#social enterprises

[theadaptableeducator]

Reimagining Sustainability: Yukio Mishima's Critique and Alternative Paths Beyond Colonialism, Nationalism, Imperialism, and Capitalism

Yukio Mishima, a prominent Japanese author and nationalist, explored themes of identity, tradition, and the clash between modernity and traditional values in his works. His philosophy, particularly his critique of modernity and Western influences, provides a lens through which we can examine the interconnectivity and unsustainability of colonialism, nationalism, imperialism, and…

[donotdestroy]

A new study documenting the scourge of plastic waste around the world has found that more than half of branded plastic pollution can be traced back to just 56 companies.

More than 20 per cent of all branded pollution is linked to four brands: The Coca-Cola Company (11 per cent), PepsiCo (five per cent), Nestlé (three per cent) and Danone (two per cent).

[invisibleicewands]

Social Enterprise Awards 2024 - 04/12/2024

[philosophicalconservatism]

"Socialism, like the ancient ideas from which it springs, confuses the distinction between government and society. As a result of this, every time we object to a thing being done by government, the socialists conclude that we object to its being done at all.

Frédéric Bastiat (1801-1850) French political economist.

[ax3faire]

I'm thinking about fanon Tim traits and why people write them so often - obviously a lot of the traits are found in first which then informs other fics, and I think people generally read them more than comics so a lot of people get used to them and piggyback off them. Otherwise though, is it just that there's room in a lot of dynamics, both romantic and family wise for someone smaller, more delicate? Is there any single instance in canon that has started off any of these misinterpretations? Like, there are so many fun premises out there for first but Tim is just written so wrong and I'm just wondering where it's all come from.

Also, what are some of your most hated fanon Tim traits and misconceptions?

[littlefankingdom]

I got a vision (pure crack) of Harley Queen, now redeeming herself, having a youtube channel/social media where she reviews fast food items named after Gotham Vigilantes and Rogues.

BUT, she always drags Batman into it. Don't ask how she got him to accept, I don't know, but shr "kidnaps" him on slow nights, and now, they are sitting on some rooftops, with a bunch of food that Alfred would not approve of. (Good thing he doesn't use social media).

He gives the most empty reviews ever, barely comments on what he is eating, while keeping a straight face. He only does give criticism for the rare Harley Queen themed food, if he thinks it fits her or not.

And then, there are the numerous Joker themed food. Batman always glares at them with pure hatred, disgusted that people dare selling food named after a murderer. It's also totally memed to death, after a screenshot was posted with the description "He's going to kill that smoothie". He refuses to even touch these things, so Harley eats them alone, and she always exaggerates how disgusting it is, because fuck Joker, while actually finding it very good and finishing it in a record time. It is also memed.

[sisaloofafump]

*obviously there are many different ways this has been portrayed over time. What do you think is the most likely scenario?

[justinspoliticalcorner]

John Whitehouse at MMFA:

On July 9, Oklahoma’s superintendent of public instruction Ryan Walters announced that a number of people — many of them key figures in right-wing media — would be rewriting the social studies curriculum in the state.

The list includes right-wing hosts with ties to Walters like Steve Deace, Dennis Prager, and Stacy Washington. Also included is Kevin Roberts, the head of The Heritage Foundation, which has organized Project 2025.

Walters announced an “executive review committee” to revise Oklahoma’s social studies curriculum. Members include Dennis Prager, Robert Pondiscio, David Barton, Kevin Roberts, Everett Piper, John Dwyer, David Goodwin, Mark Bauerlein, Steve Deace, and Stacy Washington. [Oklahoma State Department of Education, 7/9/24]

After implementing a mandate that the state’s public schools teach the Bible, Walters claimed that right-wing commentator and pastor Jackson Lahmeyer, who has promised to “embrace Christian nationalism” and previously ran for U.S. Senate in Oklahoma, encouraged him to implement such a policy last year. [Media Matters, 7/8/24]

