Reading this kept me thinking about tattoos popularity and worldwide expansion. I wonder before this movement how would react someone if we forced him to use his body as painting board that he would have to carry for his entire life? An other one funny is the men’s crazes for beard! Human are maybe….
I'm so late on my substack subscriptions that I am just now reading this piece you wrote back in March.
I am thankful your did not ignore that feeling you had that drove you to speak on this issue, because this was a great read. On this being a sensitive topic is exactly why honest voices like yours are needed, least our memories start to fade and we risk the chance of forgetting lessons that we should have learned.
My hope in humanity was definitely shaken in these past few years, a part of me is still disappointed to know that despite all that we should have learned from history, we are still so easily manipulated and so quick to tow the line against our neighbors, friends and family. While many have conveniently moved on and probably admitted their own faulty thinking in the silence of their own consciences, many others have not - I hold no resentment but it was a needed wake-up call. The empty "we are all in this together" was and will always be a complete lie, especially while the ones uttering it from their government podiums are deciding the fate of everyday citizens based on their own self-interest.
The underlying forces of human nature during the covid years
Reading this kept me thinking about tattoos popularity and worldwide expansion. I wonder before this movement how would react someone if we forced him to use his body as painting board that he would have to carry for his entire life? An other one funny is the men’s crazes for beard! Human are maybe….
I'm so late on my substack subscriptions that I am just now reading this piece you wrote back in March.
I am thankful your did not ignore that feeling you had that drove you to speak on this issue, because this was a great read. On this being a sensitive topic is exactly why honest voices like yours are needed, least our memories start to fade and we risk the chance of forgetting lessons that we should have learned.
My hope in humanity was definitely shaken in these past few years, a part of me is still disappointed to know that despite all that we should have learned from history, we are still so easily manipulated and so quick to tow the line against our neighbors, friends and family. While many have conveniently moved on and probably admitted their own faulty thinking in the silence of their own consciences, many others have not - I hold no resentment but it was a needed wake-up call. The empty "we are all in this together" was and will always be a complete lie, especially while the ones uttering it from their government podiums are deciding the fate of everyday citizens based on their own self-interest.
This was a lot to absorb, I can’t lie, but your line “Everybody just moved on” is hard to ignore.