Donald Trump Seems Intent on Sabotaging US Dominance
Donald Trump Seems Intent on Sabotaging US Dominance
By clinging to American primacy through force and intimidation, Donald Trump is, ironically, undermining US global power.jacobin.com
The real reason the West is warmongering against China
The real reason the West is warmongering against China
China’s spectacular economic development has brought up the price of its labour and dwindled Western corporate profits.Jason Hickel (Al Jazeera)
How the US Decided China Is Too Big to Bully
Trump Tariffs: How the US Decided China Is Too Big to Bully
Despite its hefty energy purchases from Russia, Beijing has avoided the harsh penalties America has imposed on India.Mihir Sharma (Bloomberg)
Israel deliberately murders five journalists including Anas al-Sharif
Al Jazeera journalist Anas al-Sharif has been killed alongside four colleagues in a targeted Israeli attack on a tent housing journalists in Gaza City.
Seven people were killed in the attack on the tent located outside the main gate of Gaza City’s al-Shifa Hospital late on Sunday evening, including Al Jazeera correspondent Mohammed Qreiqeh and camera operators Ibrahim Zaher, Mohammed Noufal and Moamen Aliwa.
Anas al-Sharif among five Al Jazeera journalists killed by Israel in Gaza
Al Jazeera staff killed in targeted Israeli attack on a tent housing journalists near al-Shifa Hospital, Gaza City.Al Jazeera
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Labor asks Deloitte to design universal childcare system as PM eyes political legacy
Labor asks Deloitte to design universal childcare system as PM eyes political legacy
Exclusive: Government could redirect billions in existing spending on the childcare subsidy and introduce a daily flat fee for familiesTom McIlroy (The Guardian)
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Anas al-Sharif among five Al Jazeera journalists killed by Israel in Gaza
Al Jazeera journalist Anas al-Sharif has been killed alongside four colleagues in a targeted Israeli attack on a tent housing journalists in Gaza City.
Seven people were killed in the attack on the tent located outside the main gate of Gaza City’s al-Shifa Hospital late on Sunday evening, including Al Jazeera correspondent Mohammed Qreiqeh and camera operators Ibrahim Zaher, Mohammed Noufal and Moamen Aliwa.
Anas al-Sharif among five Al Jazeera journalists killed by Israel in Gaza
Al Jazeera staff killed in targeted Israeli attack on a tent housing journalists near al-Shifa Hospital, Gaza City.Al Jazeera
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New York, July 24, 2025 - The Committee to Protect Journalists is gravely worried about the safety of Al Jazeera Arabic’s Gaza correspondent Anas Al-Sharif, who is being targeted by an Israeli military smear campaign, which he believes is a precursor to his assassination.
cpj.org/2025/07/cpj-calls-for-…
Rest in peace.
I do wonder if his last tweet was, wise. It probably wouldn't have taken Shin Bet/Mossad long to work out his exact location from it.
If you're a war reporter, remember OpSec. Some basement dwellers found Shia Labouf's flag in less than a day, with the whole of North America to search they narrowed it down from cloud patterns, local air traffic and a guy driving around beeping his horn once they got it into a several mile radius.
Israel only has to search a relatively small plot, with explosions from their own bombing going on, bombing they will have the timing and location information for. Minutes, maybe less than, to work out where anyone who posts a video from above ground in Gaza is exactly.
CPJ calls for Anas Al-Sharif’s protection in face of Israeli smears - Committee to Protect Journalists
New York, July 24, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists is gravely worried about the safety of Al Jazeera Arabic’s Gaza correspondent Anas Al-Sharif, who is being targeted by an Israeli military smear campaign, which he believes is a precursor t…CPJ Staff (Committee to Protect Journalists)
NPR Sunday Story - an approachable story on why privacy matters and the invasiveness of surveillance capitalism - Lemmy.World
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Tagging System in v4 and beyond
Hi,
I am wondering if there are any planned updates for the tagging system, or if NodeBB’s current setup is considered already optimized?
