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AkaSci 🛰️AkaSci@fosstodon.org
Nov 11, 2026, 11:44 AM
Happy Birthday Kurt Vonnegut (Nov 11, 1922 – Apr 11, 2007).
"A purpose of human life, no matter who is controlling it, is to love whoever is around to be loved.
If we are wounded by an ugly idea, we must count it as part of the cost of freedom and, like American heroes in the days gone by, bravely carry on.
When things are going sweetly and peacefully, please pause a moment, and then say out loud, ‘If this isn’t nice, what is?’
God damn it, you’ve got to be kind."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Vonnegut
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AkaSci 🛰️AkaSci@fosstodon.org
Nov 11, 2026, 12:11 PM
Let's look at some of Kurt Vonnegut's timeless words of wisdom -
"'Socialism' is no more an evil word than 'Christianity'. Socialism no more prescribed Joseph Stalin and his secret police and shuttered churches than Christianity prescribed the Spanish Inquisition. Christianity and Socialism alike, in fact, prescribe a society dedicated to the proposition that all men, women, and children are created equal and shall not starve."
From "A Man Without a Country (2005)"
https://www.vonnegut.com/
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AkaSci 🛰️AkaSci@fosstodon.org
Nov 11, 2026, 12:19 PM
Kurt Vonnegut:
“For some reason, the most vocal Christians among us never mention the Beatitudes (Matthew 5). But, often with tears in their eyes, they demand that the Ten Commandments be posted in public buildings. And of course, that’s Moses, not Jesus. I haven’t heard one of them demand that the Sermon on the Mount, the Beatitudes, be posted anywhere. “Blessed are the merciful” in a courtroom? “Blessed are the peacemakers” in the Pentagon? Give me a break!”
https://caffeinatedrage.com/2016/08/14/billy-pilgrim-and-the-sermon-on-the-mount-the-differences-between-the-beatitudes-and-the-me-atitudes/
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AkaSci 🛰️AkaSci@fosstodon.org
Nov 11, 2026, 12:37 PM
Kurt Vonnegut:
“America is the wealthiest nation on Earth, but its people are mainly poor, and poor Americans are urged to hate themselves.
Every other nation has folk traditions of men who were poor but extremely wise and virtuous, and therefore more estimable than anyone with power and gold. No such tales are told by the American poor. They mock themselves and glorify their betters."
More at https://fastnbulbous.com/kurt-vonnegut-slaughterhouse-five/
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