by sustainablesociety | Apr 28, 2020 | Politics
Photo by visuals on Unsplash In 2020, some of the world’s largest economies are led by men who have adopted the speech patterns of the ‘Agitator’. These men use the emotional states of the population to further their own, and their allies, political...
by sustainablesociety | Aug 8, 2019 | Climate Change, Politics
David Livingstone Smith’s ‘Dehumanisation’ thesis includes the following: “One common misconception of my position on dehumanization is that when one dehumanizes others one conceives of them as less than fully human. My position is that when one dehumanizes others,...
by sustainablesociety | Jun 20, 2018 | Politics
Photo by Ye Jinghan on Unsplash We might expect dictatorships and countries with poor human rights records to flout human rights conventions, but we hold ourselves in the UK and the United States to higher standards due to claims about moral superiority and as...
by sustainablesociety | May 14, 2018 | Politics
Photo by rob walsh on Unsplash The Malefactors of Great Wealth I came across a quote from a speech in Oreskes and Conway’s (2014) ‘The Collapse of Western Civilization’. At this point, I will not name or date the speechmaker. I thought it interesting as a view on...