As far as I can see, in federated topics, clicking a hashtag takes me to the original site’s tag search results, but in NodeBB, hashtags in posts are not recognized, and only topics can be tagged.
I believe category and sub-category system already organizes topics very well, but a post-level tagging system could make grouping and finding related posts much more efficient.
Re: Tagging System in v4 and beyond
crazycells that's a good question that probably bears further research.
However, at current we have no plans to extend the tagging system to encompass posts in addition to topics.
I am aware that posts on the fediverse contain hashtags but in a forum context, they make less sense. That is why tags have traditionally been at the topic level.
Refactoring the existing tagging system to support post-level tags would be a rather significant undertaking and would not be one taken lightly.
The computer science dream has become a nightmare:Fresh computer science graduates are facing unemployment rates of 6.1% to 7.5% —more than double what biology and art history majors are experiencing
The Labor Market for Recent College Graduates
Data on employment outcomes for new graduates and young workers.www.newyorkfed.org
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These are the numbers from 2023.
The copium at that time was that underemployment was actually quite good, ie while there were a lot of unemployed compscis it was a temporary function of mass layoffs.
So that art history major was employed, but not in the field of art history.
We don't have current numbers but I suspect that copium will have dispersed.
Techcrunch reports that AI coding tools have "very negative" gross margins. They're losing money on every user.
High costs and thin margins threatening AI coding startups | TechCrunch
Coding assistant startups are highly unprofitable, says a source familiar with Windsurf financials.Marina Temkin (TechCrunch)
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Microsoft launches Copilot 3D, a free AI-powered tool allowing users to transform 2D images into 3D models without a text prompt, available in Copilot Labs
Copilot Labs : Découvrez les initiatives expérimentales en IA
Explorez Copilot Labs, le hub de Microsoft pour l'IA expérimentale. Essayez des expériences d'IA audacieuses, co-créez avec la communauté et contribuez à façonner l'avenir de CopilotMicrosoft Copilot : votre assistant IA
The World Will Enter a 15-Year AI Dystopia in 2027, Former Google Exec Says
The World Will Enter a 15-Year AI Dystopia in 2027, Former Google Exec Says
Mo Gawdat thinks the next 12-15 years will be dark, not because of robots but because of our own “stupidity.”Luc Olinga (Gizmodo)
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Its not so much of an argument as a concern. It puts an extreme amount of the country's economic activity directly in the hands of the government. We see globally that governments can quickly change their motivations.
The same rope that can be used to help people out of a hole can be used to tie them up.
WhatsApp Gopay 0898-2034-839
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Saldo GoPay tidak masuk
Gagal transaksi atau top-up
Akun GoPay dibekukan atau terkunci
Refund belum diterima
Kendala pembayaran di Tokopedia, Gojek, dan merchant lainnya
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Fans (and some Picard cast) won't let the Legacy concept die
During a panel with Picard season three showrunner Terry Matalas and Todd Stashwick (Shaw), were questioned about a ‘30-page outline’ for the Star Trek Legacy concept.
Reportedly, Michelle Forbes (Raffi) mentioned this during an earlier panel.
It sounds as though there’s nothing new in terms of interest from the executives about the concept, just fan interest and an ongoing campaign. Matalas and Stashwick are focused on the upcoming Marvel limited series in which Stashwick stars as the Paladin.
What’s interesting to me is that the more I hear about Matalas original pitch, the more I dislike. Matalas confirmed that it would have a Klingon focus.
While I loved the deep dives into Klingon lore in the 90s, I would prefer something new in the 25th century even a show featuring legacy characters.
As well, Matalas confirmed that they proposed that Shaw would a holographic recreation rather than revived by Borg nanites. We don’t need another grumpy hologram now that the Doctor is back in both Prodigy and Starfleet Academy.
I would find Shaw’s journey as a victim of the Borg with survivor guild to someone who accepts that his own life depends on Borg technology as much more interesting, compelling and new ground in terms of a character arc.
Torrent vs DDL
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You download from a bunch of other people at the same time. So if you have a 300mb/s connection and 5 people have the file and are uploading at 20mb/s, it gets a chunk of the file fron each of them, so you would download at 100mb/s.
