We need a new #Enlightenment. The Enlightenment of the 18th century freed us from the shackles of a church that had assumed secular power. The Enlightenment of the #21st century must free us from the current #secular power of money: this power is devastating us inwardly, #intellectually, and #spiritually. It makes us weak.

#music before sleep: #PeakyBlinders just because i enjoyed the series so much.

sometimes i wish I was alive then, in the late 19th/early 20th century. it seems life was easier then, #psychologically & #intellectually. because we are #woke now. when I was in my teens I became woke, back in the 80's. and I already knew then that intellect and a sharp analytical brain are a curse. because knowing comes with responsibility to act, or be morally corrupt when you choose not to.

https://youtu.be/akfkl6nJuzo?si=oKl3WqSCrBeyonlA

The vertical axis, "#rationalism", is a little fuzzier concept. A common definition is something like how much you believe that #rational, #intellectually #rigorous #planning can solve society's #social #problems.

If you think we can solve every problem, if only we had the correct government program, or civilian association supporting it, or work hard enough, or if we #redistribute #resources #logically, etc, then you fall at the top end of this scale.

5/x

Am I a #Bad #Queer for #GettingMarried?

How could I be so #intellectually and #politically #ambivalent towards #marriage while also being surer than anything that it was what I wanted for myself?

#Women #Queer #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #SexualOrientation #Family #Relationships

https://www.vogue.com/article/am-i-a-bad-queer-for-getting-married

There was no there there.

None. Not in their #evaluations. Not in their #amoebic #statements before their #vote to fire on Tuesday. Not in any #public #pronouncements they’ve made since they’ve been on the board. Not in the chamber’s #intellectually #dishonest #reading of #student