On this day, 24 March 1976, a right-wing coup backed by the US took place in Argentina, overthrowing populist Isabel Peron. The new military government stepped up Peron’s war against radical workers and communists, murdering and “disappearing” tens of thousands. US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger advised the junta to wipe out its opponents quickly before outcry over human rights abuses could grow. More info in this short people’s history of Argentina: https://ift.tt/2I0Dwtchttps://ift.tt/2U6oJ9V
The peculiarity of truly human life is that man has to create himself by his own voluntary efforts; he has to make himself a truly moral, rational, and free being.
— John Dewey, Democracy and Education (via philosophybits)
“I’m stuck in a situation where I have to stay with my family because
I’m paying for all these lawsuits and I can’t afford to do that without
staying with my family. They’re cucked,” he said, using an abbreviation
for “cuckold” that has become a favorite pejorative among alt-righters.
“Good nature is, of all moral qualities, the one that the world needs most, and good nature is the result of ease and security, not of a life of arduous struggle.” – Bertrand Russell, In Praise of Idleness