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WIST Quotations<p><a href="https://wist.info/keynes-john-maynard/36596/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">A quotation from <b>John Maynard Keynes</b></a></p><blockquote>[Capitalism is] the astonishing belief that the nastiest motives of the nastiest men somehow or other work for the best results in the best of all possible worlds.</blockquote><p><b>John Maynard Keynes</b> (1883-1946) English economist<br>(Attributed)</p> <p>Vague sourcing, extensive notes: <a href="https://wist.info/keynes-john-maynard/36596/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">wist.info/keynes-john-maynard/…</a></p><p><a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quote</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quotes</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quotation</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=qotd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>qotd</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=keynes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>keynes</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=avarice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>avarice</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=benefits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>benefits</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>capitalism</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=commongood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>commongood</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=commonwealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>commonwealth</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=endsandmeans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>endsandmeans</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=evil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>evil</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=greed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>greed</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=idealism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>idealism</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=meme" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>meme</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=motivation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>motivation</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=nastiness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nastiness</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=optimum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>optimum</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=results" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>results</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=selfinterest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>selfinterest</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=wealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wealth</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=wickedness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wickedness</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GiftArticle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GiftArticle</span></a></p><p>Ignore the original <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>propaganda</span></a>, ignore the current <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/spin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>spin</span></a>; this is about one thing:</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GREED" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GREED</span></a></p><p>The Narrowing of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MarkZuckerberg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MarkZuckerberg</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PriscillaChan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PriscillaChan</span></a>’s *Philanthropy*</p><p>The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> titan &amp; his wife once had sprawling ambitions for their <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ChanZuckerbergInitiative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChanZuckerbergInitiative</span></a>. Now their efforts in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a>, *<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a>* &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/housing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>housing</span></a> have been cut back to focus on *<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a>*.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/money" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>money</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/power" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>power</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/hypocrisy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hypocrisy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SelfInterest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SelfInterest</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/28/technology/mark-zuckerberg-priscilla-chan-czi.html?unlocked_article_code=1.SU8._Fj6.W4WgNJXXFxF7&amp;smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/06/28/technol</span><span class="invisible">ogy/mark-zuckerberg-priscilla-chan-czi.html?unlocked_article_code=1.SU8._Fj6.W4WgNJXXFxF7&amp;smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>“Our great Farmers &amp; people in the Hotel &amp; Leisure business [his capitalizations] have been stating that our very aggressive policy on immigration is taking very good, long time workers away from them, with those jobs being almost impossible to replace,” <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> posted social media. [it is happening in every industry not just the ones that outfit his hotels &amp; golf clubs, but again, he’s only ever motivated by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SelfInterest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SelfInterest</span></a>.]</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/workplace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>workplace</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/raids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>raids</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HSI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HSI</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/gestapo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gestapo</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> Shifts <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Deportation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Deportation</span></a> Focus, Pausing Most Raids on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Farms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Farms</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Hotels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hotels</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Restaurants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Restaurants</span></a></p><p>The abrupt pivot on an issue at the heart of Trump’s presidency suggested his broad <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> crackdown was hurting industries &amp; constituencies he does not want to lose. [proving his agenda is, as always, driven by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SelfInterest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SelfInterest</span></a> not <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurity</span></a>, &amp; certainly not <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicService" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicService</span></a>]</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/us/politics/trump-ice-raids-farms-hotels.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/06/13/us/poli</span><span class="invisible">tics/trump-ice-raids-farms-hotels.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare</span></a></p>
Finsurlog<p>Self-interest is all about doing things that benefit you personally.<br /><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/finsurlog" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>finsurlog</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/finance" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>finance</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SelfInterest" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SelfInterest</span></a><br />Read more at: <a href="https://finsurlog.com/what-is-self-interest/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">finsurlog.com/what-is-self-int</span><span class="invisible">erest/</span></a></p>
New Direction<p>Self-Awareness and Self-Interest<br>Lack of self-awareness makes it easy to act against yourself but difficult to act in your best interest.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mindfulness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mindfulness</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>philosophy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/selfawareness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>selfawareness</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/selfinterest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>selfinterest</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Prospects of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Saudi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Saudi</span></a> ties to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a> elusive as <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> seeks $1 trillion bonanza</p><p>When Trump lands in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Riyadh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Riyadh</span></a> on Tues, he will be greeted w/opulent ceremonies, gilded palaces &amp; the prospect of $1 trillion in investments. But, the raging <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/war" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>war</span></a> in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gaza</span></a> has denied him one goal he has long craved: Saudi-Israel normalization.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>geopolitics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/greed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>greed</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SelfInterest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SelfInterest</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SelfEnrichment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SelfEnrichment</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EmolumentsClause" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EmolumentsClause</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Kleptocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Kleptocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Plutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Plutocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MafiaState</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AmericanAutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanAutocracy</span></a><br><a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/prospects-saudi-ties-israel-elusive-trump-seeks-1-trillion-bonanza-2025-05-11/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reuters.com/world/prospects-sa</span><span class="invisible">udi-ties-israel-elusive-trump-seeks-1-trillion-bonanza-2025-05-11/</span></a></p>
