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By Gianluigi Gugliermetto 10/30/2025 |
Daniel, who is a member of the community of readers of these DMs, yesterday offered a threefold answer to my question about the legitimation of cruelty. I find his answer enlightening. He points to the objectification of the “other” starting with Nature, to sensory overload which produces desensitization, and to the “syndrome of the cornered tiger.” |
Sadly, each of these reasons looks quite true to me, and deserves our attention individually. But we can also look at how they interplay with each other. Reverting the order in which Daniel presented them, I would say the following. |
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We suppress our deep terror of living in an “end age” caused by our folly as a species. We top that with an awfully excessive use of screens and a very large consumption of videos. At that point, the age-old objectification of others cannot remain at more-or-less contained levels. It’s a boiling pot that can only explode. Please prove me wrong. I don’t want to be right, and certainly I don’t want to become cynical. |
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situations call for radical solutions. So we need to face each of these issues — which are bad enough on their own, but are deadly taken together — squarely and forcefully. And we need to talk to others about it, starting perhaps with the one issue that seems |
more palatable to them. Strategy is also important. - Let’s stop being cornered tigers. Let’s model a life of awareness of the present ecological crisis, showing to “unbelievers” that one can live with the huge tensions caused by such awareness while continuing to love and care;
- Let’s drastically reduce our time on screens*, planning conscious activities which do not involve them, and using them for specific purposes and not for random entertainment; let’s involve others in such activities, especially those who are not “on our side” concerning the other issues;
- Let’s be extremely cautious concerning our objectification of others, and
let others see what we are doing when we treat all subjects as subjects and not as objects — if people sneer at us, it’s because we made them uncomfortable, and that’s good.
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Let’s also be clear and calm in stating aloud the obvious — which sadly is not obvious anymore — following the example of the president-elect of Ireland, Catherine Connelly, who said in a recent interview: “It’s an obscenity to trade with a country which is committing genocide.” In the book of
Isaiah, we find the notion of a “remnant” of the people, which represents a possibility of salvation for all. It’s a variation in times of war on the theme of the people of Ancient Israel being called to be a blessing to all nations. The few are enough for the whole. |
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It’s not a matter of counting how many we are — even though events such as the landslide election of Connelly give us a boost — but it’s rather a matter of accepting and shouldering the responsibility that comes from the awareness, in humility and service. |
Queries for Contemplation What hardships do you find in “being the remnant,” and how do you overcome
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