Humanity's bottom line
Here's the Cliff's Notes version, by my lights, of the stakes for the humanity in this current political era:
Was Hitler right or not?
Is humanity largely a mass of sheep easily and necessarily cowered by intimidation of a leader powerful enough to cower them?
Or are people generally worthy of our faith, capable of learning from mistakes, capable of working with one another reasonably with genuine respect and appreciation for differences and disagreements, which serve to enhance their options for better thinking and action, and best served by a government that fundamentally respects their freedom?
What we all need to do is to find the courage to answer that question honestly, without excuses for our cowardice.
I am without a shadow of a doubt confident about what my answer to that question is.
Your turn.
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All men pipedream, but not equally. Those who day-dream by means of edge of night in the dusty recesses of their minds, wake in the day to learn that it was conceitedness: but the dreamers of the epoch are dangerous men, benefit of they may deception on their dreams with problematic eyes, to cause them possible.
If that means that a better world one where we get honest about life and the love that is the real strength that makes is possible - is within our grasp, should we have the courage to take it up...
I completely concur, Anon.
Everything else is the same old bullshit. And all the failure that has clearly come with it.
Because the bottom line on that world, Anon, is that it is no pipe dream. It's either the world we have the courage to make happen or not.
And the world we live in is the consequence of our cowardice.
No matter how long we choose to cower.
The glory of great men should many times be slow by the means they contain cast-off to acquire it.
Word, Anon:).
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I'm not sure what that means, Anon. Then, again, I was always sucked at pig-latin:).
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