Thoughts From Inside A Crumbling Society Vol. II

When we are forced to recognize the boundaries of our rights in order to protect other people’s rights the way we’ve always forced others to compromise for our overreach, we begin to see how ugly our behavior has always been. Some of us accept the fault, change, and move forward. Some cannot and cling to the past.

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I care about what people think. I believe that innate right is paramount. When caring about what another person thinks interferes with my ability to respect myself, that is where it stops.

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A person can be wrong about one thing without being excluded from being correct about all else. It is possible.

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“A rebellion’s a rebellion, no matter how poorly conceived.” 

-Dr. Seuss (No, not really, it isn’t. No, not even close, but it’s true, nonetheless, and totally gross. Yes, it is nonetheless true and worth taking note.)

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Society is standing on a high ledge, staring down, contemplating its worth. We can tell it to jump, or we can try to talk it down. Either way, know that we are talking to ourselves.

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In all knowledge, there exists a certain amount of hopelessness for the inevitability of our limitations.

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Leaders who are incapable of inspiring, resort to motivating people with fear. What we are seeing is a direct result of multiple generations of people motivated by their instilled fears instead of their hopes. We are now a country of depression and anxiety, willing to do any terrible thing to be unafraid. Fear is a stronger force than logic. This is why we are nearly incapable of compromise, the single most important requirement of democracy and freedom. This is why we are nearly incapable of accepting our part of the fault, the most vital step in any sort of change. Admission of any kind has been defined by our leaders as an absolute failure. This is why we have wrongfully decided it is only one way or the other. This is how we come to be the worst of which we are capable. Cure your own hypocrisy before seeking it out in others, and allow yourself some hope to find the easy but disguised path back to reason, accountability, and compassion above all.

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I believe the best way to protect the rights and way of life that we want is to recognize when we are being manipulated and motivated with our fear of losing it.

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BUT they did it first!

-Accountability in 2021

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