Besides, you can pause and resume the download as much as you want without corrupting the file. So if youre dowloading a 50gb folder, you can turn your pc off, and continue later. With DDLs, the download link expires and most browsers cant resume downloads properly. Plus if the browser corrupts the download you have to start over.
The torrent uses checksums to detect corrupted parts of the file and redownloads just that small part, and in the end you get a clean file.
Why would you have fast internet when torrenting but slow internet when direct downloading?
If you direct download at 20-30 MB/s even a 50 GB file will finish in 20-30 min then none of that stuff about pausing matters at all
Aggiornamento a NodeBB 4.4.6
Oggi pomeriggio è stato fatto un aggiornamento semplice di NodeBB e quindi abbiamo portato Citiverse all'ultima versione del software, la 4.4.6.
Siamo passati dalla 4.4.4 alla 4.4.6. È il primo aggiornamento che faccio su NodeBB ma sembra essere andato tutto bene 😀 Nel caso di problemi fateci sapere!
4.4.5
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v4.4.5 (2025-07-31)
New Features
add filter:post.getDiffs (bbb9a46)Bug Fixes
clearTimeout if item is evicted from cache (5f69617)
use sharp to convert svg to png, closes #13534 (b74c789)
use filename to check for svg, tempPath doesn't always have extension (5bcf078)
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increase timeout of failing test (fe9b49e)4.4.6
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As the status quo shifts, we’re becoming more forgiving when algorithms mess up
As the status quo shifts, we’re becoming more forgiving when algorithms mess up
When technological innovations are first launched, they disrupt engrained ways of doing things. But after a while, the discomfort and mistrust start to shift.The Conversation
[Discussion] What anime triggered a new interest in you?
Watching A Place Further Than The Universe plus some positive experiences at around the time I first watched it made me appreciate certain types of travel and going outside.
My rating history reflected it. Originally, it's an almost-masterpiece 9/10. Now it's my #4 best overall and a regular to-rewatch.
Sword Art Online came out either before or around the same time Oculus did it’s kickstarter and I’ve been a VR degenerate ever since.
I never even thought about VR before that, but the idea that I could one day be totally immersed in a world where I could do anime level stuff is something that still sounds so cool. I’ll probably be dead before we get SAO level VR, but some experiences like VR in racing games are already incredibly immersive.
Fines For Greek Pirate IPTV Users €750-€5,000, Double For Repeat Infringers
The details of a new procedure for imposing and collecting administrative fines for intellectual property offenses has been published in Greece. At the bottom end of the scale, fines for accessing pirated content such as pirate IPTV streams, start at €750 per violation, increasing to €5,000 if use is commercial. For repeat offenses, fines double to €1,500 and €5,000 respectively.
Fines For Greek Pirate IPTV Users €750-€5,000, Double For Repeat Infringers * TorrentFreak
In Greece, users of pirated content face fines of €750 per violation, €5,000 if use is commercial, with fines doubling for repeat infringers.Andy Maxwell (TF Publishing)
AriAnteo 2025, il cinema sotto le stelle di Milano
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Torna AriAnteo, la rassegna di cinema all’aperto che da giugno a settembre illumina le serate milanesi, offrendo al pubblico una programmazione en plein air ricca e variegata.
La programmazione estiva, organizzata da Anteo in collaborazione con l’Assessorato alla Cultura del Comune di Milano, nell’ambito del programma Milano è viva, inizierà il 31 maggio presso AriAnteo CityLife. Nei primi giorni di giugno si accenderanno anche i riflettori di AriAnteo Fabbrica del Vapore, AriAnteo Palazzo Reale e il 10 giugno quelli di AriAnteo Chiostro dell'Incoronata.
Come da tradizione, in programma ci sono i migliori film della stagione autunnale e invernale, che tornano sugli schermi estivi per una nuova occasione di incontro con il pubblico. Ad arricchire le proiezioni, numerosissimi eventi speciali, proiezioni con ospiti, anteprime e prime visioni.
