Chilling. I wonder if the history books will record us all as having been complicit thru inaction...offering lip-service and what amounts to token gestures...and then again I understand the very real fear of setting off a global war and what modern warfare might mean in 2022. These are increasingly scary and fraught times. To quote Stephen King (from his latest book that I am painstakingly crawling my way thru) “A brave man helps. A coward just gives presents.” Have we been helping or just sending presents?
I think those are all of the questions. There are extremely complicated power balances at stake and real things to be afraid of, and yet it is so hard to not look around and feel like we are just watching things get worse without trying to make them better in ways that count.
Chilling. I wonder if the history books will record us all as having been complicit thru inaction...offering lip-service and what amounts to token gestures...and then again I understand the very real fear of setting off a global war and what modern warfare might mean in 2022. These are increasingly scary and fraught times. To quote Stephen King (from his latest book that I am painstakingly crawling my way thru) “A brave man helps. A coward just gives presents.” Have we been helping or just sending presents?
I think those are all of the questions. There are extremely complicated power balances at stake and real things to be afraid of, and yet it is so hard to not look around and feel like we are just watching things get worse without trying to make them better in ways that count.