Well, at least now I feel that Musks tweet about liberty and being oppressed and blah are even more funny than ever. He has literally the wealth to buy countries, if he would wish to.

Holy cow, they can lose 90% of their wealth and still be above 100 mil. The math checks out, but my gosh, how rich are they?!

That’s enough internet for today

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Ich kann die anfängliche Abwehrhaltung gut nachvollziehen. Aber mit - na ja, wenigen Minuten Recherche - kann man noch viele weitere Einschätzungen dafür finden, warum das Wort veraltet ist. Kurz gesagt: einfach nicht nutzen, sondern lieber gehörlos sagen.

Me too!

Ich glaube, da hat sich die Autorperson im Verlag geirrt

France at last place?! Viva LA revolution!

Psychology student hère.

In short, our professor explained to us that there are two approaches as to how subconscious thoughts and emotions work. The first one is that sometimes thought processes are subconscious, but they can be “brought to light” relatively easily; this perspective has been well-validated and compatible with modern psychology. The second approach is the psychoanalytic one - that some thoughts and emotions are forcefully kept away from the consciousness in order to self-regulate. This position has been debunked and doesn’t seem to have empirical basis.

That’s why classical psychoanalysis today, where you dig deep into thoughts and feelings in order to go beyond the “defensive forces” of the mind (in German also called Abwehr), is seen as outdated.

That is true only to some extent. Frances Wright, who admittedly lived later than Washington (1795-1852), was one of the most vocal public abolitionists in the USA to the extent of my knowledge. Specifically, she was a feminist and abolitionist. Both she and Jefferson were Epicureans and knew the sources well, but she drew other, more ethical, conclusions, and supported the fight for abolition.

It is important to keep in mind that she was living later than Jefferson, and thus had access to different sources than he did. However, her example demonstrates that it was not impossible, even back then, to recognize that owning slaves was wrong and unethical. While I agree that it was typical for the elites to do it regardless, I want to emphasize that the sources to recognize that slavery was wrong were already there. Many people simply chose to ignore it.

Thus my stance is that it definitely was a sign of the times that it was widespread, I think the defining feature of the time was that people chose to ignore ethical conclusions. It isn’t just a sign of the time that people kept slaves - it was sign of the time that people chose to keep slaves even though they could’ve recognized that it was wrong and unethical.

I hope my point is understandeable. Just adding my two cents :)

I think you meant Lemmy.world instead of reddit.world. or have I missed part of the joke here?

I absolutely agree. Very well written, and you did an amazing job by highlighting the difference between responsibility (which is neutral) and fault (which is negative) here.

Amazing game :))

Richtig cool, dass der Artikel vorerst frei verfügbar ist! Sehr wichtig und richtig.

Biggus Dickus in real life

My eyes…

Es ist eigentlich sehr krass. Ich studiere Psychologie und will Psychotherapeut werden. Im absoluten Idealfall (!), wenn man mit 18 aus der Schule raus ist, sofort anfängt zu studieren und rein nach Regelstudienzeit geht, ist man mit 28 fertig (5 Jahre Studium + 5 Jahre Weiterbildung). Wenn man Erasmus macht, FSJ, Doktor,… ist man schnell bei 30-35, ehe man selbstständig arbeiten kann und eine Existenz aufgebaut hat.

Verstehe mich nicht falsch - ich finde es wichtig, dass man gut qualifiziert und ausgebildet ist, und dafür soll man sich auch gerne viel Zeit lassen. Aber diese 30 Jahre erwirtschafte ich effektiv kein Geld für die Gesellschaft, sondern die Gesellschaft zahlt für meine Ausbildung. Wenn man BAföG/ ein Stipendium kriegt, an einer staatlichen Uni studiert, Erasmus macht etc. kommt man da vermutlich bei einen Millionenbetrag raus, der insgesamt während meiner Lebenszeit für mich bezahlt wird.

Ich bin unfassbar privilegiert, diese Förderung zu erhalten - und ich schätze es auch sehr stark wert. Aber gleichzeitig kann ich es auch gut nachvollziehen, dass Menschen die Stirn runzeln. Ich wünsche mir, dass das System effizienter strukturiert wäre und ich weniger unnötigen Kram lernen muss, welcher der Gesellschaft so viel Geld kostet.

Thank you, is corrected :)

Fun fact: The nowadays conservative (and IMO right leaning) German CDU has originally considered capitalism to be the reason for outbreak for WW2. They wanted to form a new Christian Socialism, which would’ve united Christian ideals with a socialistic (not marxistic) economy. The so-called Kölner Erklärung was written in 1945 as a basic idea for where Germany should head from perspective of the CDU.

These ideas didn’t last for long and got replaced by a conservative fiscal policy. But it is good to keep in mind that even in the CDU there were people who recognized that capitalism ultimately has a strong tendency to fuel fascism. In Nazi Germany, the main capitalists worked closely with the NSDAP - Krupp, Bosch, Hugo Boss (who famously designed the Nazi uniforms), Volkswagen were all lead by rich capitalists who saw (and gained) profit by the actions of the Nazis. It makes me sad that even the SPD, the so-called Social Democratic Party, long forgot what it means to fight for socialism and equality, and instead embraces neoliberalism with a touch of social politics.