True.
It is also the time to look back, and see what has been done, and not done, in times before the crisis to make the crisis inevitable.
Sometime, & hopefully it is this time, the demand for peace will be honored for once w a honest systemic investigation, not of just
It is also the time to look back, and see what has been done, and not done, in times before the crisis to make the crisis inevitable.
Sometime, & hopefully it is this time, the demand for peace will be honored for once w a honest systemic investigation, not of just
this instance, but the many instances...Especially the ones that have been swept under the rug....And even more especially those that never got to the level of public awareness...
There is a reason, a context, that continually incubated these tensions.
There is a reason, a context, that continually incubated these tensions.
We know what they are at a descriptive level... They are quite obvious. What is less obvious is the deep Why. Other than appealing to "human nature". Which has no handles on it at all. Not unless, like the founders, who understood human nature in terms of power, & its
inevitable abuse, and eternal attempt to subsume all the power it can unto itself...and so instantiated these few foundational principles: rule of law, nation ruled by the consent of the governed... et al.
Unless we have that level of comprehension of the issues, and causes
Unless we have that level of comprehension of the issues, and causes
we will continue to be torn by the incongruities of our principles "All Men are Created Equal", and our realities.
Volcanic eruptions like these are the inevitable result of not being wise enough to understand the forces in play...and do something at the level of society to
Volcanic eruptions like these are the inevitable result of not being wise enough to understand the forces in play...and do something at the level of society to
address it.
Including Justice. Which even in these real time events is being squelched by those in power...who thrive on the existing order.
Or others, even more devious, who co-opt the grief of some to insert their anarchy.
Including Justice. Which even in these real time events is being squelched by those in power...who thrive on the existing order.
Or others, even more devious, who co-opt the grief of some to insert their anarchy.
In short... No more "we gotta change..." statements trying to mollify the volcanic times. But actual change. Tangible. And manifest in ways that those who suffer under the existing order can recognize as progress.