Il programma:
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Getting Aim Beast scenarios
1: I want to improve my aim
2: I'm currently trying to add scenarios to a conveniently named Libre aim trainer, LibreAim.
GitHub - Nokorpo/LibreAim: Free and open source FPS aim trainer made with Godot.
Free and open source FPS aim trainer made with Godot. - Nokorpo/LibreAimGitHub
FEP-9098: Custom emojis
Link: codeberg.org/fediverse/fep/src…
Summary
This document describes how custom emojis are implemented in ActivityPub network.
I came across a good example of the interoperability concerns today when people boosted misskey.io/notes/ab5oh70d6lai0… in to my timeline.
Here's what that looks like on the original server:
Note the emojis in the name (above the @syuilo) and the wide array of emojis at the bottom, many of which are decidedly non-square.
Here's how that renders in Mastodon:
The emojis at the bottom are missing (they're emoji reactions, not supported by Mastodon, so that's understandable). But note that the emojis from the display name are missing too, and this renders as :petthex_javasparrow:.
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I believe that for the health and diversity of the Fediverse, it's important to have not only a few dominant platforms but also smaller projects like Misskey.
(Imagine a world where the only web browser is Chrome — what would that be like?)In order to continue the development of Misskey and to further improve its compatibility with the broader Fediverse, your support would be greatly appreciated.
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No, the UK’s Online Safety Act Doesn’t Make Children Safer Online
No, the UK’s Online Safety Act Doesn’t Make Children Safer Online
Young people should be able to access information, speak to each other and to the world, play games, and express themselves online without the government making decisions about what speech is permissible.Electronic Frontier Foundation
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Can someone tell me why I'm an idiot: streaming services have access to the entire video you're about to watch. They know the max and the min volume of that video. Why is there no setting to shrink that range? Is it going to degrade the audio really bad and they don't want to be blamed?
This goes double for home theater software like Jellyfin, Kodi, and Plex. They have 10,000 customizations and settings, so why can't I define my own custom audio range in them?
Local Deployment Assistance Request
After compiling and starting it locally, there is nothing when I open the website. I tried changing the theme, but it's still the same.
There was no error during compilation:
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Russia’s war against Ukraine
Ukrainian firefighters extinguish a fire after a Russian multiple rocket launcher strike on a residential building in Kostiantynivka, Ukraine, August 10, 2025. (Diego Herrera Carcedo/Anadolu via Getty Images)
As ceasefire deadline passes, no additional Russia sanctions announced by Trump. The news comes as the U.S. president is set to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin for a high-level summit on Aug. 15 in Alaska to discuss ways toward ending the war in Ukraine.
Ukrainian intelligence confirms hitting radar station in Russian-occupied Crimea. The Yenisei radar station is used not only in Russia’s S-500 air defense system but also as part of the S-400 system.
Ukraine imposes sanctions on Russian officials, energy companies, including Rosatom. Vladislav Vlasiuk, the president’s representative on sanctions policy, said the latest sanctions are “100% synchronized” with U.S. restrictions.
White House considering inviting Zelensky to peace talks in Alaska, media reports. The White House is considering inviting President Volodymyr Zelensky to peace talks in Alaska on Aug. 15, the same day U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin are set to meet.
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Ukraine hits storage site for Shahed-type drones, imported parts in Russia’s Tatarstan Republic. Ukrainian drones from the SBU’s Special Operations Center “A” flew roughly 1,300 kilometers (about 800 miles) to strike the logistics hub.
Dozens of flights delayed at Russia’s Sochi airport following reported drone attacks. Flight delays lasted for several hours, leading to large crowds forming at Sochi Airport.
‘We stand firm on clear Ukrainian positions’ — Zelensky warns Russia will reinvade if ceasefire favors Moscow, ahead of Trump-Putin meeting. President Volodymyr Zelensky in his evening address on Aug. 9 rebuked Russian President Vladimir Putin’s proposal for Kyiv to cede Ukrainian territory to end Russia’s war, warning that a lack of a “genuine peace” may give Russia the opportunity to reinvade.
