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#Myths & #Misconceptions About Native Americans: Ep 3 of #CrashCourse #NativeAmerican #History

From sports mascots to “the First #Thanksgiving,” bland representations of Native Americans are everywhere. In this episode of Crash Course Native American History, we’ll tackle common myths and misconceptions about Native people and uncover the truth behind tribal casinos, government handouts, and more.

youtube.com/watch?v=InZacsO8ic

YouTubeMyths & Misconceptions About Native Americans: Ep 3 of Crash Course Native American HistoryBy CrashCourse
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WhatsInAName

collapse2050.com/earth-is-gett

Earth Is Getting Darker

Here's the latest "must read" by James Hansen.
Key takeaways:

Earth's albedo (reflectivity) has declined over the past 25 years, according to precise satellite data.
This decline is primarily attributed to reduced reflection of sunlight by clouds.
While reduced human-made aerosols contribute to some cloud change, most of it is due to cloud feedback related to global warming.
The observed albedo change indicates that clouds provide a large, amplifying climate feedback.
This large cloud feedback supports the conclusion of high climate sensitivity.

Hansen's full article can be downloaded on collapse2050 post page

Collapse 2050 · "Earth is getting darker"Latest insights by James Hansen
#Climate#ClimateChange#ClimateChaos
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WhatsInAName

Oppression and fear of freedom

In our insane civilisation the use of shenanigans and scams, double standards, opportunism and other forms of trickery and deceit quickly change from being suspect to being valued in order to survive. We even go as far as to adjust our ethics and personality according to the situation. With all such practices, we lose our true colours. Who is still publicly sincere and authentic?

On a personal level, we see many people adopt the same morals and manners as those who actually exploit and oppress them, even if they initially resisted the situation. This is extremely advantageous for the arrogant bosses at the top of the pyramid. They can’t manage without a compliant middle management that directs the lower-ranking workers for them. Eventually, the workers themselves are also indoctrinated and assimilated into that culture to such an extent that they adopt the same mentality and behaviour. It’s the well known combination of sucking up to the boss, while simultaneously treating your subordinates with disdain (or ‘brown-nosing’ and ‘shit flows downhill’, as the Americans say). On a higher, meta-level as the priests of technology determine our lives and take away our freedoms, we simultaneously become dependent and afraid of freedom, autonomy and responsibility.

Thus freedom is not offered as a gift. It must be constantly pursued and reclaimed. But for that, we must first learn to see and learn to realise that the oppressors cannot exist without the consent of the oppressed [40]. The fear of freedom itself will have to be conquered. To break free from the arrogance that is destroying this world, it is imperative that we pursue that freedom. Humility and respect should be the basis of our relationship with each other and with the living world, where mankind doesn’t oppress the natural world.

A very important book to read in this current context is this:

Paulo Freire. Pedagogy of the Oppressed. 1967.

Download it at: archive.org/details/FreirePeda

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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedagogy

Pedagogy of the Oppressed (Portuguese: Pedagogia do Oprimido) is a book by Brazilian educator Paulo Freire, written in Portuguese between 1967 and 1968, but published first in Spanish in 1968. An English translation was published in 1970, with the Portuguese original being published in 1972 in Portugal, and then again in Brazil in 1974. The book is considered one of the foundational texts of critical pedagogy, and proposes a pedagogy with a new relationship between teacher, student, and society.

Dedicated to the oppressed and based on his own experience helping Brazilian adults to read and write, Freire includes a detailed Marxist class analysis in his exploration of the relationship between the colonizer and the colonized. In the book, Freire calls traditional pedagogy the "banking model of education" because it treats the student as an empty vessel to be filled with knowledge, like a piggy bank. He argues that pedagogy should instead treat the learner as a co-creator of knowledge.[1]

As of 2000, the book had sold over 750,000 copies worldwide.[1]: 9  It is the third most cited book in social science.[2]

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(The section above was taken from:
CRASH COURSE - On Your Future in the Anthropocene by Otis Scops)

Internet ArchiveFreire Pedagogy Of The Oppresed : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet ArchivePaulo Freire's theories on education
#oppression#resistance#protest
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joene 🏴🍉

CrashCourse: *A World Without Governments? #Anarchism Explained*

youtube.com/watch?v=P-Ibq-9wul

I must admit (as an anarchist) that this is pretty good. Remember that #CrashCourse is part of #PBS, the US public broadcaster. Therefore I'm worried about their future under the Trump-regime.

But yes I have some criticism and that's about their attempt to have some criticism. At the end they give some bad examples of anarchism, as part of the criticism that because of a lack of central control, everyone against the government can call themselves anarchist. Yes of course everyone can, but that doesn't mean that they are.

Let me explain. Anarchism is not only about anti-government or anti-state. Anarchism is about no authority, therefore no hierarchies and against authoritarianism. As a result anarchists are against every form of #oppression, including economic oppression like #capitalism, gender oppression like #sexism and the #patriarchy, #racism, #fascism, #LGBTIQIA-hate, oppression against #nature and #animals (#ecocide), and yes also against nation #states (and their oppressing tools like the #police, the #military and #nationalism) and of course their governments.

Some call this #intersectional, some call it total liberation/struggle. Our tools are mutual aid, direct action and #prefiguration.

YouTubeA World Without Governments? Anarchism ExplainedBy CrashCourse
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WhatsInAName

Why Cheap Renewables Won't Save Us?

An interesting look at the reasons. Here it is shown, once again I should say, that capitalism doesn't work when it comes to long-term thinking. Capitalism is about short term profit above all.

So, would the world be saved when be could kill the capitalist system?
Well, we would be much better off I'm sure, but unfortunately when it comes to saving the planet, or our civilisation for that matter, I don't think so.

When it comes to the energy transition, there are two main factors that are not mentioned in this explanatory video.

1. Renewables produce electricity. Wind, solar and hydro power all result in electricity production. Unfortunately electricity only accounts for some 20% of our energy usage. The rest is supplied mostly by fossil fuels.

2. More importantly, we are in a severe state of overshoot. We have been using more than our share of minerals, oil and whatever. There are just not enough critical minerals available for the type of energy transition that would be necessary for 8 billion people on the planet.
- And besides energy we also need food and wild nature -

youtube.com/watch?v=mkIMf_hVOf

YouTubeWhy Cheap Renewables Won't Save UsBy Our Changing Climate
#energy#Renewables#PV
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DeepSec Conference ☑

DeepSec 2024 Training: SAP Cyber Security 101 – Andreas Wiegenstein

In many companies, we find that CISOs and security officers do not have any (in-depth) knowledge of SAP. Therefore the topic of SAP security often gets underestimated. Anyone interested in gaining insight into the important basics of SAP technologies can

blog.deepsec.net/deepsec-2024-

DeepSec In-Depth Security Conference · DeepSec 2024 Training: SAP Cyber Security 101 - Andreas WiegensteinThe DeepSec conference gives you a boost with your SAP security skills by conducting a mini-training about all your CISO needs to know.
#Conference#Training#CrashCourse
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