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Perhaps there is simply no solution available to humanity to alter such deep-seated flaws of human nature. Humanity is by nature susceptible to the cynical machinations and vitriolic harangues of the masters in our midst, especially if they manage to accrue a critical mass of mesmerized followers. It is amazing how seemingly normal individuals can succumb to the theater of hate, often played out in a house of worship and in the name of some fictitious greater good.
I don't know what anyone can do. But I think I know what not to do — remain silent.
How do we counter the cynicism that sees the worst in everything, views Western democratic societies as monstrous oppressors, allies with all who oppose them regardless of their ideology, and that ultimately morphs seamlessly into the malign paranoia of conspiracy theory and anti-Semitism?How, indeed; for counter we must. Many brilliant minds, including Leibniz and Oscar Wilde (both mentioned by The Plump in the subject article), have pondered such questions. I have often wondered if it is not hopeless to search for specific countermeasures. If the great minds have heretofore been unequal to the task, what expectation can mere mortals have?
Perhaps there is simply no solution available to humanity to alter such deep-seated flaws of human nature. Humanity is by nature susceptible to the cynical machinations and vitriolic harangues of the masters in our midst, especially if they manage to accrue a critical mass of mesmerized followers. It is amazing how seemingly normal individuals can succumb to the theater of hate, often played out in a house of worship and in the name of some fictitious greater good.
I don't know what anyone can do. But I think I know what not to do — remain silent.
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