Deep Thought Series: We Are Better Than This
A friendly conversation on stuff that matters with Andreea Petre-Goncalves:
We know we are better than the news updates that read like dystopian sci-fi every morning. But what specifically are we?
Late capitalism is a church without god, without heaven and without penance. Its monstrous glass and concrete temples signal power, but no promise of absolution. No reward, no relief, no angels, no virgins. Earth burns. Millions toil but cannot escape the precariat, their promised repay not even a pension, let alone comfort. Righteous and rightful pitchforked rage is harvested greedily by callous heirs of blood emerald mines and property speculation.
Our reality is immoral, illogical and unhopeful.
Whether we like it or not, western liberalism is right now the emptiest of promise of all contemporary doctrines. Even bloodthirsty autocrats offer something greater than the self, as we obsess over pronouns while forgetting to utter the value system that sits behind them - one of dignity for all.
We can give each other the confidence to voice and shape what being better than this means. Join us for a hopeful conversation.
We know we are better than the news updates that read like dystopian sci-fi every morning. But what specifically are we?
Late capitalism is a church without god, without heaven and without penance. Its monstrous glass and concrete temples signal power, but no promise of absolution. No reward, no relief, no angels, no virgins. Earth burns. Millions toil but cannot escape the precariat, their promised repay not even a pension, let alone comfort. Righteous and rightful pitchforked rage is harvested greedily by callous heirs of blood emerald mines and property speculation.
Our reality is immoral, illogical and unhopeful.
Whether we like it or not, western liberalism is right now the emptiest of promise of all contemporary doctrines. Even bloodthirsty autocrats offer something greater than the self, as we obsess over pronouns while forgetting to utter the value system that sits behind them - one of dignity for all.
We can give each other the confidence to voice and shape what being better than this means. Join us for a hopeful conversation.
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