Those who still retain the smallest fractions of their humanities can still be reasoned with… But how many of those are left, especially in the West? I know those in power are maniacs, but can the people cheering on the current violent repressions and slide into fascism in America be talked into sense? Oh well.
… I would go so far as to suggest that Mandela, Gandhi, and MLK Jr. were addressing significantly more hostile audiences than protesters in the modern West.
Those who still retain the smallest fractions of their humanities can still be reasoned with… But how many of those are left, especially in the West? I know those in power are maniacs, but can the people cheering on the current violent repressions and slide into fascism in America be talked into sense? Oh well.
… I would go so far as to suggest that Mandela, Gandhi, and MLK Jr. were addressing significantly more hostile audiences than protesters in the modern West.