See, you get it.

Just posted Jeffrey Sachs’s address at the EU Parliament about this.

I usually handle things pretty well, but damn if I’m not feeling overwhelmed. It’s difficult to be compassionate, I guess that’s the plan. Hope everyone’s doing okay, you’re not alone.

Feeding my dog from the table.

I had no idea this community existed. Subscribed!

No problem. I’m researching “revolutionary optimism” to try to keep things in perspective. It’s not easy. We all need therapy now.

I posted an article yesterday to remind myself that it can always get worse.

I understood this George Bush reference. At the time, he said some of the dumbest stuff imaginable.

Dude just had prostate surgery, can’t get an erection, Trump pities him.

Regulate poop knifes now

Poignant

You don’t have to learn Morse code.

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I think Gabriel Rockhill would consider Chomsky as part of the compatible left. It’s essential to separate the ideas from the person. I tend not to expect too much from libertarian socialists like Chomsky, and they rarely disappoint me. He can be a resource for early radicalization and dissident thought though.

This interview with Noam Chomsky explains why we should listen to intellectuals when they speak of matters that are not necessarily in their field of expertise:

Some years ago, for example, I did some work in mathematical linguistics and automata theory, and occasionally gave invited lectures at mathematics or engineering colloquia. No one would have dreamed of challenging my credentials to speak on these topics – which were zero, as everyone knew; that would have been laughable. The participants were concerned with what I had to say, not my right to say it. But when I speak, say, about international affairs, I’m constantly challenged to present the credentials that authorize me to enter this august arena, in the United States, at least – elsewhere not.

Anyone can give their opinions on football teams, movies, recipes for cooking. But, for some reason you have to be an expert to talk about economics or politics. The reason- those discussions challenge the accepted power structures of authority. So, those discussions are guarded, and any challenge dismissed.

There is nothing to be optimistic about, so yes.

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