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How does a nation’s destiny hinge entirely upon the ego of its citizens?

I’ve learned from these events that self-esteem plays as much a part in the destiny of nations as it does in the lives of individuals; that self-hatred leads to the need either to dominate or to be dominated; that citizens who refuse to obey anything but their own conscience can transform their countries; in short, that self-esteem is the basis of any real democracy.
Excerpt from Revolution from Within, Gloria Steinem 1992. Quoted for discovery. Source Rights & removals

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    Omer Bartov, 2024

    An Israeli-born historian traces the ideals and choices behind a national identity, asking how a movement shaped by emancipation came to inhabit a different political reality.

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    A thing may happen and be a total lie; another thing may not happen and be truer than the truth. For example: Four guys go down a trail. A grenade sails out. One guy jumps on it and takes the blast, but it’s a killer grenade and everybody dies anyway. Before they die, though, one of the dead guys says, “The fuck you do that for?” and the jumper says, “Story of my life, man” and other guys start to smile but he’s dead. That’s a true story that never happened.

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  2. Some people leave a hole in the world that no amount of language can fill.

    Okoloma was one of my greatest childhood friends. He lived on my street and looked after me like a big brother: if I liked a boy, I would ask Okoloma’s opinion. Okoloma was funny and intelligent and wore cowboy boots that were pointy at the tips. In December 2005, in a plane crash in southern Nigeria, Okoloma died. It is still hard for me to put into words how I felt. Okoloma was a person I could argue with, laugh with and truly talk to. He was also the first person to call me a feminist.

    We Should All Be Feminists · Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

  3. A crisis can be hardest to see where life still looks composed.

    Τώρα εργάζονται στην κλινική τριακόσιοι εθελοντές, ενώ άλλοι τριακόσιοι γιατροί δέχονται δωρεάν στο ιατρείο τους ασθενείς που τους στέλνει η Κλινική της Αλληλεγγύης. Η κλινική είναι στριμωγμένη σε έναν όροφο σε κάποιο παλιό κτίριο τουΕργατικού Κέντρου Θεσσαλονίκης στο φτωχότερο δυτικό τμήμα της πόλης. «Οδοντίατροι, γυναικολόγοι, παθολόγοι – έχουμε τους πάντες. Μια έγκυος για να γεννήσει σε κανονικό μαιευτήριο πρέπει να πληρώσει 900 ευρώ. Υπήρξαν περιπτώσεις όπου, αν μια γυναίκα δεν μπορούσε να πληρώσει, το νοσοκομείο κρατούσε το μωρό ενέχυρο». Αυτά είναι τα μέρη όπου η ανθρωπιστική καταστροφή είναι πασιφανής. Γιατί, κατά τ’ άλλα, τις εικόνες της κρίσης πρέπει να ψάξεις για να τις βρεις. Δεν είναι ορατές στην καθημερινότητα. Οι άνθρωποι είναι κομψά ντυμένοι.

    Καπιταλισμός · Robert Misik

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