Quotes and Politics

The Union is founded on the values of respect for human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, the rule of law and respect for human rights, including the rights of persons belonging to minorities. These values are common to the Member States in a society in which pluralism, non-discrimination, tolerance, justice, solidarity and equality between women and men prevail.——Lisbon Treaty

为了所有人都有自私的权利,必须有一个道义巨人无私地牺牲。为了争取到一个“消极自由”(不受权力的任意强制),必须有一种积极抗争的意志。历史没有必然,一个殉难者的出现就会彻底改变一个民族的灵魂,提升人的精神品质。甘地是偶然,哈维尔是偶然,二千年前那个生于马槽的农家孩子更是偶然。

My dear, with your love I can calmly face my impending trial, having no regrets about the choices I’ve made and optimistically awaiting tomorrow. I look forward to [the day] when my country is a land with freedom of expression, where the speech of every citizen will be treated equally well; where different values, ideas, beliefs, and political views … can both compete with each other and peacefully coexist; where both majority and minority views will be equally guaranteed, and where the political views that differ from those currently in power, in particular, will be fully respected and protected; where all political views will spread out under the sun for people to choose from, where every citizen can state political views without fear, and where no one can under any circumstances suffer political persecution for voicing divergent political views. I hope that I will be the last victim of China’s endless literary inquisitions and that from now on no one will be incriminated because of speech.——“I Have No Enemies:My Final Statement”Liu Xiaobo(https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/2010/xiaobo/lecture)

None of us is great enough for such a task. But in all circumstances of life, in obscurity or temporary fame, cast in the irons of tyranny or for a time free to express himself, the writer can win the heart of a living community that will justify him, on the one condition that he will accept to the limit of his abilities the two tasks that constitute the greatness of his craft: the service of truth and the service of liberty. Because his task is to unite the greatest possible number of people, his art must not compromise with lies and servitude which, wherever they rule, breed solitude. Whatever our personal weaknesses may be, the nobility of our craft will always be rooted in two commitments, difficult to maintain: the refusal to lie about what one knows and the resistance to oppression.——“Banquet speech”Albert Camus(https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/1957/camus/speech)

Political coordinate system test:
· https://www.idrlabs.com/political-coordinates/test.php , my result is 8.3% Leftists , 58.3% Liberalism
· https://8values.github.io , my result is 60.9% Equality, 77.8% Globe , 74.2% Liberty , 79% Progress
· https://rightvaluestest.github.io , my result is 97.2% Reform, 60% Intervention, 82.5% Constitution, 55% Particular, 100% Seperation , 75% Accelerate, 62.5% Multicultural, match Geolibertarianism

I had a fascination with charismatic figures like Elon Musk, but I became a staunch opponent of Elon Musk in light of all the things he has done since he bought Twitter. Morally I support Assange’s release.





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