Ukraine, Europe reject Putin’s ceasefire proposal, present counterproposal to US ahead of Trump-Putin meeting, WSJ reports. Ukrainian and European officials rejected Russian President Vladimir Putin’s proposal for a ceasefire in exchange for Kyiv to cede its eastern territories to Russia, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported on Aug. 9.
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Putin to demand Ukraine cede new territory in ‘Alaska peace plan’ — US likely to agree, Kyiv to reject.
At their meeting next week, U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin will discuss a peace plan that would see Kyiv surrendering two partly occupied regions — Donetsk and Luhansk — to Russia.
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Human cost of Russia’s war
General Staff: Russia has lost 1,062,290 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022. The number includes 940 casualties Russian forces suffered just over the past day.
Russian attacks kill 8, injure 24, including 2 children, over past day. Russian forces launched 47 Shahed-type drones and decoys, as well as two Iskander-K missiles against Ukraine overnight, according to Ukraine’s Air Force.
‘This is how Russia wants peace’ — Russian drone attacks bus in Kherson, killing 2, injuring 19. The Russian strike took place at approximately 8:00 a.m. local time, resulting in the hospitalization of 16 people, two of whom suffered serious injuries.
Russian attack on Kharkiv furniture store injures 5, including minor. As a result of the attack, five people were hospitalized with shrapnel wounds. The status of the injured victims was not immediately provided.
International response
Canada aligns with allies to lower Russian oil price cap. Canada will lower the price cap on Russian crude oil from $60 to $47.60 per barrel.
‘Future of Ukraine cannot be decided without Ukrainians’ — EU leaders react to Russia’s ceasefire proposal ahead of Trump-Putin meeting. European leaders reiterated their support for Ukraine’s territorial integrity on Aug. 9 after Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed to the U.S. a ceasefire plan that involves halting hostilities in exchange for Kyiv ceding its eastern territories to Russia.
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Russia, Belarus attempting to institute renewed EU migrant crisis with help from Libyan warlord, Telegraph reports. Russian President Vladimir Putin and Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko appear to have renewed their efforts to institute a migrant crisis within the EU with the assistance of Libyan warlord Khalifa Haftar, the Telegraph reported on Aug. 9.
Drones strike Saratov oil refinery in Russia. Drones attacked an oil refinery in Saratov on Aug. 10, sparking a large fire and explosions, according to local reports.
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Backseat pressure
Not sure where to post this so into memes it goes.
The full smugga lisa:
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same thing when i attempt to talk to people
alone i can have elaborate and intricate monologues or pretend dialogues with all the fancy vocabulary
but the second i'm placed in a room with a person i forget how to put sentences together in a cohesive way
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Blamed for Steam games ban, Mastercard encourages censorship during Riot Games VCT livestreams
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Blamed for Steam games ban, Mastercard encourages censorship during Riot Games VCT livestreams
Mastercard’s ties to the esports world have led to more evidence of censorship. A source leaked messages from the Riot Games sponsor to livestream channels during the Valorant Champions Tour.Adam Corsetti (Notebookcheck)
Trump signs executive order targeting banking industry discrimination
The executive order arrives amid ongoing concerns about payment network concentration. According to the Merchants Payments Coalition, Visa and Mastercard control 80% of the market while blocking competition from smaller networks including NYCE, Star and Shazam. This concentration has enabled significant fee increases, with credit card swipe fees more than quadrupling since 2010 to reach $111.2 billion last year alone.Trump signs executive order targeting banking industry discrimination
Banking regulations face overhaul as merchants welcome action against payment network dominance.Luis Rijo (PPC Land)
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Trump signs executive order targeting banking industry discrimination
Trump signs executive order targeting banking industry discrimination
Banking regulations face overhaul as merchants welcome action against payment network dominance.Luis Rijo (PPC Land)
Il signore delle mosche: tra psicologia e letteratura
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- L’autore
- Trama generale (senza spoiler)
- Punti di forza del romanzo
- Chi è il Signore delle Mosche?
