Steven BeschlossJan 30, 2023
While the murder of Tyre Nichols “demands us to reflect on police brutality, as well as the systemic failures of policing, this also should be a point when we pause to look at America’s culture of violence and ask ourselves: Is there something that can be done to turn the tide?”
https://america.substack.com/p/america-the-violent
America, The Violent

Reflecting on brutality, trauma and the need for change

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Show threadcwjohan 🎸
@StevenBeschloss Mass cult deprogramming is required. One might look at what was done in Germany post WW II to deprogram the Nazis there and to make it difficult for them to spread their ideology of hatred. Some of the necessary steps might seem harsh to those who believe everyone has the right to promote hatred no matter how extreme. The idea that that is OK needs to be extinguished but in a way that doesn’t harm the right of citizens to criticize the actions of authorities or institutions.
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Show threadcwjohan 🎸Jan 30, 2023
@StevenBeschloss But addressing the prevalence of violent, revenge culture is a more difficult issue. Most Americans are not even aware that it is a significant issue. It is more than just the availability of guns. First, people and institutions that promote violence (even by subtle means) must be heavily sanctioned. Secondly, education must take on the task of creating a new generation that recognizes social manipulation to violence for what it is and understands how it is accomplished.
Show threadcwjohan 🎸Jan 30, 2023
@StevenBeschloss In essence, the social value that must be promoted and ingrained is consideration of others — basic manners — that other people are to be valued and appreciated and should be treated with respect, as opposed to being made into enemies and dehumanized. Who could reasonably object to that?