Jews, therefore, as far as progressives are concerned, don’t represent anything outside of themselves. No victory is claimed by championing their experience, and this leads to a subtle—and unconscious—exclusion.
“If you launch a rocket and load the whole human species on board”
― If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies: Why Superhuman AI Would Kill Us All
― If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies: Why Superhuman AI Would Kill Us All
“What they tend to say is: we stand against antisemitism and all types of racism. As a mantra, this was heard again and again between 2015 and 2019, and continues to be in the ongoing arguments around Corbyn at the time of writing. It sounds good. It sounds right. But to these ears, the reflex need always to follow the phrase antisemitism with “and all types of racism” is the left’s All Lives Matter.”
― Jews Don't Count
― Jews Don't Count
“The idea that collective responsibility is racist has got lost in the righteous fury.”
― Jews Don't Count
― Jews Don't Count
“There is an inextricable link between one’s personal happiness and kindness”
― The Art of Happiness: A Handbook for Living
― The Art of Happiness: A Handbook for Living
“Power reveals. Good people with morals and ethics who gain power don’t change. It’s the ones who feign those things until they ascend high enough that you must fear. They pretend they’re good people until they have the money, power, or influence to do as they wish, then show you the monsters they truly are because, by that point, no one can stop them.”
― The Guardians
― The Guardians
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