Tuesday, May 19, 2020

Community

23 September 1995

[not yet well thought-out]

Musing on Justice led to Responsibility led to Community. Years ago, I dreamt of writing a long piece on Justice, including social justice, including prejudice. In recent years, I've been thinking a lot about Responsibility, including social responsibility, particularly avoiding responsibility: refusing blame, whiners and victims, "Surrender to God" (and religion in general).

That led to Community, esp. denial of community:

  • Radical individualism
  • Libertarianism (contracts but not government? What is a government but a social contract?)
  • Paranoid conspiracy nuts
  • Hatred of government (but love of "country"??)
  • Hatred of taxes (but insistence on benefits)
  • Disappearance of civility
  • Diminishing regard even for human life
  • All greed and selfishness




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