When I was younger and first encountered humanism, I felt like it was a nothing burger. Of course every person is deserving of dignity. Of course. Why bother even saying it?
The older I get, the more I’m struck by just how many people don’t share that core tenet in their world view. I now see it as one of the fundamental divides in our society.
@what For me, what really drove it home, was a thin little book by an urbanist and architect: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Systems_of_Survival
It doesn't seem she writes about that, because she very carefully just describes the observation. But in the end it all comes to the split between the political thinking and the practical thinking.
@what I remember the line from some universal healthcare argument: "I don't know how to explain to you that you should care about other people"
without that, its all just arguing over numbers and gotcha questions, our current sea of snappy pundit commentary.
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