Dr. Ruth is still kicking against the pricks
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Antifascist prof. Political theory, postcolony, anathema, the end of days, demon sperm. Views entirely my own.
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Is it true? Who knows. Maybe the president spent a month looking around nervously and shrieking DO NOT TALK ABOUT THAT for other reasons
November 12, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Is it true? Who knows. Maybe the president spent a month looking around nervously and shrieking DO NOT TALK ABOUT THAT for other reasons
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But we do not live in that world anymore.
newrepublic.com/article/2015...
newrepublic.com/article/2015...
Why Shame No Longer Works in American Politics
While it once played a role in binding society, shame has lost its power—and so have the liberal tools that depend on it.
newrepublic.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:21 PM
But we do not live in that world anymore.
newrepublic.com/article/2015...
newrepublic.com/article/2015...
Same. You’ve put it perfectly. I am beyond distressed by this. 😭
November 12, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Same. You’ve put it perfectly. I am beyond distressed by this. 😭
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almost all my teacher friends and colleagues are reporting something similar. this isn't a natural generational nihilism, but one that has been actively inculcated in them as the desired aim of a decades-long political project. their illiteracy and hopelessness is an achieved goal. it's terrifying.
November 12, 2025 at 1:11 AM
almost all my teacher friends and colleagues are reporting something similar. this isn't a natural generational nihilism, but one that has been actively inculcated in them as the desired aim of a decades-long political project. their illiteracy and hopelessness is an achieved goal. it's terrifying.