make up all kinds of rationalisations to downplay its importance.
https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2020/06/lead-headline-and-sub-header-for-the-new-york-times.html

#culturewars #pc #sexism
https://mastodon.technology/@tripu/103319815599055431