Trump Watch 👀<p>“Trump’s tariff about-face wasn’t about America—it was about his own pocket. When bondholders got jittery, so did he. Millions on the line, and his policies shifted. How many times did personal greed shape our nation’s future? <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23TrumpWatch" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TrumpWatch</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23SelfInterest" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SelfInterest</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Resist" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Resist</a>” <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/18/us/politics/trump-bonds-tariffs.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">www.nytimes.com/2025/04/18/u...</a><br><br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/18/us/politics/trump-bonds-tariffs.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Trump Shifted on Tariffs After...</a></p>
Ehay2k<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@knittingknots2" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>knittingknots2</span></a></span> </p><p>JFC, how can <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://threads.net/@axios/" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>axios</span></a></span> get this so wrong? <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> doesn't care about the bond market's impact on the global economy. He cares what higher interest rates, caused by falling bond prices, will do to HIS real estate empire. </p><p>Remember, the primary (and sometimes only) interest a narcissistic sociopath has is <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/selfinterest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>selfinterest</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bondmarket" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bondmarket</span></a></p>
WIST Quotations<p><a href="https://wist.info/lincoln-abraham/36613/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">A quotation from <b>Abraham Lincoln</b></a></p><blockquote>This <i>declared</i> indifference, but as I must think, covert <i>real</i> zeal for the spread of slavery, I cannot but hate. I hate it because of the monstrous injustice of slavery itself. I hate it because it deprives our Republican example of its just influence in the world — enables the enemies of free institutions, with plausibility, to taunt us as hypocrites — causes the real friends of freedom to doubt our sincerity, and especially because it forces so many really good men amongst ourselves into an open war with the very fundamental principles of civil liberty — criticizing the Declaration of Independence, and insisting that there is no right principle of action but <i>self-interest</i>.</blockquote><p><b>Abraham Lincoln</b> (1809-1865) American lawyer, politician, US President (1861-65)<br>Speech (1854-10-16), “In Reply to Senator Douglas,” Peoria, Illinois</p> <p>Sourcing, notes: <a href="https://wist.info/lincoln-abraham/36613/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">wist.info/lincoln-abraham/3661…</a></p><p><a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quote</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quotes</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quotation</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=qotd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>qotd</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=lincoln" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lincoln</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=abrahamlincoln" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>abrahamlincoln</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=abelincoln" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>abelincoln</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=abolition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>abolition</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=civilliberties" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>civilliberties</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=createdequal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>createdequal</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=DeclarationOfIndependence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DeclarationOfIndependence</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=equality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>equality</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=example" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>example</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=freedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>freedom</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=hypocrisy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hypocrisy</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=principles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>principles</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=selfinterest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>selfinterest</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=slavery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>slavery</span></a></p>
WIST Quotations<p><a href="https://wist.info/roosevelt-theodore/18807/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">A quotation from <b>Teddy Roosevelt</b></a></p><blockquote>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All men in whose character there is not an element of hardened baseness must admit the need in our public life of those qualities which we somewhat vaguely group together when we speak of “reform,” and all men of sound mind must also admit the need of efficiency.<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;There are, of course, men of such low moral type, or of such ingrained cynicism, that they do not believe in the possibility of making anything better, or do not care to see things better. There are also men who are slightly disordered mentally, or who are cursed with a moral twist which makes them champion reforms less from a desire to do good to others than as a kind of tribute to their own righteousness, for the sake of emphasizing their own superiority. From neither of these classes can we get any real help in the unending struggle for righteousness.<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;There remains the great body of the people, including the entire body of those through whom the salvation of the people must ultimately be worked out. All these men combine or seek to combine in varying degrees the quality of striving after the ideal, that is, the quality which makes men reformers, and the quality of so striving through practical methods — the quality which makes men efficient. Both qualities are absolutely essential. The absence of either makes the presence of the other worthless or worse.</blockquote><p><b>Theodore Roosevelt</b> (1858-1919) American politician, statesman, conservationist, writer, US President (1901-1909)<br>Essay (1900-06), “Latitude and Longitude Among Reformers,” <i>The Century Magazine</i>, Vol. 60, No. 2</p> <p>Sourcing, notes: <a href="https://wist.info/roosevelt-theodore/18807/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">wist.info/roosevelt-theodore/1…</a></p><p><a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quote</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quotes</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quotation</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=qotd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>qotd</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=teddyroosevelt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>teddyroosevelt</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=cynicism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cynicism</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=effectiveness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>effectiveness</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=efficiency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>efficiency</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=idealism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>idealism</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=practicality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>practicality</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=pragmatism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pragmatism</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=progress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>progress</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=reform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reform</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=righteousness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>righteousness</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=selfinterest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>selfinterest</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=selfrighteousness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>selfrighteousness</span></a></p>
earthling<p>Morality and Self-Interest Edited by Paul Bloomfield, 2007</p><p>Ever since "Know Thyself" was inscribed at Delphi, Western philosophers have struggled to understand the relations between morality and self-interest. This edited volume of essays pushes forward one of the oldest and most important debates in philosophy. Is morality a check on self-interest or is it in one's self interest to be moral?</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nonfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nonfiction</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>philosophy</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/essays" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>essays</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/morality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>morality</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SelfInterest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SelfInterest</span></a></p>
