We Are Free to Change the World: Hannah Arendt's Lessons in Love and Disobedience | 
pickThis is between a pick and a so-so for me, but manages to come down just this side of pick. This is a hard book to get through when our country is currently a flaming mess. Arendt also has some problematic views on race that are clearly due to when she was alive. One would hope, were she alive now, those views would be different.
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This is such a cool detail. It‘s also unsurprising. Someone spoke about and from a perspective he did not have, so he sought out that perspective. Plus, he reads. He reads voluntarily and happily. I‘m not sure the current resident of the Oval Office knows the difference between a stack of papers and a book. Both are to be ignored and are of no interest to him. Maybe he can identify the book as something to put his Diet Coke can on. 🙄
Oh really? No only have the former confederate states/the former traitor states been ignoring it since the founding of the nation, they are actively seeking to force their chosen ignorance upon the rest of us.
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Sometimes, I feel like social media is the number one thing that is burning the world to the ground (socially of course).
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This needs to be posted on every door, of every building, of every university in the United States immediately.
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I‘ve got to disagree with Arendt. There is not a new kind of evil, a special, radical kind of evil that started with the Nazis. Every human being is fully capable of such evil. It is our better nature that allows us to override any desire to be evil and choose to be good people. When one starts to believe that this evil can benefit one‘s better nature is when these atrocities happen.
I‘m beginning to question if it EVER landed here.
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I loved this part. So much for public happiness. Now those in power think happiness is frivolous and wasteful because it doesn‘t make any of them money.
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Oh, America is even more quicksand than it was back that. If only she could see us now.
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Monstrous is also my word for it. Just saying.
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This bothers me. This troubles me greatly. This feels just a little too MAGA for my liking. Peaceful protest is NOT violence by definition. Period. (Not saying everyone was peaceful, but to say that any entire movement is violent because some are is reductionist.)
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If only she could see us now! We‘ve only fallen further. MUCH, much further!
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This is a solid definition of capitalism as practiced here in American.
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An example of Arendt‘s philosophy in action:
https://youtu.be/i4QVr4Ip6TU
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pickThis book was so dense and meaty that I pulled quotes for my review. I can say that I am inclined to read more of Ardent‘s books but feel it would take more than a year & I would certainly need buddy reads,because although I am fascinated the philosophy thanks to the exposure from classes my son took in college,I struggle with processing philosophical thinking. Any takers? #adventuresinphilosophy
“‘-nication was possible with him, not because he lied but because he was surrounded by the most reliable of all safeguards against the words and the presence of others, and hence against reality as such. (EJ 49)‘
His words were empty because his mind was without resonance. Eichmann was thoughtless to the point that he no longer inhabited the real world—which was partly why he could wreak such terror upon it.”
Sounds familiar.
“What is being claimed is the right to have rights.”
Boy, isn‘t that just the nail on the head today.
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Having recently finished Silent Spring, and now dipping my toes into the deep waters of Arendt, it looks like it‘s the time to give Baldwin a try. Finally.
Empathy. Being able to understand, to care about other people. What happened to it?
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Just have some deep thoughts. It feels like deep thoughts have gone out of fashion these days.
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Well this is exactly what‘s happening right now.
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I‘ve been saying that the folks going on about “young people” having no common sense have lost all understanding of common sense for like 10 years now.
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Sadly, that gap was left post war. This gap has been left because… as made too much progress for the good old white boys?!
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I have had conversations with die hard republicans and asked them, “have you ever asked yourself if maybe, just maybe, you‘re wrong?” You can imagine the responses. My response is, “and that‘s the problem. Until you have, there is no conversation to have,” and walk away. If you cannot question your own beliefs, you don‘t have beliefs, you have dogma and nothing more.
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Welcome to America, 2025
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Hell, the tyranny of the minority is also a threat, as we are seeing right now in America.
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I have had this thought since I was a kid, and was told by my Catholic grandmother that it was quite an uncharitable thought to have. 🙄 Apparently people genuinely believe it is wrong to believe the world shouldn‘t need charity, but since it does, it is our duty to do what we can. 🤷🏼♀️ Go figure.
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Apparently Ardent‘s The Origins of Totalitarianism includes three separate sections, which have also been published separately. This tagged book is taking me much longer to read than I anticipated because of its parallels to life now.
Interestingly, our freshman World History class just finished a unit on imperialism, & Cecil Rhodes & his crass attitude towards Africa & its people are duly noted.
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Finally starting this.
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I am reading this book slowly. There is an overwhelming amount of information that requires thoughtful processing.
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Our friend, Varian Fry,(The Flight Portfolio) mentioned in relation to Arendt‘s ability to leave Europe for the USA. Life‘s intersections at work.
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“…the propaganda effect of infallibility: the trick of appearing omnipotent by prophesying a future that you then make happen.”
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Eichmann sounds a lit like somebody else in today‘s news, doesn‘t he? I mean, like a lot of somebodys, really.
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I am taking it slow reading this book. How are others doing? This particular passage spoke to me quite loudly. #adventuresinphilosophy #resistance #HannahArendt
Only on p. 6. 🧡💙
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pickAs you can see, plenty of insightful observations & wisdom offered here on behalf of Arendt. Highly relevant today, though I‘d be hard pressed to believe there would ever be a time when it isn‘t.
Freedom is in plurality. However, it requires relinquishing a degree of sovereignty. (Cliche freedom isn‘t free.)
I had to laugh when Stonebridge points out shouting “stupid” into the void of social media is not effective resistance. 😆
Planning to start this in January.Maybe a chapter per week? Does that sound doable? Rather than generating questions which is not a talent of mine,I thought anyone can post questions ideas,quotes,etcI am sure there will be much to question & research about Arendt‘ philosophy,her times, connections to our time.Thoughts? I know a few of you have started this month. Please keep posting! #adventuresinphilosophy #resistence #HannahArendt
Outrage is definitely a cheap source of political power, until people become numb & apathetic from exhaustion. 😑 My cynical twin says Americans don‘t want my love, just money.
This passage is in reference to Kafka‘s The Castle, which I definitely want to read. It‘s been on my shelves for years.
Denying human dignity makes scapegoating not just possible, but permissible and even promoted.
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