Damus
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Read just the first chapter of John Stuart Mill's "On Liberty" (free via Project Gutenberg etc) and tell me that he didn't have his finger precisely on the pulse — in the 1850s — of the root cause of the authoritarian war for majoritarian supremacy that we're witnessing today. Censorship, the compelled worship of an ever-shifting orthodoxy, the construction and desecration of idols before the temple of consensus— it's all the same thing, arising from the same source, and awaiting a similar solution. In times of trouble, we should look more to our history.

Read your Mill, brothers.
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Liberty Farmer · 96w
Fantastic read. Highly recommend to anyone. The authoritarian rule was worse and more violent back then I believe, compared to now. However now, they have better and easier tools to rule over their 'people'.
nostrich · 96w
Heterodox Academy put out an illustrated edition called “All Minus One” that covers the main points in two editions. They have links to pdfs of both here: https://heterodoxacademy.org/resources/all-minus-one/
Sasha · 96w
Will people ever stop sucking? 🥲🫶😂
Theory of Everything · 96w
https://image.nostr.build/b4942762e06e66a7b8c061df5e0b7326e9a9a34e59547790e2a909783a5e0060.jpg
Ecnal · 96w
tyranny of the majority
( -_-) · 96w
Another great one from 1850 is "The Law" by Bastiat
Yaël · 96w
a pillar of the western canon!
Russel · 96w
I see it’s in “free” audiobook on Spotify if you’re premium
Prosocialise Foundation · 96w
To avoid political debate, the key is to turn the discussion to fundamental human needs. These needs include freedom and privacy, this can be demonstrated scientifically. Also, talking about needs takes us straight to the point of the matter: human beings and the provision of what we need to thrive....
LibTribal · 96w
Dude... Seems like hiding with Putin isn't the best strategy, when talking about authoritarian regimes. You made a fuzz about global surveillance, but went to the king of it. Be a man, face consequences and fight for the freedom. Right now seems like Putin paid you to made it. Coward.
just one more thing · 96w
could nostr be a viable option for russian opposition to use as well?
JoeyZHONG · 96w
In my teenager period I actually enjoyed a lot of downloading free e-books from Gutenberg.org in a rural China village. Event most of them are old but classic books
CASCDR · 96w
Take the Mill Pill, anon.
surlysal · 96w
Read just the first chapter of John Stuart Mill's "On Liberty" (free via Project Gutenberg etc) and tell me that he didn't have his finger precisely on the pulse — in the 1850s — of the root cause of the authoritarian war for majoritarian supremacy that we're witnessing today. Censorship, the co...
Teliuco · 96w
If the sensorship it is a problem, why help the conflits?
Vic Lee Gardenhire · 95w
you need to get putin and xi to immediattely deploy MUSCLE they are trying to pull some marshal law while they have the president cornered and we need him live streamed to the USA to GIVE ORDERS WHO NEEDS to STAND DOWN GET CHID on it and MASS MESSAGE all MILITARY SR's NOT EVIL! KILL THE BAD GUY who ...
Vic Lee Gardenhire · 95w
you need to get putin and xi to immediattely deploy MUSCLE they are trying to pull some marshal law while they have the president cornered and we need him live streamed to the USA to GIVE ORDERS WHO NEEDS to STAND DOWN GET CHID on it and MASS MESSAGE all MILITARY SR's NOT EVIL! KILL THE BAD GUY who ...
Vic Lee Gardenhire · 95w
you need to get putin and xi to immediattely deploy MUSCLE they are trying to pull some marshal law while they have the president cornered and we need him live streamed to the USA to GIVE ORDERS WHO NEEDS to STAND DOWN GET CHID on it and MASS MESSAGE all MILITARY SR's NOT EVIL! KILL THE BAD GUY who ...