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Philosopher Sci-Fi Nerd Facebook refugee. I’m just going to post daily philosophy quotes and maybe pictures of my cats😊
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All week I’ve been stalked by a very long bee on my back porch. It’s not a wasp. Just a very long bee. I’ll try to get a picture but I keep running away.

Just a fly on my porch. But he is shiny😊 #bugs

Just followed someone who has “unprofessional insect illustrator” in their bio. This is why I love Bluesky😊

Spent a few days in the desert and the cactus flowers are blooming😊

There is hardly a better way to avoid discussion than by releasing an argument from the control of the present and by saying that only the future will reveal its merits. Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism #philosophy #hannaharendt

Mika with her missing tooth❤️

Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty. Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism #philosophy #hannaharendt

Only the mob and the elite can be attracted by the momentum of totalitarianism itself. The masses have to be won by propaganda. Hannah Arendt #philosophy #hannaharendt

Before mass leaders seize the power to fit reality to their lies, their propaganda is marked by its extreme contempt for facts as such, for in their opinion fact depends entirely on the power of man who can fabricate it. Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism #philosophy #hannaharendt

The fear of becoming old is born of the recognition that one is not living now the life that one wishes. Susan Sontag #philosophy #susansontag

Two weeks of rain and our rose bushes exploded.

New friend😊❤️

The aim of totalitarian education has never been to instill convictions but to destroy the capacity to form any. Hannah Arendt #philosophy #hannaharendt

Flowers in the park. Honestly, I don’t know what kind of flowers😂

The point is that both Hitler and Stalin held out promises of stability in order to hide their intention of creating a state of permanent instability. Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism #philosophy #hannaharendt

In social networks, the function of "friends" is primarily to heighten narcissism by granting attention, as consumers, to the ego exhibited as a commodity. Byung-Chul Han #philosophy