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When have time and attention ever prevented genocide?

When have time and attention ever prevented genocide

"A society will push distant ecosystems to the brink of collapse in order to achieve marginal gains in wealth and comfort. A nation will mourn the deaths of its own soldiers while celebrating the casualties on the other side. We see only the suffering in those we are close to,.. But we do not see the bigger picture because empathy blinds us to it. Reason enlarges the circle".

Just because a thing is not forbidden does not mean that it is right

Ostentatious displays of wealth were never for the wealthy. They were for those still capable of being mesmerized by wealth.

“What does that mean, to say that something is in the past? Does it mean that it doesn’t exist anymore, that it can be forgotten? If so, then nothing is ever in the past"