The last two days were derailed by the heaviness of the world.
Today's piece is a reflection on recent news, the terrible dread of waiting on wartime escalation, the heartsickness of seeing how people rationalize atrocity, and the hard fact that this is just how humans have been for almost 3,000 years of written record.
We keep trying to do better not because it's easy or even likely, but because "trying" is only human, too.
#Humanism #Politics #War #MediaLiteracy
https://open.substack.com/pub/mlclark/p/sitting-with-the-heaviness-of-the
Oof. Accurate.
"Tradition" is also sometimes defined as "tyranny of the past". It doesn't have to be - we can cultivate healthy relationships with our cultural lore instead - but some people sure as heck wield it as such.
@MLClark Thank you so much for making me feel not alone in how I feel, and what I see. And thank you for having done the work that allows you to articulate these ideas so expertly.
Thank you for sitting with me in the grief of it all, Luce. It's a little more manageable when we know we're not alone.
@MLClark
"how people rationalize atrocity, and the hard fact that this is just how humans have been for almost 3,000 years of written record."
Republicans like to call this resolve, as if it's a good thing.