Sam Hughes

“Poor whites are still taught to hate—but not to hate those who are keeping them in line. Lyndon Johnson knew this when he quipped, “If you can convince the lowest white man he’s better than the best colored man, he won’t notice you’re picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he’ll empty his pockets for you.” We”
― Nancy Isenberg, White Trash: The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America

“There’s nothing worse than organizers thinking that what a leader wants is a friend. What they want is to be convinced that the person they are talking to has a credible plan to address their issues.”
― Jane F. McAlevey, Rules to Win By: Power and Participation in Union Negotiations

“Your brain likes to take shortcuts if it can, and most of the time, it’s on autopilot. But when your brain notices that you’ve made a mistake, the anterior cingulate alerts the prefrontal cortex, “Hey, this is something we should pay attention to.”
― Alex Korb, The Upward Spiral: Using Neuroscience to Reverse the Course of Depression, One Small Change at a Time

“But if we have learned nothing else, we have learned this: humans can walk away from, and forget, anything. Civilization can go back to 'normal' after anything.”
― qntm, There Is No Antimemetics Division