- Il suo significato simbolico
- Spiegazione psicologica de Il signore delle mosche
- 1. Lotta tra Es, Io e Super-Io (Freud)
- 2. La teoria dell’identità sociale (Tajfel & Turner)
- 3. La perdita dell’innocenza
- 4. Il ruolo della paura
- 5. Il concetto di ombra (Jung)
- 6. Comportamento collettivo e contagio emotivo (Le Bon)
- Conclusione psicologica
- Riflessione personale
Title:
Il signore delle mosche
Author:
William Golding
Genre:
Romanzo allegorico, psicologico, distopico, di formazione
Publisher:
Mondadori
Pages:
288
Source:
oscarmondadori.it/libri/il-sig…
L’autore
William Golding (1911–1993), è stato uno scrittore britannico e premio Nobel per la letteratura nel 1983. La sua esperienza nella Seconda guerra mondiale influenzò profondamente la sua visione della natura umana.
Trama generale (senza spoiler)
Il signore delle mosche racconta la storia di un gruppo di ragazzi britannici che, in seguito a un disastro aereo, si ritrovano su un’isola deserta senza adulti. Inizialmente cercano di costruire una società ordinata e democratica, ma presto le dinamiche di potere, la paura e l’istinto di sopravvivenza degenerano in violenza e caos.
La narrazione segue il lento ma inesorabile passaggio dalla civiltà alla barbarie, rivelando il lato oscuro dell’animo umano.
Punti di forza del romanzo
1. Simbolismo potente
Ogni elemento del romanzo ha un significato profondo:
L’isola è un microcosmo del mondo.
Il conchiglione simboleggia la legge e l’ordine.
Il “Signore delle mosche” è la personificazione del male interiore.
I personaggi rappresentano aspetti diversi della società e della psiche umana.
2. Analisi della natura umana
Golding ci pone una domanda inquietante: cosa succede quando non ci sono regole? Il romanzo non dà risposte semplici, ma ci costringe a riflettere sul male, che non viene dall’esterno, ma nasce dall’interno di ciascuno di noi.
3. Scrittura evocativa
Lo stile è semplice ma denso di significati. Le descrizioni dell’isola sono suggestive, quasi poetiche, ma il tono si fa via via più cupo man mano che la storia evolve.
4. Attualità e universalità
Anche se ambientato in un contesto lontano (anni ’50), il romanzo è terribilmente attuale: parla di bullismo, paura, manipolazione, potere, perdita dell’innocenza. Può essere letto come una metafora della società moderna e dei suoi meccanismi distruttivi.
Chi è il Signore delle Mosche?
Nel racconto, il “Signore delle Mosche” è una testa di maiale infilzata su un bastone, lasciata dai ragazzi-cacciatori come offerta alla “bestia” che temono sull’isola.
La testa viene posta in una radura, sotto il sole, circondata da insetti che ronzano attorno alla carne in decomposizione: da qui il nome “Signore delle Mosche” (traduzione del termine Beelzebub, uno dei nomi biblici del diavolo).
Il suo significato simbolico
Il Signore delle Mosche non è un personaggio vivente, ma un simbolo del male interiore. Quando Simon, uno dei ragazzi più sensibili e intuitivi, si trova da solo davanti alla testa, ha un’allucinazione in cui la testa “gli parla”.
In questo dialogo immaginario, il Signore delle Mosche gli dice qualcosa di spaventoso: “Io sono parte di te. Non puoi scacciarmi. Io sono dentro di te.”
Questo momento è cruciale: Golding ci dice che la vera bestia non è fuori, non è un mostro nascosto nella giungla, ma è dentro i ragazzi stessi, dentro ogni essere umano.
Spiegazione psicologica de Il signore delle mosche
Il signore delle mosche non è solo un romanzo d’avventura: è uno studio psicologico sull’essere umano, in particolare sui meccanismi interiori che regolano il comportamento in assenza di regole sociali.
