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Practicing History

Barbara W. Tuchman

Der marktförmige Extremismus befördert in Einklang mit seiner ökonomisch kalkulierenden Logik insbes. die Abwertung von Gruppen, denen man leicht ein Etikett mangelnder Nützlichkeit und Effizienz anhaften kann. Auch ergeben sich hohe Korrelationen mit dem Sozialdarwinismus. 16/

Ich Nehme Den Unsägliche...

@AndreasHoev on Twitter

The focus was never on enjoying healthy foods, just on deprivation, will, and lack. It was an orthodoxy of hunger, a never-ending fast. It was self-flagellation, a forced performance to display my commitment to changing an unacceptable body.

On “Tough Love” and Your Fat Friend’s Health. - Your Fat Friend - Medium

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