Your story is complex but this makes it more understandable. Thanks. We all connect in different ways to history of course. They really are all valid, though some (not yours...) are clearly more damaging (and shitty) than others. It is easy to forget others backgrounds and history and how that effects their current views. I've been thinking about this lately as I'm in Italy visiting my wife's family (second cousins and ancestral home). Her mother was an orphan born of an Italian immigrant and it's fascinating to see how things get passed on.
"And nostalgia for a simpler time when we didn’t have to choose our rulers, or educate ourselves about upcoming votes, or do the hard work of negotiating equitably among conflicting needs and interests in a limited-resource world." 💯 THIS!
Your story is complex but this makes it more understandable. Thanks. We all connect in different ways to history of course. They really are all valid, though some (not yours...) are clearly more damaging (and shitty) than others. It is easy to forget others backgrounds and history and how that effects their current views. I've been thinking about this lately as I'm in Italy visiting my wife's family (second cousins and ancestral home). Her mother was an orphan born of an Italian immigrant and it's fascinating to see how things get passed on.
"And nostalgia for a simpler time when we didn’t have to choose our rulers, or educate ourselves about upcoming votes, or do the hard work of negotiating equitably among conflicting needs and interests in a limited-resource world." 💯 THIS!