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I like that in becoming a nazi, you get glowing coverage as a brave iconoclast, and then when you stop being a nazi, you’re get glowing coverage as a brave dissident. Money coming and going. Only way you lose is having normal opinions like “racism bad” bsky.app/profile/trac...
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He holds a number of paid positions as an adviser for lobbying and consultancy companies.[51] He is paid chair of the Purpose Defence Coalition, members of which include arms manufacturer Leonardo, which has "extensive links" to Israel’s military.[52] He is paid chair of the Purpose Business Coalition, members of which include Leonardo and oil company BP. He is a paid senior adviser to Rud Pedersen, a lobbying company with expertise in security and defence, which has oil and gas companies Glencore and Enwell Energy as clients.[53](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:jr5xhxt5w6a2jqh2os36rkvg/bafkreigabmkwwcyr3imibfflpjfuvahwhhulufzosxxtheaynei5tcfo7q)
![An excerpt from 'Demanding the Impossible: A History of Anarchism' by Peter Marshall:
"Human nature no less than external nature is governed by laws of necessity. [William] Godwin rejects the theory of innate ideas and instincts and asserts, as one of his chapter titles puts it, that the 'Characters of Men Originate in their External Circumstances'. We are born neither virtuous nor vicious but are made so according to our upbringing and education. Since we are almost entirely the products of our environment, there are also no biological grounds for class distinctions or slavery. It follows for Godwin that we have a common nature and substantial equality. From this physical equality Godwin deduces moral equality: we should treat each other with equal consideration and recognize that what is desirable for one is desirable for all."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6hbc23wzgyawee3te2ijlxqo/bafkreib6o5kxj65jvf5d2m5s53v6o5oamvhi57yyauwgmxrypqwgiciiau)