Paul Schoe<p>In this period, where you see or hear about people around you experiencing sometimes devasting results of new policies, the message of this short video becomes a message for all of us.</p><p>Unprovoked, a teacher sends out a student from his classroom, and her fellow students wonder, is this just?</p><p>They are then asked, 'Why didn't any of you try to stop me?'</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyEMbIRYVGA" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=GyEMbIRYVG</span><span class="invisible">A</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Cruelty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cruelty</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Justice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Justice</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/SelfInterest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SelfInterest</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Resist</span></a></p>
WIST Quotations<p><a href="https://wist.info/johnson-samuel/2148/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">A quotation from <b>Samuel Johnson</b></a></p><blockquote>Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.</blockquote><p><b>Samuel Johnson</b> (1709-1784) English writer, lexicographer, critic<br>Comment (1775-04-07)</p> <p>Sourcing, notes: <a href="https://wist.info/johnson-samuel/2148/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">wist.info/johnson-samuel/2148/</a></p><p><a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quote</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quotes</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quotation</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=excuse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>excuse</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=flagwaving" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>flagwaving</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=knave" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>knave</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=meme" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>meme</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=patriotism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>patriotism</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=ruse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ruse</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=scoundrel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scoundrel</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=selfinterest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>selfinterest</span></a></p>
WIST Quotations has moved!<p>A quotation from Franklin, Benjamin:</p><p>«<br>Don’t misinform your Doctor nor your Lawyer.<br>»</p><p>Full quote, sourcing, notes: <br><a href="https://wist.info/franklin-benjamin/73839/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">wist.info/franklin-benjamin/73</span><span class="invisible">839/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quote</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quotes</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/quotation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quotation</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/attorney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>attorney</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/candor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>candor</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/doctor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>doctor</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/honesty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>honesty</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/lawyer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lawyer</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/legalsystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>legalsystem</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/lies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lies</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/medicalcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>medicalcare</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/selfinterest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>selfinterest</span></a></p>
Barbara Tate<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@danielstucke" class="u-url mention">@<span>danielstucke</span></a></span> Oh no, hope you get back to form soon!<br />I was really enjoying the photos! <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/selfinterest" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>selfinterest</span></a></p>
Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️<p>placeholder<br>Political defectors: [name here]</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ElectoralFraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElectoralFraud</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/deception" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>deception</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/disinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>disinformation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SelfInterest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SelfInterest</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/opportunists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>opportunists</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PoliticalCorruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PoliticalCorruption</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PartyDefections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PartyDefections</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PartySwitching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PartySwitching</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BaitAndSwitch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BaitAndSwitch</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RepublicanParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RepublicanParty</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump2</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a></p>
Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️<p>placeholder<br>Political defectors: [name here]</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ElectoralFraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElectoralFraud</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/deception" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>deception</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/disinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>disinformation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SelfInterest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SelfInterest</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/opportunists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>opportunists</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PoliticalCorruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PoliticalCorruption</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PartyDefections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PartyDefections</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PartySwitching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PartySwitching</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BaitAndSwitch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BaitAndSwitch</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RepublicanParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RepublicanParty</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump2</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a></p>
Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️<p>placeholder<br>Political defectors: [name here]</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ElectoralFraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElectoralFraud</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/deception" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>deception</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/disinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>disinformation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SelfInterest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SelfInterest</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/opportunists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>opportunists</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PoliticalCorruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PoliticalCorruption</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PartyDefections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PartyDefections</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PartySwitching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PartySwitching</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BaitAndSwitch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BaitAndSwitch</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RepublicanParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RepublicanParty</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump2</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a></p>
Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️<p>[electoral fraud] Bait and switch: Newly elected Democratic defections to U.S. Republican Party</p><p>Comment: sad that this needs to be threaded ... 😡</p><p>Party switching: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Party_switching" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Party_sw</span><span class="invisible">itching</span></a><br>* change in political party affiliation of partisan public figure<br>* usually one currently holding elected office</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ElectoralFraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElectoralFraud</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/deception" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>deception</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/disinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>disinformation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SelfInterest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SelfInterest</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PoliticalCorruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PoliticalCorruption</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PartyDefections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PartyDefections</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PartySwitching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PartySwitching</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/opportunists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>opportunists</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RepublicanParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RepublicanParty</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump2</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a></p>