We can force full term births then kill them when they reach kindergarten. We can watch fleeing immigrants drown while we take away their boats. We can use nuclear bombs everywhere. We can kill the needy with drugs. We can get the last word.
This is the shallow effect of power for power's sake. We could all live in misery and fear, wishing to die rather than being tortured to death. This is the world of our creation. Bully for the satisfaction of watching others die, if only in TV dramas.
This is not new. Other centuries have witnessed this nihilism where all life was made miserable and a few fought to save it by bringing back reason and by loving the broken tortured minds, throwing babies on the bonfire while mothers screamed.
Biblical times: Kill all the women who have slept with a male. Kill all the nonbelievers.
Sentiments of humanity where there is no respect or love of life: Kill the the people who are not the same as us. Kill all the people who say things different from us. Kill all those who speak different languages. Kill all the humans and let the jungle go back to the apes.
This is the frustration of hate in a time when we looked to gadgets to press. Disappointment when our team keeps losing. Rage when our politicians do and say things we personally don't benefit from.
All this information is from centuries of different rulers and different values.
But we do have knowledge and argument vying for our attention, leading us to fear one another, to learn different habits and philosophies in between entertainment and expectations.
As long as we care for one another we don't have to make them see the world the way we see it. We don't have to think the same or arrive at the same solutions.
Do no harm. Listen. Care. Think then think again. We don't have to make others do what we want.
Celebrate and love, worry and nurture, not control.
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