I have written another activism email, which may well be my last for this incarnation.
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- the rise of neoliberalism and, more recently, fascism (not recognised until too late, IMO),
including
(i) neoliberalism/fascism's anti-LGBTQIASB+ hate
and
(ii) neoliberalism/fascism's enabling of nominally "far right" actions/inactions/silences (particularly racist [i.e., white supremacist] actions against the Voice Referendum and other such actions by state and territory governments since the election of John Howard)
and
(iii) neoliberalism/fascism's massive (denial of the existence/value of and) destruction of human, social, and environmental capital;
and - a social and intellectual decline shown by
(a) the absurdity of petromasculinity (and, IMO, all resistance to action to address the clearly evidence-supported climate crisis),
(b) a growth in workplaces as cults,
(c) a backlash against progressivism and human rights in around the last 15 years;
and
(d) and indication of an end point from the USA, which, under the regime of the paedophile, convicted rapist & fraudster, incompetent businessperson and Hitler-admiring fascist currently leading it, has seen people in the MAGA cult knowingly and gleefully choose destruction rather than allowing any form of progressivism - a vile attitude currently growing in influence in Australia.
as with the skill of swimming, which is measured, judged and assessed by its reduction of drownings,
so too must the teaching of the life skill of critical thinking be measured, judged and assessed - I would suggest by its reduction in the number of Australians who fall prey to scams.
- the identification of petromasculinity, and that so many climate crisis deniers/minimisers are either intellectually flawed (ignore evidence or lack global perspective, including common but differentiated responsibilities) or based in emotional issues such as being overwhelmed by the scope of imminent changes and/or resentment based on illogical fears that others will gain relative to us despite the global nature of the destruction of the climate crisis,
- the rise of anti-human cult-like workplaces,
- the irrational, emotion-driven end point being shown on the USA and starting to be imported to Australia,and
- the apparent increase in the numbers of Australians being scammed - the overcoming of which requires both the skills of critical thinking and the emotional competence to recognise personal blocks (such as embarrassment and guilt) and weaknesses (such as falling to the appeal of get-rich-quick schemes, possibly out of a desire to support family) to allow those skills to be used.
- the reduction in the number of Australians who fall prey to scams (which also requires monitored teaching of critical thinking and, as with swimming, if the result is inadequate, adjust the teaching to improve its effectiveness based on the evidence),
- the success of the teaching of respect and consent, as measured by an ACTUAL reduction of violence in relationships (which also requires continuation of those programmes and, if the result is inadequate, adjust the teaching to improve its effectiveness [noting the range of personalities to be catered for, as well as matters such as neurodivergence, trauma, and shyness] based on the evidence), and
- the success of psychosocial safety in the workplace, with the most appropriate measurement of that yet to be determined.
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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.
Gnwmythr
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