This is a highly hypothetical scenario since only one third of the population of a country at most will fight in support of fascism. But if you're a humanist you should have an answer to what happens if they become the majority, such as if they get to the point of killing everyone different.
If we picture a world made up of two billion fascists and three billion collaborators, and you fighting for democracy in this world, then you're killing people to defend an ideology. You're not saving more people than you're killing, unless you really believe you can restore order to the world and save more lives in the long run, and even that is a questionable proposition. From a humanist standpoint, I cannot figure out a way to defend this. You'd have to fight fascism nonviolently, argue against this ideology strategically constructed to defeat arguments, protest for human rights and get executed, sad because this world apparently has no place for humanity in it.
Showing posts with label humanism. Show all posts
Showing posts with label humanism. Show all posts
Thursday, May 7, 2020
Tuesday, February 26, 2019
We write words down, we have hopes and worries for the future, we wonder about space and fear what we only imagine, we want to make something bigger and better than ourselves, and we make cake
Hashtag things that only humans do
Thursday, August 30, 2018
A humanist manifesto
Be brave enough to hope and you'll know a life not ruled by fear. Don't give up on humanity when it lets you down, because that's when it most needs someone to believe in it.
That is all.
That is all.
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