I truly think the hardest thing for many - most? - Americans to consider is simply: What would all this look like if the lottery of birth had placed me in this far off place rather than where I am? This does as good a job as wrestling with this simple question as anything I’ve read in a long while.
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They are incapable of imaging - incapable of empathy and of wearing someone else’s shoes even for a minute. They may say otherwise, but they’re bullshitting.
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Amazing that entitlement robs people of it.
I've added this book to my reading list.
We must make the people charged with the operation of this country remember wherein the power lies.
Shot everything down. Turn it off for at least one day.
I often wonder how we can ignore the plight of others simply because we aren’t experiencing their life.