Oddbean

Moral Crisis I’m terrified by the silence and complicity I see around me in response to the genocide in Gaza. It feels unreal—how can something so devastating, so clear, be met with such indifference? The lack of public debate, the avoidance, the refusal to engage—it’s haunting. Am I making this a bigger issue than it is? I don’t think so. The silence speaks volumes. It’s not just about Gaza; it’s about a society that seems numb, conditioned, or too comfortable to confront the horrors that are happening right in front of us. This is a moral crisis, and the silence feels like an acceptance of that horror. It shakes me to my core. How did we reach a point where indifference became normal? I feel this weight, this responsibility to acknowledge what’s happening. If we don’t, what does that say about us? I can’t shake this feeling—this is too important to ignore.

i agree... but really it's the enduring feeling of powerlessness that numbs me; i was much more active about this 15 years ago, getting outraged about one or other human rights violation or mass slaughter after another, posting about it on social media hoping telling the world about it (eg sharing wikileaks Collateral Murder video) changes something but it just hurts to confront myself with it constantly while it changes nothing, yes we know how by know awful humans can be to each other 😢 is that all there is the people in charge just do what they've always done, they don't give a shit about protest, did the idealism that we live in a democracy give us the idea that we have anything to say about war? maybe, all we can do is be thankful if we're not somewhere the bullets hit

Talking about it, spreading the facts and awareness is a healing process for ourselves. If we stop we start accumulating this atrocities and evil energy and playing dangerous games with the Dark Shadow. This can and possibly will destroy us from within.

I’ve had moments of indifference after feeling helpless to make impact over decades. It dawned on me the other day that I might not ever change shit except I can help influence my kids to see the world through eyes of people, to be kind and compassionate.

Of course. You can save them by making them aware of the shadows of our psyche. Choosing to be silent is like accumulating all this evil not knowing you're doing it..untill one say it fuckin backfires. This will happen on massive global scale in future. Complicity and denial comes with a huge price tag.

MK Ultra on the worldwide scale has dimmed many down. Please know some of us have fought for humanity lifelong & will continue to do so. We’ve made mistakes. Love won already: it’s slower than some desire. Absolutely. Apple SuperBowl Commercial gave me visions at age 3. It guided my life. Not out of fear but of great love for others. We are winning. Stay strong. 💪 as I know I will question things again later … feel free to remind me. Hugs 🫂

I can't discuss this anymore, I've found that too many people use logic and their left brain and ignore this as news, or just another day. My latest attempt is to capture this feeling, an emotion, in poetry. Try to activate the right brain that feels and senses -- the part that makes us human but is silenced by the left brain. I have to believe it's working. Because the alternative to sad to fathom.

FWIW: my own poetry proved effective to get others to listen. #truth Not bragging only telling you so you understand my #empathy Hugs. 🫂 Do you see the poetry below ⬇️ Fluorine is a chemical element; it has symbol F and atomic number 9. It is the lightest halogen and exists at standard conditions as a highly toxic, pale yellow diatomic gas. As the most electronegative reactive element, it is extremely reactive, as it reacts with all other elements except for the light inert gases. fluorine is the Fuck element Lightest & ( yellow 🧘🏻‍♀️) Highly toxic But charismatic as fuck since everyone wants to be near that light … and we loves being that light ..