From the news on: society [Note: Content Warning - links to reports on bigotry/hate, abuse. Reader discretion is advised]

Note: CONTENT WARNING - some of this content is about upsetting, disturbing or triggering events & attitudes. Seek competent help - including professional - if you need it. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised that linked articles may contains names and/or images of deceased people. READER CAUTION IS RECOMMENDED! For anyone distressed by anything in this post, or for any other reason considering seeking support, resources are available in Australia here, here, and here. In other nations, you will have to do an Internet search using terms such as “mental health support - <your nation>” (which, for instance, may lead to this, this, and this, in the USA, or this, this, and this, in France [biased towards English-language - my apologies]), or perhaps try https://www.befrienders.org/. 

From the news on society: 

• “Michael Pascoe: In defence of the ‘elites’, they simply make better decisions”   https://www.thenewdaily.com.au/finance/2023/11/01/michael-pascoe-elites-better-decisions   “But here’s a thing he might find uncomfortable about the electorates he denigrated for strongly voting Yes – their inhabitants routinely make better decisions than those of the electorates that most strongly voted No.   These “elites” are less likely to smoke, less likely to be obese, are better educated, more likely to be engaged with issues, more likely to be schooled in critical thinking, and less likely to be fooled by scare campaigns.”   

• “You're Not Worth Saving”   https://www.okdoomer.io/youre-not-worth-saving/   “This is the dark side of Malthus nobody talks about, but it's all over his work. He believed in letting nature run its course. If you were having a population problem, he said feel free to commit social murder.”   

• “Unlikable”   https://www.okdoomer.io/unlikable/   “What it's like to be different in a world that pretends to value difference”   
  

 

• “Biden signs order on AI safeguards days ahead of international security summit”   https://www.france24.com/en/technology/20231031-biden-signs-order-on-ai-safeguards-days-ahead-of-international-security-summit   “US President Joe Biden ... signed an ambitious executive order on artificial intelligence that seeks to balance the needs of cutting-edge technology companies with national security and consumer rights, creating an early set of guardrails that could be fortified by legislation and global agreements.”   
  

• “Latrell Mitchell, Jack Wighton case cop admits giving false evidence”   https://www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/2023/10/31/latrell-mitchell-jack-wighton-cop-false-evidence   and   “‘Cheap police’: Four Corners shows the dangers of private policing in the NT and why First Nations people are more at risk”   https://theconversation.com/cheap-police-four-corners-shows-the-dangers-of-private-policing-in-the-nt-and-why-first-nations-people-are-more-at-risk-216442   “The privatisation of public order management and policing creates a law enforcement system driven by profits. Profits are a deterrent to investing in staff training, employing qualified guards and providing compliance systems. ...  The commodification of public policing is based on cost efficiency, rather than a legislative framework and protection for the public.   The possession of weapons also opens the gates to unchecked violence. As the harms of Northern Territory policing mount, the focus should be on retracting rather than expanding the policing net.”   and   “NSW Police use of Suspect Targeting Management Plan could meet “threshold for serious misconduct””   https://nit.com.au/30-10-2023/8382/nsw-police-use-of-suspect-targeting-management-plan-could-meet-threshold-for-serious-misconduct-inquiry-finds    and   “Kenyan police on trial for ‘assassination’ of Pakistani journalist”   https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/10/31/kenyan-police-unit-go-on-trial-for-death-of-prominent-pakistani-journalist   (but remember: innocent until proven guilty)  
  

• “Antibiotic resistance is making childhood and infant infections untreatable, with deadly results”   https://www.thenewdaily.com.au/life/science/2023/10/31/antibiotics-resistance-children  

 

Assumptions / basis 

In writing this, I have assumed / started from the following: 

• this blog states quite clearly that it is about political and human rights matters, including lived experience of problems, and thus I will assume readers are reasonable people who have noted the content warning in the post header;

Possible flaws 

Where I can, I will try to highlight possible flaws / issues you should consider:

• there may be flawed logical arguments in the above: to find out more about such flaws and thinking generally, I recommend Brendan  Myers’ free online course “Clear and Present Thinking”; 
  
• I could be wrong - so keep your thinking caps on, and make up your own minds for yourself.
  

 

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