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13 Oct, 12 tweets, 5 min read

ANNOUNCEMENT!!!

New edition of
SHORT CONVERSATIONS: DURING THE PLAGUE
by
LUKE ANDRESKI
OUT NOW

FREE eBook 15–19 Oct
amazon.co.uk/Short-Conversa…
#politics #power #propaganda

I think it’s time we talked….

Luke Andreski
Short Conversations: During the Plague

Populism. Privilege. Propaganda. Power.

eBook FREE ‘til Oct 19
amazon.co.uk/Short-Conversa…

Apologies for the Amazon link - but see it as a Trojan Horse: Bezos would hate this book....

All humans are equal.
It’s a moral truth.
And it’s a kind of fact.

Short Conversations: During the Plague
Luke Andreski

Everything you need to know about freedom:
You’re free
Humans are free
People have free will
You make choices
Your choices matter
You have a right to be free

Short Conversations: During the Plague
Luke Andreski

“So,” you ask me, “how did it all turn to sh**?”
What, precisely?
“This! This world of ours!”

Short Conversations: During the Plague
Luke Andreski

#environmentalism #socialism #humanism #hopemikaelson

“Answers must be rooted in reality, set deep in the soil & rock of the planet on which we live. They must be crafted from logic & sense, deriving from moral foundations of unarguable simplicity.”

Short Conversations: During the Plague
Luke Andreski

“In the eyes of morality we’re all equal in what we are: as atoms of life, as particles of being. We’re all flames in the same fire, water in the same stream.”

Luke Andreski
Short Conversations: During the Plague

“Martin Luther King had a dream.
But his dream wasn’t one where the United States became a plutocracy – a government bought out and suborned by the wealthy.

His dream was of equality in a true democracy.”

Luke Andreski
Short Conversations: During the Plague

“A person isn’t good just because they’re
– Rich
– Talented
– Beautiful
– Famous
– Smart
No, not at all.
You can be all of those things and still be utterly despicable.”

Luke Andreski
Short Conversations: During the Plague

One of the great ironies of modern politics: pretend victims, mostly powerful, privileged, wealthy, male and white, creating real victims: usually the powerless and the poor.

Luke Andreski
Short Conversations: During the Plague

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@EthicalRenewal

4 Oct

“Anyone would think we had some sort of death wish.”
Me and you?
“No. Humanity. The human race.”
Perhaps we do.
“We’re waging chemical warfare against our own species.”
It’s a kind of madness, isn’t it?

1/36

Our self-harming chemical war:
– Particulates spewed out from our use of wood, diesel, coal and other fuels, particulates which we then breath
– The pesticides, herbicides and fertilisers we pour over pastures and farmlands, which then permeate our food chain

2/36

– The microplastics we discharge into water sources, ending up in the water we drink
– The mass consumption of sugar, trans fats, salt
– The use of barbiturates, opioids, nicotine, caffeine, alcohol & other pain-killers, tranquilisers & stimulants

3/36

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@EthicalRenewal

30 Aug

Here’s a truth grenade:

You've been treated like garbage.
The establishment doesn't give a damn about you.
You deserve to be listened to.

1/33
#TruthGrenade #Truth

Here’s another truth grenade:

You want hope.
You want safety and security for your children.
You want to feel part of something special.

2/33
#TruthGrenade #Truth

And a third:

You don't want to be talked down to.
You want to be treated as an equal.
You want a say in the things that effect your life.....

3/33
#TruthGrenade #Truth

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EthicalRenewal

@EthicalRenewal

21 Aug

A moral society puts people first.
Not wealth.
Not power.
Not nation states.
Not archaic forms of government or law.
Not royal families or venerable castes.
People.
Ordinary people.
Us.

1/16
#Imagine

Imagine, after Covid19, a moral world – a world where people matter.

2/16
#Imagine

Imagine a world where a hungry child on the other side of the world matters just as much as the child next door. A world where that child’s sister matters too, who works in the fields or on the factory floor when she should still be at school.

3/16
#Imagine

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@EthicalRenewal

13 Aug

@mettahapa

#53 small ACTS of resistance #53

avoid any products containing palm oil

or demand #DeforestationFree #PalmOil and #ChooseSustainable #PalmOil #SaveOrangutans

#actsofresistance
Thanks, @mettahapa & @orangulandtrust

@societyatpeace

#54 small ACTS of resistance #54

1.Cancel your TV licence
2.Stop buying newspapers
3.Don't be reactive, be proactive
4.Be honest
5.Share your knowledge

#actsofresistance
Thanks, @societyatpeace

#55 small ACTS of resistance #55

switch to Ecosia instead of Google

save it as a default on your devices and browsers; Ecosia plant trees with much of their revenue

#actsofresistance
Thanks, @DSAMontenegro

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EthicalRenewal

@EthicalRenewal

9 Aug

It’s well known that our society is infected by concepts which make us unhappy, damage our communities and endanger the biological world. These concepts infect us, we become contagious, then we infect those around us.

1/44
#KatesGarrotte

We know the sort of concepts they are. They look like this:
–You need more
–Take, don’t give
–Winner takes all
–Greed is good
–Appearances matter
–Those in power deserve their power
–Those with wealth deserve their wealth
–It’s your fault you’re poor

2/44
#KatesGarrotte

Some of these concepts simply misinterpret Darwinism. Some are demographic falsehoods. Some are empirically false. All lead us to a dangerous outcome for our species.
I consider them viruses–contagious & malign concepts which are part of a mind plague that’s harming us all.

3/44

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EthicalRenewal

@EthicalRenewal

1 Aug

Let’s talk about populism.
Populists pretend complex problems have simple answers.
They like things so simple they become stupid.
They adore binary choices.
They demand you ‘take sides’.
1/10
#populism #populists #propaganda #Johnson #woke #antiwoke

Populists like division.
They like an enemy.
If no enemy’s handy, they’ll make one.
They like to act the victim, no matter how rich, powerful or privileged they are.
But, by creating ‘an enemy’, victims are precisely what they tend to produce.
2/10
#populism #populist #division

Populism appeals to our worse instincts.
It appeals to emotions of hatred, resentment, a tribal ‘us’ and ‘them’.
In today's world we need our better instincts:
•Caring
•Cooperation
•Empathy
•Compassion
Populism doesn’t care about caring. Compassion isn’t on its agenda.
3/10

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