I prioritize individuals over groups. The individual trees are far more vital than the forest as a whole. When people surrender their identities to collectives, they truly lose themselves, growing ever more dependent and diminished.
But inherited guilt is a moral error that punishes people for crimes they did not commit. True remorse belongs to the perpetrators, not their distant descendants or unrelated members of the same group.
Guilt is personal. I only hold myself accountable for what I have actually done. I wasn't alive during those events, I didn't participate in them, and I condemn the suffering they caused.
In this humble fool's opinion, we'd all be wiser to stop trying to embody our demographics and simply strive to be individuals. We are far more than the sum of our parts. Time to embrace the full wonder of that.
I really like this line: “Feminism has turned into a vampire. A once-living, vital thing trying to help. Now it destroys the living to sustain itself.” Inspired by a theme explored in Alexander Bogdanov’s old communist sci-fi Red Star.
The universe has one law: everything changes.
That’s it.
And humanity has spent its entire existence throwing tantrums about the only rule that actually matters.
The best attitude you can have is simple:
"Fuck what everyone else is doing. I’m doing me, and I don’t give a damn whether you think I’m doing it right."