Tough Love

On one side there are forces who will do almost anything for the ideology that justifies their greed and lust for power, unjust war, torture, corruption etc. They have no empathy or sympathy for others if they stand to gain by not having any. They seem to be able to shut their humanity at will when it is to their advantage, and to be able to totally dismiss the concerns and feelings of others.

Hmmmmm I guess we have to change that from “will do almost anything to … “do absolutely” anything, since they are also willing to kill an entire planet or at least billions of people, and combined with  unjust war, torture and corruption, really what else is there that they wont do?

On the other side are caring feeling people who want to do their best for The Greatest Good For All Concerned. Nice, feeling people who hate to see others suffering g and want equality, justice and freedom for all. Including those in the first category. Including them so much that “we” don’t want to be “mean” to “them.” That even when they do start unjust wars, torture innocent people and are patently corrupt, we are too nice to call them on it and hold them accountable.

Partially ….because “we” know that holding them accountable and punishing them not only won’t bring back the dead, untorture the innocents or stop their corruption (because another one of “them” will just replace the one in jail) but because we are too “nice.” We lack the heartless killer instinct, we lack the lack of empathy, we lack the ironclad certainty of the superiority of our class, our race, and the certainty that “god is on our side that they do.”

This puts us at a distinct disadvantage when it comes to fighting them, to stopping the horrible things they do….let alone doing the things that we would like to do, like making everyone’s lives better and such.

In fact, the worse they are the more we seem to compromise with them, the more we seem “forced” to overlook their crimes in the interest of keeping things “functioning.” The more corrupted we become by their corruption as we try to find some middle ground that does NOT include turning ourselves into monsters in order to fight monsters.

So how we do fight an enemy, and those who would compromise with them… that knows no shame and has no conscience….and that we cannot just take out back and shoot, or torture, as they would do and have done? Especially so with so much at stake?

The answer to that question may hold the key to the survival of humanity and the planet earth as we know it….and we better find that answer soon.