11:27am Coercion by Lauren Henderson from Conjuring
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Forced worship stinks in God's nostrils.
-- Roger Williams (Founder of Rhode Island (1636))
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The Chinese party-state is intensifying its lawfare campaign. The number of Taiwanese nationals arrested and detained in China has increased while there has also been an increase in transnational repression
https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/an-army-of-lawyers-is-advancing-taiwan-is-the-target/
The thing I can do for now is to keep most of it to myself and/or trusted people. There is debate brought by the person who started the debate. Do you know what this is about? We all know. But maybe they can't argue with my principle that I choose to be true to myself, not to others.
#identity #autonomy #truth #integrity #mentalhealth #boundaries #selfrespect #humanrights #freedom #authenticity #dignity #resilience #privacy #belief #choice #coercion #society #activism
LOCKDOWN: The Philosophy of Covid and Coercion
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Yep, think you’re right, &, well, Warsh should be easy to control…
#Epstein #Epstein_Files #USPol #control #blackmail #coercion #Warsh
A quotation from Thomas Carlyle
We do not find, of the Christian Religion either, that it always disdained the sword, when once it had got one.
Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) Scottish essayist and historian
Lecture (1840-05-08), “The Hero as Prophet,” Home House, Portman Square, London
More about this quote: wist.info/carlyle-thomas/81709…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #carlyle #thomascarlyle #Christianity #coercion #conquest #Islam #proselytization #religion #violence
And he adores the #Gulf monarchies because they are swimming in cash, a form of #strength he respects.
This is the opposite of how American leadership has worked in the modern era.
The #US has been the world’s dominant #power for close to a century. But its leaders understood that primacy is not only about #coercion; it is also about #legitimacy, reassurance & voluntary cooperation.
#US #Trump #MafiaState #geopolitics #law #InternationalLaw #authoritarianism #autocracy #tyranny #MadKing
“Carney at Davos: Removing that Sign in the Window”
by Binoy Kampmark in Savage Minds on Substack
@uk_politics
@canada
@europe
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“It seems that every day we’re reminded that we live in an era of great power rivalry—that the rules-based order is fading, that the strong can do what they can, and the weak must suffer what they must.”
https://open.substack.com/pub/savageminds/p/carney-at-davos
#Press #Davos #WEF #Carney #Canada #US #Imperialism #Hegemony #Lies #Coercion #Threats #Trump
Modern money theory is a fact, #neoliberal politics is a blatant lie:
#coercion #oppression
“What it says is that money is never a constraint upon government activity. We're told it is. We're told there's no money to be had for whatever project we want. We are told that we've run out of money to pay additional pensions. We are told we can't afford to pay benefits. We are told this, that and the other, and it's not true.”
https://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/01/19/mmt-is-not-theory-its-fact/
Buddhistdoor View: False Peacemakers, Devadatta, and the Perils of Rhetoric Without Restraint
🔗 Read more: https://tinyurl.com/22tp6f2c
#Buddhism #BuddhistEthics #Ethics #Politics #Peace #Trump #Greenland #Iran #Leadership #Power #Venezuela #Coercion
Global stock markets are bracing for falls when trading resumes on Monday
after Donald Trump threatened eight European countries with fresh #tariffs until they support his ambition to acquire #Greenland.
The US president’s plan to impose new trade levies of 10% on goods from Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the UK, the Netherlands and Finland
from 1 February, rising to 25% on 1 June, is creating #fear in the #markets, and among European businesses.
Trading on the brokerage IG’s weekend markets suggest there will be #losses on the London Stock Exchange when it reopens on Monday,
while rising geopolitical fears could drive precious #metal prices towards new record highs.
Wall Street, which reopens on Tuesday, is also on track for a fall.
There were signs on Sunday that European business groups were pushing the EU to flex its muscles in response.
Germany’s engineering association,
the VDMA,
called on the European Commission to consider using its “#anti-#coercion instrument”
against the US.
“If the EU gives in here, it will only encourage the US president to make the next ludicrous demand and threaten further tariffs,”
the VDMA president, Bertram Kawlath,
said in a statement on Sunday.
Ever wonder what goes on in the #ICE concentration camps? This.
This man along with his "lookouts" deserve the fucking worst.
The #Trump admin wants #US forces — either #SpecialOperation #troops or #CIA officers — to accompany Mexican soldiers on raids on suspected fentanyl labs, acc/to US ofcls who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive diplomatic issues & #military planning. Such joint ops would be a significant expansion of the #UnitedStates’ role in #Mexico, & one that the Mexican govt has so far adamantly opposed.
#MafiaState #coercion #extortion #geopolitics #law #Congress #WarPowers #sovereignty
The proposal was first raised early last year & then largely dropped, officials said. But the request was renewed after #US forces captured President Nicolás #Maduro of #Venezuela on Jan. 3 & has involved the highest levels of government, including the White House, according to multiple officials.
#Trump #Mexico #MafiaState #coercion #extortion #imperialism #geopolitics #law #Congress #WarPowers #sovereignty #WarCrimes #InternationalLaw
Mad with unrestrained power
The #Trump Admin Is Pressuring #Mexico to Allow #US Forces to Fight #Cartels
The #UnitedStates is escalating pressure on the Mexican government to permit the US #military to target fentanyl labs, according to US officials.
#MafiaState #coercion #extortion #imperialism #geopolitics #law #Congress #WarPowers #sovereignty #WarCrimes #InternationalLaw
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/world/americas/us-mexico-cartels.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
“Venezuela and the logic of US decline”
by Rares Cocilnau in The Canary
@thecanaryuk
@palestine@fedibird.com
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“Trump, albeit unwittingly, has placed the US on the path of decline, one in which imperial power is no longer mediated through neat institutional consensus or economic integration, but increasingly asserted through militarisation and coercion”
https://www.thecanary.co/global/world-analysis/2026/01/08/venezuela-us-decline/
#Press #US #Trump #Empire #Coercion #Decline #Venezuela #DonroeDoctrine #Hegemony #China #Contradiction
Hype for the Future 68C: Benefits of Degrowth
Overview While society has indoctrinated the community into believing collectivism is evil and the burnout of individualism is essential to a functioning society, degrowth has been accepted, if not proven, to provide the following economic benefits, even when the numbers are intentionally down: Acceptance of living within planetary limits; degrowth avoids the stigma of refusing infinite growth on a finite planet Acceptance of living in chosen family and LGBTQIA+-friendly arrangements; […]https://novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026/01/07/hype-for-the-future-68c-benefits-of-degrowth/
Hype for the Future 68A: Is Work a Symptom of Capitalism?
Preamble In the vast majority of modern corporate jobs, income streams remain unethically minimized, and upward mobility is largely restricted in the same manner. However, what if work is a symptom of an overall hostile and unethical economic system? Introduction While not every job is a symptom of an unethical society, far too many people are working in corporate chains, many of which are unethical to begin with. Regarding even the essentials of food and drinks, profit is served over […]Client Info
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