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Value yourself. The only people who appreciate a doormat are people with dirty shoes.

Leo F. Buscaglia.

“The ones who hurt us cannot heal us. That’s not the way it works. That’s not the way it ever works.”

— Ashleigh Catibog-Abraham, There’s Nothing Left to Save

“Are you a communist?”
“No, I am an anti-fascist”
“For a long time?”
“Since I have understood fascism.”

—HEMINGWAY, Ernest, For Whom the Bell Tolls

Friendly reminder that anti-intellectualism is an authoritarian tactic that is used to control a population by robbing people of the tools to understand and solve problems, foster innovation and build up communities. Education gives people power to improve their conditions. (Amanda Hu)

This is all a kind of vulgar Thatcherism. Margaret Thatcher’s mantra was: “There is no alternative.” She repeated this so often they called her “Tina” Thatcher: There. Is. No. Alternative.

“There is no alternative” is a cheap rhetorical slight. It’s a demand dressed up as an observation. “There is no alternative” means: “stop trying to think of an alternative.”