Week 8, Monday: Day 2

In a war, the most hated side is neither us nor them. It's the pacifist. This role calls attention to the ludicrous, unnecessary nature of the conflict. We feel it threatens our identity as participants in a "just cause." It takes away our sense of belonging, our belief that we are right.

This concept is credited to Charles Eisenstein. I'm participating in his Unlearning course right now, and within the first session, he was advocating to go on a news fast. I accidentally ended up reading an article that was describing military action overseas — you know what I'm referring to. And then, in related conversation in a different part of the day, I heard the phrase "world war three" in a less-than-joking way.

If it's the end of the world as we know it, then let it be an end to the world that we know: the world where violence is any answer at all, where exploitation is justified, where we alienate each other. Let's instead build a world together where we choose to risk ourselves in the pursui…