Morning Comrades.
I wanted to wrap up this week with a deeper look into “us” and our world around us, one of those, “hey, let’s step back a moment look at the bigger picture that is going on around us and say what we see” moments.
If you, like me, grew up here in the “west”, I am going to assume that your socialization is centred around the idea that “our way of life” is the best there is, that our democracies protect our freedom and thus not only need to be defended against and any all authoritarian opponents but more importantly, that the “free will of people” should be the status quo for everyone around the world.
Right? Doesn’t sound too far off.
By this point, I am sure most of you are seething as none of this is clearly the case, and I am certainly not here today to point out the billion reasons why “the west” is anything but democratic. That can be a bed time story for another day. No, rather, let’s have a deeper think about this, a little joy ride from Plato to the Mask Off Fascism we have today masquerading as enviable Democracy.
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