A quotation from Marcus Aurelius

We were born for cooperation, like feet, like hands, like eyelids, like the rows of upper and lower teeth. So to work against each other is contrary to nature; and resentment and rejection count as working against someone.
 
[γεγόναμεν γὰρ πρὸς συνεργίαν ὡς πόδες, ὡς χεῖρες, ὡς βλέφαρα, ὡς οἱ στοῖχοι τῶν ἄνω καὶ κάτω ὀδόντων. τὸ οὖν ἀντιπράσσειν ἀλλήλοις παρὰ φύσιν: ἀντιπρακτικὸν δὲ τὸ ἀγανακτεῖν καὶ ἀποστρέφεσθαι.]

Marcus Aurelius (AD 121-180) Roman emperor (161-180), Stoic philosopher
Meditations [To Himself; Τὰ εἰς ἑαυτόν], Book 2, ch. 1 (2.1) [tr. Gill (2013)]

Sourcing, notes, alternate translations: wist.info/marcus-aureleus/7491…

I wrote something else: https://ocd-free.medium.com/let-them-be-filled-with-hatred-i-am-free-of-resentment-afe57300e560
#mentalhealth #ocd #freedom #resentment

By #ToulaDrimonis via #CultMTL, October 18, 2024

“We are being conned on a mass scale and it’s downright alarming how powerful #SocialMedia platforms like #X and #Facebook are allowing #Russian-made #propaganda and other nefarious #ForeignInterests to weaponize #resentment, #anger and #fear to influence #PublicOpinion in our democracies.”

#PierrePoilievre’s #RageBaiting and empty slogans aren’t what #Canada needs

https://cultmtl.com/2024/10/why-pierre-poilievre-sucks-rage-baiting-and-empty-slogans-arent-what-canada-needs/

As the Ultra-Wealthy Rally Behind Trump,
Republicans Pitch #Fake #Populism to Workers

Trump’s allies courted the working class with hollow, populist rhetoric at the RNC on Monday,
as billionaires pledged their support

The Republican Convention featured complaints about the Biden economy
— and little talk about solutions to help workers besides a brief mention of Trump’s dodgy “no tax on tips” promise.

The RNC platform, borrowed from Trump, is equally thin on substance.

It frequently recognizes the real problems Americans are facing, but primarily gives them people
— immigrants
— to scapegoat
instead of a real, better path forward. 

Republicans’ messaging, the RNC platform, and the entire Trump campaign are about meeting people where they are and giving them #resentment #politics to chew on,
while actively selling government policy to the highest bidders.

So far, the donor promises have included
maintaining low taxes on the wealthy,
further slashing the corporate tax rate,
ending scrutiny of cryptocurrency companies,
eliminating Biden environmental regulations,
and speeding up corporate mergers.  
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/trump-rnc-economy-workers-wealthy-donors-1235061192/

Peter Wehner on how Trump and his supporters have "a deep investment in promoting fear" — e.g., in lying about a non-existent crime wave under Biden.

But "for many Trump supporters, then, fear is not so much the cause of their support for the former president as a justification for it. They use fear to rationalize their backing for Trump."

This is, Wehner says, particularly true for Trump's white evangelical supporters.

#Trump #fear #hate #malice #resentment
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https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/05/politics-fear-itself-trump-maga/678311/

Peter Wehner explains to Tim Miller why white evangelicals continue to be red hot for Donald Trump's return to the White House:

"The grievances and resentments and anger are just pulsating on the American right and within evangelical circles. People felt dishonored and disrespected."

#Trump #WhiteEvangelicals #grievances #resentment #anger #hate
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pegkpQALujU

"Duterte said: you can kill legally because they might fight back. They will fight back. And that was the loop of the narrative. They are drug addicts; therefore, they are armed. Because they are drug addicts, they will fight back. And, if they fight back, they must die."
https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/a-journalist-exposes-the-philippines-extralegal-killings

#trauma #journalism #warOnDrugs #Philippines #policeViolence #drugWar #stateViolence #killings #security #populism #commOdon @socialpsych #resentment #NewYorker #Duterte #neighborhood #institutions #confidence #anger #violence #narrative #storyTelling