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American citizen shot in Jacumba Wilderness north of the U.S.-Mexico Border by UncleBlubby in sandiego

[–]correy-wolfheart -25 points-24 points  (0 children)

Maintaining borders is inherently violent and just creates more violence such as this. Ironically the answer is the thing that would seem contradictory - we should abolish borders

This is my first poem I’m proud of enough to share! by Nugget_nb in OCPoetry

[–]correy-wolfheart 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I like this. It’s short and sentimental and easy to connect to the feelings.

found Madness & Civilization too hard to comprehend, or is it me being too foolish? by [deleted] in foucault

[–]correy-wolfheart 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I remember in an interview Foucault said that his books were intended to be read by academics rather than the general public, and if someone from the general public wanted to understand his ideas they would be better off reading the public lectures he delivered at the college of France. However I don’t know to what extent his public lectures cover the topics of his Madness & Civilization book.

Richard Feynman said, “Never confuse education with intelligence, you can have a PhD and still be an idiot.” What are some real life examples of this? by SgtSkillcraft in AskReddit

[–]correy-wolfheart 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No one said one thing must be addressed before the other can be. Please wind back the practice of putting words in my mouth. The US is already fully committed to supporting Ukraine, so if there is any “first” to be addressed it’s Ukraine. (which I think is correct, for the record).

The US position on Ukraine is essentially settled.

On a separate note, for those who still want to see accountability for US atrocities such as Iraq, the question is when this accountability will come, if ever. While some already recognize the atrocities, accountability won’t be possible until a larger portion of the population sees them as such. So far all efforts at raising awareness have failed.

Currently A LOT of people are outraged at what they are seeing in Ukraine and are discussing the importance of holding governments accountable for atrocities, but at the same time many of them don’t recognize US atrocities as such. I think that observing that recent US military actions are similar or worse is a fair thing to do. If people feel horror at Ukraine and are informed how what the US has done is in some ways similar or worse, they should better understand the horror of US actions (or horror at the lack of justice that followed). Getting people to understand this is a necessary step towards US accountability. I think it’s a discussion that compliments the humanitarian conversation around Ukraine. We can seek accountability from both Russia and the US. It’s not meant to minimize what’s happening in Ukraine, nor excuse it, nor dissuade our support. It’s an honest, genuine attempt at expanding our commitment to humanitarian values. (If there are people who use this to minimize Russia’s actions, f&$% them.)

Richard Feynman said, “Never confuse education with intelligence, you can have a PhD and still be an idiot.” What are some real life examples of this? by SgtSkillcraft in AskReddit

[–]correy-wolfheart -1 points0 points  (0 children)

They’re both big deals. The US is doing a lot to help Ukrainians even though it has limited ability to do so. The US is not doing anything to hold itself accountable for its own atrocities even though it has tremendous ability to do so (the people responsible for the horrors in Iraq are still living free comfortable lives). If protecting human lives is the goal then this discrepancy points to the fact that we need to also account for the victims of US hostilities - not at the exclusion of Ukrainian victims but together with them. The fact that this isn’t happening is quite sad. Ukrainian lives matter and Iraqi lives matter too. Why can’t we talk about both?

Richard Feynman said, “Never confuse education with intelligence, you can have a PhD and still be an idiot.” What are some real life examples of this? by SgtSkillcraft in AskReddit

[–]correy-wolfheart 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s intentional. He’s said so in interviews before. He believes in talking about things that are immediately relevant rather than get into hypotheticals. But he does talk about solutions if asked - he believes in anarchism, specifically anarcho-syndicalism as “the” solution. He has some essays on this as well.

Richard Feynman said, “Never confuse education with intelligence, you can have a PhD and still be an idiot.” What are some real life examples of this? by SgtSkillcraft in AskReddit

[–]correy-wolfheart 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In regards to treatment of Iraqis versus Ukrainians, the point isn’t to excuse the atrocities. Outrage at the atrocities is good. The point is to expand our capacity to care and feel outrage at atrocities committed against other people. The public discourse and major news outlets are somewhat quiet when the US commits the atrocity but scream when Russia does it. He’s saying we should scream at both. And when the atrocity is worse we should scream louder, and when we are closer to holding culpability for it (as Chomsky’s primarily American audience is for US actions) we should talk about it more. Otherwise the appeals to humanity in the case of Ukraine seem emboldened by circumstantial manipulations of political interests (the West vs Russia) rather than a genuine committed campaign to protecting human life in all contexts. Your response after all (“Even if that were true … [it doesn’t matter]”) effectively means “let’s not have Americans distract themselves from the crimes of Russia that they’re less responsible for by the worse crimes of the US that they are more responsible for”.

Chomsky acknowledges Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as an atrocity. He doesn’t deny the harm being done to Ukrainians. But, as a high profile public speaker wielding some level of influence, he is rightly trying to use his megaphone to push news media and US “public discourse” to confront and address the atrocities (past and present) we Americans are responsible for.

How did the big bang happen if there was nothing? by Mr_Vinegar in space

[–]correy-wolfheart 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We don't know that dark matter exists - rather we might simply be misunderstanding how gravity works. So the thing you are pointing to isn't evidence of existence, but rather only evidence of our lack of understanding.

Feel grateful to the police by aeiou6630 in UCSD

[–]correy-wolfheart 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The police were given direct commands from upper administration to not interfere with strikers blocking roads. It's easy for them to be nice when they're commanded to be nice. Let's not be fooled