Decency Demonized

When people tell you not to care, they are trying to absolve themselves of their own guilt. You go right ahead and keep giving a shit. Most of us are beaten down by life so much that we no longer have the energy to care. Some of us are just so ignorant that we cannot [...]

Mercenaries On Vacation

Our own understanding of our importance is one of our most defining tragic flaws because it first gives us a false sense of overarching accountability. What we feel we are accountable or responsible for is our source of pride. This pride has a tendency to grow, allowing us to believe that our initial importance is [...]

Believe No Evil

When a decision made by leadership affects certain people negatively, the hope is that the decision has been made with the consequences of that decision in mind and that those unfortunate effects have been thoughtfully overruled by the needs of the greater good. Without being allowed any confidence in that hope, in the faith that [...]