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The female pilots that helped defeat the Nazis

“The militia  evolved  from a loosely organised criminal gang into a Salafi-jihadist group inspired by the Islamic State group.”

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Interaction with ChaGPT Is Conflict a Human Condition? Rethinking John Gray, Nassim Taleb, and Structural Causes of War — With Commentary User Question: What is the basic condition of the human species according to John Gray? John Gray: Conflict as a Human Condition John Gray, the British philosopher, argues that the basic condition of the human species is one of conflict and perpetual struggle . He suggests that violence, domination, and power-seeking are not deviations from human nature but deeply embedded in it . According to Gray: History is cyclical , not progressive. Human atrocities such as genocide, war, and oppression are recurring features. Civilization doesn't eradicate violence; it often amplifies it—by organizing it through nationalism, ideology, and bureaucracy. Enlightenment humanism (the idea that reason and progress can overcome human flaws) is a secular myth . Human psychology, tribalism, and evolutionary instincts make conflict inevitable . User Question: D...

A very interesting and engaging perspective “The political thought of John Gray provides an unblinking vision of the world, a  perspective of unclouded realism which reveals the intractability of today’s most pressing problems. Both Christian and Enlightenment ideologies have perpetuated the myth that humanity’s problems can be overcome, that history is a narrative of man’s progression and perfectibility. According to Gray, such ideas, which were typified by the Positivist movement, have come to rest at the core of liberal political philosophies, and are exemplified by Fukuyaman assertion that the ideals of Western liberalism represent the historical end-point of man’s ideological evolution. For Gray, however, claims to this effect are grounded on a number of flawed assumptions. In the first instance, they reproduce a Christian anthropocentrism which elevates the ‘story of mankind’ to a position of unparalleled significance. Secondly, they assume that ‘humanity’ exists, that diverg...

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Rosa Luxemburg was one of the pioneers of a study of racism and cultural appropriation as distinctive yet integrated components of an analysis of capitalism where exploitation and racial subordination are mutually reinforcing.  The progress of the humanistic era of the Enlightenment”, she remarked sarcastically while commenting on German colonialism at the end of the 18th century, could be seen in how the captain of a ship transporting slaves from Guinea to Guyana in South America, “to alleviate their [the slaves] melancholy and to keep them from dying off, allowed them to dance on the ship’s deck with music and whip cracks every evening, something to which the more brutal Spanish traders had not resorted. Luxemburg 1910 [CW: 209])

Via Middle East Eye Author Yves Engler confronted Canadian MP Michael Cooper over his support for Israel, questioning whether he would continue to stand with Israel “even if they ethnically cleansed everyone in Gaza.” But saying that 'it is probably worse than what the Nazis did' is an outrageous comparison, George.