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I don't understand the reasoning, 'we fucked up Haiti and didn't fix it, why should we fix Iraq?' Considering that these places are full of people and not vague sketches of land on a map, it seems to me a very flippant and spoiled attitude to have.
Besides, I think the term 'fix' is inaccurate and only serves to absolve us further from responsibility. If we can't fix it, then why bother? How terribly American of us.
Granted, I've been swinging off the 'nation state' trajectory when it comes to thinking about responsibility, duty and stewardship for a long while now. Maybe I've finally winged off course altogether. I hope, I hope.
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Most people go through life dreading they'll have a traumatic experience. Freaks were born with their trauma. They've already passed their test in life. They're aristocrats. - Diane Arbus
PESSIMISM, n. A philosophy forced upon the convictions of the observer by the disheartening prevalence of the optimist with his scarecrow hope and his unsightly smile. - Ambrose Bierce
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