We are living out a big mandate/requirement/expectation/permission slip to outsource morality to the government and associated institutions. It doesn't work, either for the institutions or for the individuals. All it does is corrupt the one and turn the other into a crowd of useful idiots where genuinely thoughtful and active citizenship ought to be. We are reaping the rewards of this right now and a great many of us are not even capable of recognizing it because of how far it's gone..
We are living out a big mandate/requirement/expectation/permission slip to outsource morality to the government and associated institutions. It doesn't work, either for the institutions or for the individuals. All it does is corrupt the one and turn the other into a crowd of useful idiots where genuinely thoughtful and active citizenship ought to be. We are reaping the rewards of this right now and a great many of us are not even capable of recognizing it because of how far it's gone..
No argument here.
On the upside, it’s like in therapy, now that we know the problem we can do something about it.
Agree! That is the project of my substack, and the nonprofit of which it is apart. Here's hoping we can get something done before it's too late.
Wow, what an excellent piece!
https://unbekoming.substack.com/p/the-anthropological-reversibility
https://indepnews.org/en/academic-dissent-at-universite-laval-during-covid/
Also thanks 😊