A somewhat disappointing article from the BBC about the increasing losses to sickness in the UK. They quote a heavyweight from retail and the article manages to paint a bleak picture that is totally without balance. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c7v80n7mz2jo
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#SickPay #SocialContract #CorporateHandWringing #Exploitation
New from the Postmodern Set: Freedom — Enchantment: Social Contract
Rousseau’s paradox remains alive: we are born free and everywhere bound.
Freedom isn’t lawlessness—it’s shared constraint, the fragile enchantment that keeps us human.
#Philosophy #Rousseau #Freedom #SocialContract #CriticalTheory #psychology #society #politics #Postmodernism #Philosophics #mtg #parody #satire
As a fan of Seth and watcher of most of his videos to date. This is one of my favorite and I think that is essential. I've been at a LOT of tables either as a GM or player and can't stress how important this is... #SocialContract. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBymJBOjwEc
The New Social Contract Between Generations : Profiguration by Fidel Molina- Luque, 2025
The cornerstone of this book is the innovative concept of profiguration, a term coined by Fidel Molina-Luque to encapsulate the essential agreement and recognition required between generations in contemporary society.
https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/104035
(Three chapters)
• In terms inherited from Marxism, what is the value of a description of the bourgeois class without an analysis of capitalism?
• In terms inherited from materialist feminism, what is the value of a description of masculinity without an analysis of patriarchy?
• Charles W. Mills asserts that white supremacy shapes the objective interests of the white group, uniting it. In particular, white supremacy counterbalances the class antagonisms that run through the white group.
#modernity #whiteDomination #whiteSupremacy #whitePrivilege #decolonial #racism #systemicRacism #structuralRacism #sociology #politicalPhilosophy #whiteness #prejudice #whitePrivilege #historyOfIdeas #intersectionality #Mills #socialContract #Enlightenment
The social contract of equals is propped up by (at least) 4 social contracts of exploitation.
#Politics #PoliticalPhilosophy #Capitalism #Liberalism #SocialContract
"These deaths highlight the continued consequences of US health system inadequacies, economic inequality, and social and political determinants of health" #publichealth #socialcontract #trust
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:j76trmiofvaxxpvx2vnb2vwf/post/3lwwskylcys2v
A quotation from Robert Herrick
’Twixt kings and tyrants there’s this difference known:
Kings seek their subjects’ good; tyrants their own.
Robert Herrick (1591-1674) English poet
“Kings and Tyrants,” Hesperides, # 861 (1648)
Sourcing, notes: wist.info/herrick-robert/78445…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #robertherrick #despot #dictator #king #leader #leadership #ruler #selfaggrandizement #selfinterest #socialcontract #tyranny #tyrant
Among the essential features of this situation is that no one knows his place in society, his class position or social status, nor does any one know his fortune in the distribution of natural assets and abilities, his intelligence, strength, and the like. I shall even assume that the parties do not know their conceptions of the good or their special psychological propensities. The principles of justice are chosen behind a veil of ignorance.
John Rawls
#JohnRawls #VeilOfIgnorance #SocialContract
Helping someone you’ll never meet.
Defending someone you don’t agree with.
Caring when it’s not your problem.
That’s what holds a society together.
Neil deGrasse Tyson
People tend to forget their duties but remember their rights.
Indira Gandhi
#IndiraGandhi
#SocialContract
#SocialKontrakt
#Kontraktualism
#Contractualism
Techno-Feudalism and the Rise of AGI: A Future Without Economic Rights?
The rise of Artificial General Intelligence #AGI marks an existential rupture in economic and political order, dissolving the historic boundaries between labor and capital. Unlike past technological advancements, AGI is both a worker and an owner, producing economic value while concentrating power in those who control its infrastructure. Left unchecked, this shift risks exacerbating inequality, eroding democratic agency, and entrenching techno-feudalism. The classical Social Contract-rooted in human labor as the foundation of economic participation-must be renegotiated to prevent mass disenfranchisement. https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.14283 #ArtificialIntelligence #Labor #Jobd #work #SocialContract #economics #economy
⏰ Deadline 30 June: Reduced fee for European Health Forum
🚨 The future of Europe’s #SocialContract and #Solidarity in health
🚨 “politicised immigration, disinformation campaigns, and a disconnect between people and politics, a polarised world has emerged where solidarity is under threat.”
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:dn2dkq7u5hjfh5vlohzlubtq/post/3lqp7awakms2x
Unrepresentative polls, restricted participation, limited speaking time ignore #poverty among #elderly - "giving in to pressure from employers is jeopardising the balance of #Luxembourg’s social model"
https://delano.lu/article/cgfp-union-raises-its-voice-in-front-of-the-chamber-of-deputies
#polling #PoliticalTheater #pensions #SocialContract #CGFP #FGFC #Syprolux #LCGB #OGBL #CESI #OGBL #LSAP #MilitarySpending #SeniorCitizens #seniors #CSVDP #capitalism #exploitation #corruption #ClassWar
Basing people's social security and retirement funds on how much they can cajole some fascist corporation into paying them during their working life is not a just or a sustainable plan.
We need a return to defined benefit retirement and/or UBI for every person earning less than $100k a year.
“The gig economy is zero rights and zero protection,” says Shaf Hussain, a food delivery courier in London.
Link: https://www.resilience.org/stories/2025-06-25/gigification-the-future-of-work/
#GigEconomy #SocialContract #Retirement #Community #LivingWage
Humans won't be replaced because AI will start giving accurate answers ALL the time.
Humans will be replaced when AI learns to ask questions.
Humanity's biggest achievement isn't the ability to find answers. Humanity's biggest achievement is the ability to ask the right questions.
How Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill" Will CRUSH Everyday Americans
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efLBcOiQ3CM
Imagine there is a organization engaged solely in how to take away your security and healthcare just to give people more money who are so rich that they have every security imaginably and make 1% of the population...
#Trump #BigBeautifulBill #ACA #ObamaCare #Healthcare #SocialContract #Politics #USSenate
A quotation from Joseph Joubert
Men are born unequal. The great benefit of society is to diminish this inequality as much as is possible, by procuring for all, security, property, education, and assistance.
[Les hommes naissent inégaux. Le grand bienfait de la société est de diminuer cette inégalité autant qu’il est possible, en procurant à tous la sûreté, la propriété nécessaire, l’éducation et les secours.]
Joseph Joubert (1754-1824) French moralist, philosopher, essayist, poet
Pensées [Thoughts], ch. 14 “Des Gouvernements [On Governments],” ¶ 38 (1850 ed.) [tr. Calvert (1866), ch. 12]
Sourcing, notes: wist.info/joubert-joseph/76890…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #education #humancondition #humannature #inequality #mutualassistance #property #security #socialcontract #society
"For Putin, it is imperative that his invasion of Ukraine is framed as a spiritual war in defence of Russo-Christian values. It is therefore hardly surprising that the church’s supreme leader gave his blessing to the war, which he has labelled “a holy war”."
Source: https://bylinetimes.com/2025/05/28/russia-war-ukraine-fake-spirituality/
And people wonder why organized religion is viewed as oppressive and cruel by so many... by me!
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#Church #Beliefs #Plurality #SocialContract #Oppressors #Religion #HolyWars #Extremists #RussoOrthodox
