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Lincoln: Divided We Stand (2021)
the2nd 3 points 3 years ago*. (Contains Spoilers)

This is a beautifully informed series. It does have some bias commentary but what people don’t understand is slavery and servitude was a part of live thousand of years before America’s slavery begun. For back then, it was a normal until someone like Lincoln changed it. They mention how Lincoln didn’t want slaves to be colonized with the white Americans and how he emancipated people for economic reasons. Unsure if he believe in freedom of slaves or maybe he stated what he did in order to get people on board. If I was a slave back then, I would not want to live or be around slave owners.

I’d choose colonization elsewhere over being enslaved. I’m looking forward to upcoming episodes.

Marcus Aurelius 2 points 2 years ago.

“Slavery is founded in the selfishness of man’s nature — opposition to it is in his love of justice.
—-Abraham Lincoln, October 16, 1854 Speech in Peoria

“I am naturally anti-slavery. If slavery is not wrong, then nothing is wrong.”
—Abraham Lincoln, April 4, 1864

“This is a world of compensations; and he who would be no slave, must consent to have no slave. Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves; and, under a just God, can not long retain it.”
—Abraham Lincoln, April 6, 1859

“Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally.”
—Abraham Lincoln

Lincoln's Dilemma (2022)
Marcus Aurelius 4 points 2 years ago.

“Slavery is founded in the selfishness of man’s nature — opposition to it is in his love of justice.
—-Abraham Lincoln, October 16, 1854 Speech in Peoria

“I am naturally anti-slavery. If slavery is not wrong, then nothing is wrong.”
—Abraham Lincoln, April 4, 1864

“This is a world of compensations; and he who would be no slave, must consent to have no slave. Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves; and, under a just God, can not long retain it.”
—Abraham Lincoln, April 6, 1859

“Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally.”
—Abraham Lincoln

The Comey Rule (2020)
Marcus Aurelius 7 points 3 years ago. (Contains Spoilers)

I actually learned about a few things that I was not aware of before. Definitely worth watching. Trump asking Comey to swear loyalty to him was like corruption on steroids. That would be the equivalent of a Mayor asking the
Police Chief to swear loyalty to him.

John Dean warned the world about Trump back in 2016.
John Dean served as White House counsel to Nixon from 1970 to 73, he was a key figure in the Watergate saga—participating in, and then helping to expose, the most iconic political scandal in modern U.S. history at the time. Back in 2016, Dean said that Trump could easily be the most corrupt presidents ever—and possibly get away with it.

“The American presidency has never been at the whims of an authoritarian personality like Donald Trump,” Dean stated. “He is going to test our democracy as it has never been tested.”
Dean stated that he is not only convinced that Trump will be worse than Nixon in virtually every way—he thinks he could possibly get away with it.

“I used to have one-on-one conversations with Nixon, where I’d see him checking his more authoritarian tendencies,” Dean recalled. “He’d say, ‘This is something I can’t say out loud…’ or, ‘That is something the president can’t do.’” To Dean, these moments suggested a functioning sense of shame in Nixon, something he was forced to wrestle with in his quest for power. Trump, by contrast, appears to Dean, to be unmolested by any such struggle.”  Dean went even further in his assessment, stating: “I don’t think Richard Nixon even comes close to the level of corruption we already know about Trump.”

Auschwitz Untold: In Colour (2020)
Skyehawk 2 points 4 years ago*.

It’s the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz concentration camp and they have recolored some of the official pictures from the original camp photographer. These along with the recollections of the survivors makes for a horrible yet inspiring presentation (if that makes sense). The past is prologue if we could only wake up to see it.
Give these episodes a watch. You owe it to yourself and those who have gone through this.

Marcus Aurelius 4 points 3 years ago.

Agreed. We owe it to them, and to ourselves, as fellow human beings.

The Last Dance (2020)
Marcus Aurelius 2 points 3 years ago.

The greatest athlete of all time.

Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness (2020)
Marcus Aurelius 4 points 4 years ago.

Humans are an odd species indeed. My observation of them so far has only left me with more unanswered questions.