Golding, che fu insegnante e partecipò alla Seconda guerra mondiale, ci propone una riflessione cruda: la civiltà è una maschera sottile, e il male non è un’eccezione ma una possibilità interna a ciascuno.
1. Lotta tra Es, Io e Super-Io (Freud)
La dinamica tra i tre personaggi principali può essere letta in chiave freudiana:
Jack = Es → rappresenta l’istinto primitivo, il desiderio, l’aggressività, il bisogno di dominio e potere. Vive secondo il principio del piacere, senza rispetto per le regole.
Ralph = Io → cerca di mediare tra le esigenze della civiltà e le pressioni istintive. Vuole mantenere l’ordine e la razionalità, ma è costantemente sotto pressione.
Piggy = Super-Io → rappresenta la coscienza morale, le regole, la logica. È debole fisicamente, ma simbolicamente è il più vicino alla razionalità e alla cultura.
In questo senso, l’isola è come una mente umana e il romanzo descrive la disintegrazione psichica dell’equilibrio tra forze interne.
2. La teoria dell’identità sociale (Tajfel & Turner)
Quando i ragazzi si dividono in gruppi (quelli di Ralph vs i cacciatori di Jack), entrano in gioco meccanismi di identità sociale:
In-group vs out-group: il gruppo dei cacciatori si percepisce superiore, sviluppando ostilità verso gli altri.
De-individuazione: indossando maschere, i ragazzi perdono la loro identità personale e diventano parte del branco, facilitando la violenza.
3. La perdita dell’innocenza
Il romanzo mostra il passaggio dall’infanzia alla brutalità, ma non come crescita: piuttosto come corruzione dell’innocenza. La psicologia dello sviluppo ci insegna che i bambini interiorizzano le regole sociali attraverso modelli adulti. In assenza di adulti, i bambini tornano a comportamenti primitivi, guidati dalla paura e dalla sopravvivenza.
4. Il ruolo della paura
La paura del “mostro” (la “bestia”) è una proiezione: non è reale, ma frutto dell’immaginazione. Tuttavia, ha effetti molto reali. In psicologia questo si lega al concetto di proiezione (meccanismo di difesa): i ragazzi proiettano il male dentro di loro su un’entità esterna, per non affrontare la realtà più spaventosa: il male è dentro di loro.
5. Il concetto di ombra (Jung)
Secondo Jung, ogni essere umano ha un lato nascosto, “l’ombra”, che contiene pulsioni represse, desideri inaccettabili, rabbia, paura. Jack e il “Signore delle Mosche” rappresentano proprio questa ombra collettiva: l’istinto animale che emerge quando la coscienza (civiltà) cede.
6. Comportamento collettivo e contagio emotivo (Le Bon)
Golding anticipa le teorie della psicologia sociale sul comportamento collettivo:
Nelle folle (o gruppi ristretti in isolamento), le persone possono perdere inibizioni e comportarsi in modo irrazionale e violento.
Il gruppo diventa dominante e l’individuo si annulla → contagio emotivo e de-responsabilizzazione.
Conclusione psicologica
Il romanzo mostra come le strutture psicologiche e sociali crollino in assenza di regole e controllo. È un monito su quanto il male non sia un’eccezione, ma una possibilità latente in ogni essere umano.
Riflessione personale
Il signore delle mosche è un libro che lascia il segno. All’inizio può sembrare una semplice avventura, ma pagina dopo pagina ci si rende conto che si sta assistendo a una discesa nella parte più oscura dell’animo umano. È un testo duro, talvolta disturbante, ma proprio per questo necessario.
Mi ha colpito in particolare come i bambini, che dovrebbero incarnare la purezza, siano in realtà capaci di crudeltà e sopraffazione. Il romanzo ci mette di fronte a una realtà scomoda: la civiltà è fragile, e basta poco per far emergere l’istinto animale che si nasconde dentro di noi.
Un classico che ogni adolescente e adulto dovrebbe leggere almeno una volta nella vita. Non solo per la bellezza della scrittura, ma per il messaggio profondo che ci obbliga a guardarci dentro.
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