[b]Philosophy Tweets
“Socialism is a scare word they’ve hurled at every advance the people have made. Socialism is what they called public power, social security, deposit insurance, and independent labor organizations. Socialism is their name for anything that helps all people.” Harry Truman[/b]
Explain that to Trump on Fox and Friends.
“An honest politician will not be tolerated by a democracy unless he is very stupid … because only a very stupid man can honestly share the prejudices of more than half the nation.” Bertrand Russell
Any stupid politicians still around today? Aside from him.
“At the core of all well-founded belief lies belief that is unfounded.” Ludwig Wittgenstein
Like any true believer will ever admit it.
“Nothing is so difficult as not deceiving oneself.” Ludwig Wittgenstein
More to the point: not even knowing it.
"Hell isn’t other people. Hell is yourself.” Ludwig Wittgenstein
No, it’s other people too.
“The mind is like an iceberg, it floats with one-seventh of its bulk above water.” Sigmund Freud
And then there’s the part about dasein.