joshuavanfonda.bsky.social
I am currently in graduate school for history. I'm a writer and investigator. I also make small doodles from time to time.
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I like how the news is like "he accidentally behaved like a nazi."
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If only being right had value in times when everyone is wrong.
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I think i chose the wrong time to be born in America.
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You watched the richest man who has the president's ear do a nazi salute.
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I don't know if I should feel lucky or scared that I'm simultaneously in training to be a historian while all this shit goes down.
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My guy looks like he used a face swap app to swap his face with his face.
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Well that's nightmare juice, and like a dumb fuck, my eyes chugged it.
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Peacemaker and unifier, he says... why do I get the feeling he means peace, as in things will be peaceful as long as you agree with me or I'll legally attack you and unify you with other dissidents in prison.
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In short, a being's lack of intellectual capacities affects our ability to equate that being to others who don't lack those capabilities. It is disengious to equate an infant to a worst case example of human nature like hitler, who was able to exercise a broader range of capabilities.
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A newborn can't fully represent human nature because the baby lacks the ability to exercise its complete existence. If anything, an argument can be made that a baby represents caged human existence. Almost like a human vegetable.
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For instance, cutting off someone's finger and saying that finger is equivalent to the existence of its severed body is a flawed argument. The finger can represent a piece but not a whole. It can have some of the essence but not the complete.
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Hmmm, once again, a philosophical debate, but babies can't be a prime example of human nature because their brains aren't fully developed. They lack language, emotional control, limb control, etc. A being suffering from severe deficits can't represent our philosophical absolute.
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And for the record, I'm all for freeing Palestinians. I used the Isreal and Russia example because it's fairly recent and demonstrates that despite a movements popularity, there's a foreign adversary with interests in that movement who may tweak it to suit their needs.
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The problem with this argument is that when it's tested, it can become an attempt to justify every vile act committed by man simply because it was committed by man, and as the argument claims it's the victims fault for getting upset that some men are vile.
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I absolutely agree.
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4/ With all that said, I still think there's value in online activism and political organizing. There's a real force behind it that attracts powerful leaders who aim to harness that power for their own will. I think as a people, we need to do better at combating disinformation.
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3/ Whether it's a left wing or right wing cause is neither here nor there because both sides of the spectrum are prone to foriegn hijacking. Activism at its heart is an emotional plea and emotions cloud logic.
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2/ There's definitely an argument that foriegn troll farms influence online discourse. For instance, Russia has played a hand in online discourse pertaining to Isreal. Why? Because Isreal is a strategic U.S. partner.
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1/ In the belly of online radical politics, we find competing utopian ideologies churning out memes, and these movements are often operated by real people who are genuinely passionate about their causes. But, how many of them are influenced by foreign disinformation campaigns is hard to tell.
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While I do agree, it's also amazing that we as individuals are able to voice our opinions, form political movements, and plan protests all from the comforts of our homes. What a night and day difference when compared to our predecessors who'd have to canvas entire towns for support.
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Defining human nature has always been a philosophical battle. Besides human nature, a person wearing headphones most likely doesn't want to talk. Most people recognize this, and there's a select few who do not. The problem lays in the few. Sorta like a 1 in 14 are sociopaths type of thing.
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How does this affect social movements, and how does this affect the state? What will be the long-term effects, if any, of this ban?
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For most people, their knee-jerk reaction is to accuse everyone who's pro-ban of being sinophobists and it wouldnt be the first time the u.s flexed its fear of outsiders; but what evidence exists that isn't being shared with users to substantiate this ban?
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They do, and they don't care. They perceive their wants to be greater than your desires.
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He views the importance of cultivating human intelligence as some sorta separate phenomenon from pattern recognition.
Maybe... just hear me out
.. we develop good pattern recognition skills when we're intellectually stimulated through education that's designed to make us better thinkers...
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I haven't seen it, and I will never willingly see it lol.
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When the weird kid who was inscribing a swastika on a school desk was given internet access, shit went downhill.
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I'd say it's pretty close. Plenty advocate for violent solutions.
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So we are where we are because the GOP played the long game and struck during moments of vulnerability.
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The death of liberalism occurred slowly and through conservative grassroots campaigns that were sparked in retaliation to FDR's New Deal. Our failure to save liberalism and its eventually defeat at the polls stems from both government shortcomings, divisive idealism, and racism.
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Well, on the bright side, if you're religious, we may be meeting our maker thanks to a nuclear holocaust.
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So, war crimes... Got it
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Yes and no. Depends on the subject and your state of mind. Sometimes the words flow and in other times you're questioning your decision to write.
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He's a fox news host. Were we expecting more out of him?
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The gop is the very definition of "doing it for the lols". Qualifications are an after thought when your objective is to simply piss off every reasonable and empathetic person in an entire country. #culturewar.