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Accountability in the Choice of Leadership

It is a necessity that leaders have compassion. Additionally, when we continue to excuse a leader’s bad behavior, we push them towards becoming a tyrant– particularly when they lack compassion.

Please care for your flock. 

If we are to grow, we have to be honest. Honesty is not only required regarding the person looking back in the mirror but also with the people around us. What do we consume? 

Are we looking to heal? Or are we attempting to hurt others? Maybe the “others” might be the ones who’ve caused us pain.

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The Only True Wisdom, Is Knowing You Know Nothing.

Form Socrates (a bit hyperbolic). Charles Darwin echoed a similar sentiment when he wrote, “Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge.”

In the age of the internet, it seems anyone can present as an expert; this is an unfortunate reality since most of us could become that expert if we wanted to do the work.

We have access to a ton of information. Unfortunately, we no longer engage in deep learning. Instead, we try to learn a little bit about a topic and assume the position of expert. Creating large platforms peddling misinformation.

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The Communist Manifesto and the Rise of Capitalism

“A spectator is haunting Europe”, the opening line of The Communist Manifesto (or The Manifesto). 

We can try and argue over Marxist ideology. I really would rather not. What is painfully obvious, however, is that he and Engels predicted how the capitalist means of production would spread. The prediction of technological advancement should also be pointed out here. While those things are “not bad”. Other predictions, that were less positive, came about. For example, the reduction of things like ‘moral principles’ to commodities, making them up for exchange for financial gain in a capitalist society, is just one such example.

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Remembering Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Ruth Bader Ginsburg, known in progressive circles as the “Notorious RBG”, has reportedly passed away. The news broke yesterday September 19, 2020. 

While the facts surrounding her death are unclear at the moment, this post is to commemorate her legacy. This commemoration is in-part because she has paved the way for women and men alike, in so many ways, it would require more words than I can type to try and encapsulate her impact. 

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