Walters has approved PragerU Kids — which is widely criticized for pushing right-wing propaganda, such as including distorted histories about slavery in its history lessons — as curriculum for Oklahoma public schools. In one supposedly educational video, for instance, a cartoon version of Fredrick Douglass describes slavery as a “compromise to achieve something great.” [MSNBC, 9/7/23; Media Matters, 9/8/23; NBC, 8/10/23]

Dennis Prager is an anti-LGBTQ pundit who has hosted The Dennis Prager Show since 1999. In 2009, he founded the conservative nonprofit organization PragerU, which publishes short videos on political and international issues.

David Barton is a pseudo-historian and Christian nationalist well-known for spreading the idea that the country was supposed to be a Christian nation. Barton is the founder of WallBuilders.

Kevin Roberts is the president of the Heritage Foundation, the right-wing think tank leading Project 2025.

Steve Deace is a host for BlazeTV who has made many anti-abortion and anti-LGBTQ remarks.

Stacy Washington is a commentator, radio host, and Air Force veteran who has appeared in many right-wing outlets. She was formerly a host of a program aired on American Family Radio, the radio arm of extreme anti-LGBTQ group American Family Association, before the network culled much of its programming and its dedicated Urban Family Communications network.

Right-wing indoctrination artist Oklahoma Superintendent of Public Schools Ryan Walters announced that he is having a team rewrite the state’s social studies curriculum, with many of its names right-wing media figures such as Everett Piper, serial history revisionist David Barton, indoctrination mill head Dennis Prager, and pundit Steve Deace.

See Also:

LGBTQ Nation: Oklahoma’s head of education hires Christian Nationalists to revise social studies currciculum

[dandelionsandcacti]

"We all too often have socialism for the rich and rugged free market capitalism for the poor." — Martin Luther King Jr.

[sunder-the-gold]

Oh? Oh-HO!

Finally got around to reading the Angelina manga, and I'm on the issues where Big Bob shows up and mouths off about Columbia.

Here's the one panel that America-haters gleefully showed:

"Yeah, fuck capitalism!"

Except that's not the context at all. Here are the panels immediately before that one:

Taxes! Big Bob is ranting that "Taxation is theft!"

Far from criticizing capitalism and free enterprise healthcare, Big Bob is lambasting SOCIALIST welfare (always paid for by taxpayers) and socialized healthcare.

Big Bob is praising capitalism by insisting that taxation is theft, and he's praising private, free enterprise healthcare by insisting that his people should be free to keep their own money to buy medicine from the companies THEY deem to sell the best products.

Gee, I WONDER why people didn't want to share THESE panels?

Because Communists gonna Communist. They can never admit to the evils of their own practices, and they will shamelessly project those flaws onto capitalism.

[formulaonedirection]

EVERYONE PAY ATTENTION I JUST BOUGHT CROISSANT EARRINGS

[solarpunkbusiness]

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[invisibleicewands]

Michael Sheen at the Social Enterprise Awards 2024 - 04/12/2024

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[philosophicalconservatism]

"Socialism needs to pull down wealth; [classical] liberalism seeks to raise up poverty. Socialism would destroy private interests, Liberalism would preserve [them] ... by reconciling them with public right. Socialism would kill enterprise; Liberalism would rescue enterprise from the trammels of privilege and preference. Socialism assails the preeminence of the individual; Liberalism seeks ... to build up a minimum standard for the mass. Socialism exalts the rule; Liberalism exalts the man. "

Winston Churchill (1874-1965) British Prime Minister.

[afrotumble]

Rosario Isabel Dawson (1979- ) •

[simptasia]

sometimes in trek: spock, data, julian, odo, seven or t'pol will say something and like, other characters will react in certain ways (annoyance or amusement) and the moments will be presented by the show as like "oh lookit this social blunder haha" and i'll be like

"i see what the show wants me to feel but literally what are they doing wrong here"