There are but two parties now: traitors and patriots. And I want hereafter to be ranked with the latter and, I trust, the stronger party. - Ulysses S. Grant
When simulation becomes the norm, it weakens the human capacity for discernment. As a result, our social bonds close in upon themselves, forming self-referential circuits that no longer expose us to reality. We thus come to live within bubbles, impermeable to one another. Feeling threatened by anyone who is different, we grow unaccustomed to encounter and dialogue. In this way, polarization, conflict, fear and violence spread. What is at stake is not merely the risk of error, but a transformation in our very relationship with truth.
Death is always lurking. We see it in violence, in the wounds of the world, in the cry of pain that rises from every corner because of the abuses that crush the weakest among us, because of the idolatry of profit that plunders the earth’s resources, because of the violence of war that kills and destroys. #Easter
Finished the @DCpeacemaker podcast after watching both seasons of the show. Fell in love with the cast and crew. Huge thanks to @JamesGunn, @jennlholland, & Steve Agee for being such great hosts and human beings. @JohnCena, @freddiestroma, Danielle, Jen, & Steve 11th St 4 Life.