People who claim that the Aboriginal culture must not be displaced by modernity are implying that they do not believe in cultural progress, but in every other context (including their own preferences) they are radical progressives. It follows that they do not want Aboriginal people to benefit from the value they ascribe to progress but to keep them stuck in prehistory. I have questions for those conflicted progressives: If you do not value cultural progress above traditionalism than why feminism and drag queens? If you do value cultural progress above traditionalism then why not colonisation? Do you believe in progress for ‘white people’ only?
When people do not understand that the purchasing power of their savings grows hand in hand with the economic output, they cannot discern any personal loss when their purchasing power stays the same during economic growth, and the extra value is covertly captured by the banks. Banks steal the deflationary effect of economic growth, the inevitable common enrichment. The most pervasive theft in human history is concealed by the absence of change, which appears fair to those who do not understand where the purchasing power of money comes from.
Forwarded from Sanjeev Sabhlok PUBLIC CHANNEL (Sanjeev Sabhlok)
A reminder: My position on the Voice referendum is a NO.
- I'm not interested in the merit of this proposal
- I'm opposed to any other issue getting priority over basic FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT AND SPEECH in Australia.
First include FREEDOM in the Constitution of Australia.
- I'm not interested in the merit of this proposal
- I'm opposed to any other issue getting priority over basic FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT AND SPEECH in Australia.
First include FREEDOM in the Constitution of Australia.
The obsession with protecting native animals and plants from ‘non-native’ species is not supported by rational justification. It is a supremacist ideology, stemming from pagan superstitions about natural balance and the ‘divine’ right of belonging.
The Trolley Problem doctors want you to believe they are faced with:
1) A train is speeding along the tracks. You see that 5 people are lying on the tracks ahead of it, bound to be killed unless you pull the lever to redirect the train to another track. You notice that one person is lying on the other track. These are the only two options. Do you pull the lever or not?
The Trolley Problem as doctors apply it:
2) A train is speeding along the tracks. You see that 5 people are lying on the tracks ahead of it, bound to be killed unless you pull the lever to redirect the train to another track. You notice that one person is lying on the other track. These are the only two options. Do you pull the lever, or go play golf?
1) A train is speeding along the tracks. You see that 5 people are lying on the tracks ahead of it, bound to be killed unless you pull the lever to redirect the train to another track. You notice that one person is lying on the other track. These are the only two options. Do you pull the lever or not?
The Trolley Problem as doctors apply it:
2) A train is speeding along the tracks. You see that 5 people are lying on the tracks ahead of it, bound to be killed unless you pull the lever to redirect the train to another track. You notice that one person is lying on the other track. These are the only two options. Do you pull the lever, or go play golf?
Any doctor who uses the trolley problem to describe how they make decisions at work is a sociopath and should not be allowed to treat patients. A doctor must do whatever he can for all patients under his care, not decide who lives or dies.
The trolley problem is incomplete. After your make the decision whether to pull the lever, you are required to crack open a fortune cookie, which reads: ‘you are the person on the second track’.
The trolley problem implies, falsely, that doctors can choose to deny care to some patients under their care, despite having accepted the duty of care.
This “action” simultaneously calls out the hypocrisy of those who endorse the anthropogenic climate change fraud because it is good for their profits, and betrays the hypocrisy of the activists for taking on easy targets instead of China, or the tyres of private jets of the WEF sycophants. https://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/climate-activists-behind-tyredeflating-group-speak-out-for-first-time/news-story/29b3ac02b79ab3ac6f3fe13fe65265a3
I responded to Paul Offit’s post in which he shames vaccine refusal and defends vaccine mandates. I wonder whether he will engage. Feel free to give my response a ‘like’ on substack to bump it up in the list of comments; it will make it more difficult to ignore. https://open.substack.com/pub/pauloffit/p/the-freedom-to-harm?r=ufez2&utm_campaign=comment-list-share-cta&utm_medium=web&comments=true&commentId=39949027
Beyond the Noise
Ha! I just found this 2 year old conversation: https://www.reddit.com/r/philosophy/comments/qnwz01/ethics_of_vaccine_refusal_bmj_journal_of_medical/
Reddit
From the philosophy community on Reddit: Ethics of vaccine refusal (BMJ Journal of Medical Ethics)
Explore this post and more from the philosophy community
Face Masks and CO2 toxicity
Studies alleging that face masks increase the absorption of CO2 by 35-80 times are bad science. While mask wearing is harmful for a number of reasons, CO2 concentration under the mask being cited as one of those reasons is misleading. The mask only increases the dead volume of the respiratory system (Function Residual Capacity = 1800-2200ml) by a few percent (30-50ml), and the same CO2 concentration as measured under the mask is present in trachea and lungs at the end of each exhalation, with or without a mask. This dead volume of ‘used’ air gets diluted with every new breath, but the concentration of CO2 in the lungs always remains higher than in ambient air. https://www.physio-pedia.com/Lung_Volumes
Studies alleging that face masks increase the absorption of CO2 by 35-80 times are bad science. While mask wearing is harmful for a number of reasons, CO2 concentration under the mask being cited as one of those reasons is misleading. The mask only increases the dead volume of the respiratory system (Function Residual Capacity = 1800-2200ml) by a few percent (30-50ml), and the same CO2 concentration as measured under the mask is present in trachea and lungs at the end of each exhalation, with or without a mask. This dead volume of ‘used’ air gets diluted with every new breath, but the concentration of CO2 in the lungs always remains higher than in ambient air. https://www.physio-pedia.com/Lung_Volumes
Physiopedia
Lung Volumes
Lung volumes are also known as respiratory volumes. It refers to the volume of gas in the lungs at a given time during the respiratory cycle. Lung capacities are derived from a summation of different lung volumes. The average total lung capacity of an adult…
The concepts of first nations, tribal sovereignty and native title were given to Aboriginal people by whitefella in black suits. Indigenous nationalism and supremacism was instilled by mostly white activists and lawyers. Aboriginal people, beware of poisoned gifts. When politicians offer you more than equality, they intend to take it from you. If they appeal to your tribal vanity, run for your life.
There is enough cash in existence to withdraw only 3% of ‘deposits’ held at the banks, assuming that all cash is on hand with the banks, and none already held by the people (which we know is not true). The actual threshold of insolvency is probably around 1%. The ‘money in the bank’ is not real money; it is just what the bank owes you.
The Nazi Title is serious money, at the expense of Humanity. https://www.news.com.au/finance/economy/australian-economy/north-stradbroke-island-traditional-owners-given-twoyear-deal-to-develop-250-hectares-of-state-land/news-story/95fea5574bb1f465fa7b18ec4021a3e5
A fascinating article from a psychologist working with gender dysphoria. https://wesleyyang.substack.com/p/psychologists-are-not-legally-required
Year Zero
Psychologists are not legally required to affirm the gender identities of their patients
A psychotherapist who works with gender distressed young people without affirming their gender identities in California, where "conversion therapy" is banned, explains why her practice is legal
If members of a racial identity-group are systematically treated as if they were not fully responsible for their actions on account of impersonal factors, then the underlying message is that they are not fully moral agents, therefore not fully human agents. The concept of intergenerational trauma stigmatises and dehumanises Aboriginal people.