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Why A Stubborn Love of Humanity Is More Powerful Than Any Piece of Legislation Can Ever Be
Let’s have better laws. But to really get somewhere, let’s be better people.
The Saners, a movement to prevent climate collapse and build a better, more humane civilization, aims to lead by example.
As individual people, and as a movement, we need to reach out to others and to recognize the common humanity of EVERYONE. We can and must object to and block evil actions, but never dismiss or be cruel to human beings.
All of us make mistakes and all of us sometimes do bad things. If we are good people, we learn to regret our mistakes. But even “bad people” are people. That’s why recognizing our common humanity, and being guided by love is the best, and indeed the only path to a better world.
Kindness can lessen anger and fear and hatred. Kindness can prevent suicide and murder. Kindness can make lonely people feel connected to the world. Kindness can make close-minded people become open to other possibilities.
Kindness is not merely a means. Kindness is itself an end. Kindness IS the world we want to live in, not just a way to get there.
