People have moved beyond apathy, beyond skepticism into deep cynicism. ~ #ElliotRichardson #quotes #apathy #skepticism #cynicism #politics (I posted this quote on Facebook in November 2014!)

Enslaving people is easier than freeing them.

Why?

Because freeing people requires them to do some of the work. Enslaving them requires them to do nothing.

People love doing nothing.

#convenience #apathy #ConvenienceVSControl #GetUncomfortable #VoteEveryDay #MentalSlavery #Capitalism

Many people are uncomfortable hearing that Capitalism is responsible for 10 million excess deaths worldwide every year. They'd rather deny it than do something about it.

https://philosophics.blog/2024/10/13/excess-deaths-attributable-to-capitalism/?utm_source=masto&utm_medium=social

#humanity #earth #capitalism #consumerism #death #stats #statistics #metrics #living #life #quality #business #corporations #markets #economics #philosophy #psychology #being #change #workers #sexworker #apathy #boredom #ennui #rto #wfh

A quotation from Montesquieu

A kingdom is not brought nearer to ruin by the tyranny of the sovereign than is a republic by indifference to the common welfare.
 
[La tyrannie d’un prince ne met pas un État plus près de sa ruine que l’indifférence pour le bien commun n’y met une république.]

Charles-Lewis de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu (1689-1755) French political philosopher
Considerations on the Causes of the Greatness of the Romans and their Decline [Considérations sur les causes de la grandeur des Romains et de leur décadence], ch. 4 (1734, 1748 ed.) [tr. Baker (1882)]

More info about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/montesquieu/2897/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #montesquieu #apathy #commongood #commonwealth #democracy #destruction #generalwelfare #indifference #republic #ruin

"Harold Wilson is going around the country stirring up apathy." - William Whitelaw, October 1974. The Spoil Your Vote/Stay at Home crowd are our 2025 model Harold Wilsons. #apathy with an agenda.

If all the secrets of adulthood, including sex, illness and death, are opened to children; cynicism, apathy or arrogance replace curiosity for them, short-circuiting education and moral development.
-- Neil Postman (The Disappearance of Childhood)

⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #NeilPostman #Apathy #Arrogance #Cynicism #Education #Television

⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Panopainting #Kayaks #Everglades #Florida

Do you want a dictatorship? Because that's how you get a dictatorship. #apathy

By #KarenAttiah via #Substack - Sept 15, 2025
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Last week, the #WashingtonPost fired me.

The reason? Speaking out against #PoliticalViolence, racial double standards, and America’s #apathy toward #guns.

#Race #MelissaHortman #CharlieKirk

https://karenattiah.substack.com/p/the-washington-post-fired-me-but?r=2bz6j

#VirtualPhotography #Ignorance #Apathy https://www.deviantart.com/alexandriabrangwin/art/It-s-Academic-1240003847

“Not caring doesn’t mean #apathy. It means deciding whose approval matters and whose doesn’t.”

The “serenity” prayer, #Buddhism, and #Stoicism have some overlap.

https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2025/09/power-of-not-caring/684096/?gift=-Fv9R4P6cEEN68vsamhTNJKUao9WlyaalZuXpAr6QVc&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share

Ah, the thrilling world of Parquet file formats, where the only thing more riveting than the two versions is the general #apathy towards updating them. 🤦‍♂️ Apparently, SQL engines have taken on the role of format overlords, ensuring progress is locked away tighter than my interest in reading another tech blog post. 🙄
https://www.jeronimo.dev/the-two-versions-of-parquet/ #ParquetFiles #SQLEngines #TechUpdate #DataFormats #HackerNews #ngated

A quotation from Franklin Roosevelt

Nobody will ever deprive the American people of the right to vote except the American people themselves — and the only way they could do this is by not voting.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945) American lawyer, politician, statesman, US President (1933-1945)
Radio Broadcast (1944-10-05)

Sourcing, notes: wist.info/roosevelt-franklin-d…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #fdr #franklinroosevelt #franklindroosevelt #America #apathy #democracy #righttovote #selfdefeating #vote #voting #votingrights

"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

#quoteoftheday #RichVPoor #Apathy #Power #Resist

Here’s a takeaway: Using “I only control my effort” to dodge ambition isn’t philosophy—it’s fear dressed up. Are you truly practicing the Stoic mindset, or hiding behind it?

Can Stoicism work alongside fierce ambition? Or does it drain motivation? Share your thoughts below.

#Stoicism #AnxietyRelief #MentalHealth #Philosophy #MarcusAurelius #SelfImprovement #Mindset #TakeAction #Nihilism #Apathy (5/5)

Every day, double on Mondays. #apathy #meme

Apparently, being polite and tolerant of fascists, terrorists, conmen, and anti-intellectual zealots is "basic manners".

Who the fuck has been teaching you manners?!

#tolerance #pacifism #apathy #posttruth #selfsabotage

I’m driven by #apathy