#Society

The Electric Agora

ElectricAgora

1/7Identificationism presents itself under a progressive banner, but is essentially a form of hyper-individualism and is thus an extreme variety of liberal, rather than progressive politics. 2/7If one follows the

Brigadier General William Rufus Turnipseed, Jr.

SeanRMoorhead

Clearly woke means different things to different people, from "Pinkwashing Raytheon" to "Not hating gay people." But insofar as there is a set of values most people would identify with

Rukhsana Sukhan

RukhsanaSukhan

Le Sigh. Just ... Le Sigh. Can someone please save HP from herself. OMG this is a terrible terrible terrible piece. And also hilarious.a thread ...https://thecritic.co.uk/the-enduring-legacy-of-michel-foucault/ "Postcolonial theory, q

Paul Crider 🌐

paulcrider

There is a real issue here. There *is* always some "comprehensive worldview" or "thick" values deployed in defining the boundaries of pluralism. But that doesn't mean liberal pluralism is incoherent.

Coalition Tea Lady

ItsBouquet

"The European history of the twentieth century shows us that societies can break, democracies can fall, ethics can collapse ... it would serve us well to understand why."Timothy Snyder -

neel_shah

neel_shah

1/ In recent years I've been honored to give opening keynotes at @acog @RCObsGyn @ACNMmidwives @DONAIntl @AWHONN...each about the shared work to create a world in which every person can

The End Times

TheAgeofShoddy

One of the most consistent features of twitter, and the world generally now, is how much of the worst behavior comes from people acting under their own names, precisely because

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thuletide

Klaus Schwab of the World Economic Forum (part of the United Nations network) says the Fourth Industrial Revolution (part of the Great Reset agenda) will "lead to a fusion of

Alexander Hellene ☦️🇬🇷

AHelleneAuthor

If you’re gonna quote George Carlin to own the libs, at least have the common sense to realize he’d be a RAGING SJW if he were still alive today. The

Earyn McGee, Lizard lassoer, MSc🦎

Afro_Herper

I’m no longer answering the question “Why should there be diversity (specifically Black ppl) in STEM?” or any of its variants cause no one ever asks “why should white people

Thibaut

Kpaxs

Random provocative thoughts, a THREAD: The educational system is a system which reduces the student to a commodity, to be delivered to the hands of the corporation. In capitalist societies,

władysław willow

_diuturnum

We're always one EPA regulation (and a couple more decades of progress) away from unlocking a path to middle class prosperity for the low-income families. The problem is an anthropological

Abdulkadir Nasidi

Babanasidi01

Funny but a Stark Reality:Give N50,000 to a secondary school dropout and watch him buy a stove, a frying pan, cooking oil and other things to start Indomie business. In

Helen Pluckrose

HPluckrose

Why is this point hard to grasp? It worries me that this isn't clear to many people. It's a thorny problem where we have to balance the right of companies

Nandor Tanczos

NandorTanczos

In his book 'The Way’ Goldsmith describes the characteristics of natural ecosystems, which he says are highly purposive. Healthy natural systems are, he says, homeotelic, a word he created to

§AlexisOhanian 7️⃣7️⃣6️⃣

alexisohanian

#PaidFamilyLeave for all Americans! https://twitter.com/emilyrpeck/status/1346162346008465410 Welcome to the team @MeghanMcCain let's get a #PaidFamilyLeave law passed in 2021! And I'll convince you it's just as important men ha

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