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"Seems like I have to make this a status to post. I am exploring Bookwyrm so if you see this, consider following me there:
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Thanks!
Also, the fact that I have to do this weird thing just to post information is also why I am playing with Bookwyrm." — Jan 19, 2023 06:13AM
“Is that… normal?” “No,” she replied. “Murder is not normal. You can’t go around killing your own people. Not very often, anyway.” “Not very often?” “It happens,” she shrugged. “What nation never deals in death? All states kill. Soldiers fight. If a judge says ‘OK,’ you can kill anybody. But sometimes a sovereign does not wish for her killing to be seen. There are some good reasons. But if that becomes normal, you have a bigger problem.”
― Chene
― Chene
“The main political reaction to our awareness that half the time we are engaged in utterly meaningless or even counterproductive activities—usually under the orders of a person we dislike—is to rankle with resentment over the fact there might be others out there who are not in the same trap. As a result, hatred, resentment, and suspicion have become the glue that holds society together. This is a disastrous state of affairs. I wish it to end.”
― Bullshit Jobs: A Theory
― Bullshit Jobs: A Theory
“People like arguing about abstractions. Makes them feel clever. Law is the only abstraction that results in profit. So it pays the bills.”
― Chene
― Chene
“He was the man to whom our order turned when scandal or threat appeared, and he’d risen to this unique station by virtue of the fact that he remained happily unburdened by hint of scruple.”
― Chene
― Chene
“Our mothers knew what we would soon learn: The future Lady of Gwynyr would likely select her core advisors from the ranks of her childhood playmates. We understood even as children that the power and prestige of our respective lines rested in no small measure upon our competing abilities to inspire fondness and trust in our young Lady Ascendant.”
― Chene
― Chene
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