Humanity is having a kind of conversation.
An argument.
Some seem to think that true Morality is about Obedience. Conformity.
Bowing before tyrants; and fighting for the tyrant's dubious 'right' to run roughshod over everyone _else's_ rights, autonomy, ability to be authentic, and chances at self-development and happiness.
Trusting in a "strong man"(in theory), who CLAIMS to have a plan...a plan that often disappears the moment you try to EXAMINE said plan.
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Other humans have discovered that Morality is about SOLIDARITY.
Creating community. Encouraging authenticity and diversity.
Being empathetic, and utilizing evidence-based practices and studies in order to improve life for everyone -- leaving no one behind, ideally; and especially being watchful to protect and uplift the vulnerable and the marginalized who may not have the same privileges and luck that most others do.
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The former, in fascistic frenzy, seems dead set on shutting up the latter.
Except that they CAN'T do it. 🤷🏾♀️
Because the truth may be much slower than lies.
But only the Truth can unfailingly stand up to scrutiny.
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Empathy may be hard, sometimes.
Building relationships and collaborating is difficult, ESPECIALLY in a system like this, where so much is (artificially) unsure and precarious, and where bad actors are rife.
Being willing to fight hard, fight bloody -- yet to accept that the _endgame_ of that fight involves a world in which your enemy, and in which people you don't even like, MUST be cared for, and MUST recieve their basic necessities right alongside everyone else, is tough to swallow.
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Yet, in the end, a society that focuses on taking Care of one another serves LIFE....
While a society that focuses on blind Obedience, serves Nothingness.
So, I don't believe them when they accuse the Left of nihilism.
They ever show that the opposite is true.
We cannot let them create Death out of the world.
No Earth where a free-range livestock, a failed humanity, serve billionaires.
We must choose a Morality that honors Truth; that Frees & Enlivens.
That serves ALL, not just the few.
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