I was thinking about the writers of the US Constitution. They didn’t have everything right, like not actually recognizing that women and people of color are actually whole human beings, and they were mostly all slave-holders. But they were the most educated men of their time. They were philosophically sophisticated, very broad-minded for their time. …
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Power
Nature’s idea of justice is ‘natural selection.‘ So the Delusionary in the White House is willing to go with that. Which makes him pretty much a throw-back to his not-yet-human ancestors. The Rich Come First is the lowest kind of humanity. It is short-sighted, inward-looking, childish. “Good” is all about “Good/comfortable For Me Right Now.” …
We Might Have Been Friends
Who told youwho I was?Who cast the shadowof their own bitternessacross the visionof your honest eyes? Who was itthat suggestedhurting me with your disdainwas the proper thingto put mein my place? Who was it,made you feel so smallthat to feel big at alland safeyou must diminish me? Does concensusof like-persuaded viewsconvertdelusion into truth? Does being …
Asylum
Bullies have always relied on the courtesy, the squeamishness and the self-interest of witnesses. Bullies exploit the commitment of the general society to the basic social contracts of the Golden Rule, and all the other philosophical and religious strictures and beliefs that are the foundation of civilization. Bullies surround themselves with gangs of the equally …
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