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 "url": "https://11d.im/liens/2026/20260812131241/",
 "published": "Wed Aug 12 2026 16:00:48 GMT+0200 (Central European Summer Time)",
 "updated": "Thu Sep 03 2026 15:18:46 GMT+0200 (Central European Summer Time)",
 "author": {
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 "content": "<section>\n<p>\u00c0 la suite de l'\u00e9lection de Donald Trump en 2016, Ursula K. LeGuin publie un texte inspirant et puissant sur son blog.</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>I will try never to use the metaphor of war where it doesn\u2019t belong, because I think it has come to shape our thinking and dominate our minds so that we tend to see the destructive force of aggression as the only way to meet any challenge. I want to find a better way.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The choice to act, rather than react, breaks the paralysis of fear and the vicious circle of aggression, frees us go forward, onward.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The flow of a river is a model for me of courage that can keep me going \u2014 carry me through the bad places, the bad times. A courage that is compliant by choice and uses force only when compelled, always seeking the best way, the easiest way, but if not finding any easy way still, always, going on.</p>\n<footer><a href=\"https://11d.im/liens/2026/20260812131241/\">119. The Election, Lao Tzu, a Cup of Water</a>, Ursula K. LeGuin</footer>\n</blockquote>\n<p>Il y a de l'espoir dans ce texte.\nCelui de trouver un chemin en dehors de l'imaginaire et du monde viriliste au moins.\nUrsula LeGuin me surprendra toujours par sa capacit\u00e9 \u00e0 mobiliser le tao\u00efsme dans le contexte occidental mais en rebellion qui est le sien.\nUne forme de r\u00e9sistance, non pas passive, il est clairement question d'agir et d'action mais patiente voire strat\u00e9gique.</p>\n<p>Je ne m'\u00e9tonne de ne pas voir <em>The Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction</em> dans les commentaires autour de ce texte.</p>\n</section>",
 "content-plain": "\u00c0 la suite de l'\u00e9lection de Donald Trump en 2016, Ursula K. LeGuin publie un texte inspirant et puissant sur son blog.\n\nI will try never to use the metaphor of war where it doesn\u2019t belong, because I think it has come to shape our thinking and dominate our minds so that we tend to see the destructive force of aggression as the only way to meet any challenge. I want to find a better way.\n\nThe choice to act, rather than react, breaks the paralysis of fear and the vicious circle of aggression, frees us go forward, onward.\n\nThe flow of a river is a model for me of courage that can keep me going \u2014 carry me through the bad places, the bad times. A courage that is compliant by choice and uses force only when compelled, always seeking the best way, the easiest way, but if not finding any easy way still, always, going on.\n119. The Election, Lao Tzu, a Cup of Water, Ursula K. LeGuin\nIl y a de l'espoir dans ce texte. Celui de trouver un chemin en dehors de l'imaginaire et du monde viriliste au moins. Ursula LeGuin me surprendra toujours par sa capacit\u00e9 \u00e0 mobiliser le tao\u00efsme dans le contexte occidental mais en rebellion qui est le sien. Une forme de r\u00e9sistance, non pas passive, il est clairement question d'agir et d'action mais patiente voire strat\u00e9gique.\n\nJe ne m'\u00e9tonne de ne pas voir The Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction dans les commentaires autour de ce texte.",
 "summary": "signet : 119. The Election, Lao Tzu, a Cup of Water \u00b7 ursulakleguin.com",
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