Anoushka Ray
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Anoushka Ray
As we continue to sift daily through the detritus of Trump’s accumulating record and biography, we keep living with the notion that somehow, somewhere, there will appear a document or a detail so grotesque, so damning, that the country will finally rise as one to declare this Presidency at an end. Just one more instance of sexual assault; of cruel... See more
“As we continue to sift daily through the detritus of Trump’s accumulating record and biography, we keep living with the notion that somehow, somewhere, there will appear a document or a detail so grotesque, so damning, that the country will finally rise as one to declare this Presidency at an end. Just one more instance of sexual assault; of cruel and illegal deportations; of financial self-dealing. Just one more indulgence of racism and antisemitism in the maga camp; one more outrageous insult hurled against a foreign leader or a female reporter; one more violation of constitutional and institutional norms.“
David Remnick, The New Yorker (24/12/25)
You have faith (an ultimate concern) if you are devoted to someone or something as an end in itself, being willing—if the situation so requires—to sacrifice other interests and passions for the sake of what you believe in or hold to be most valuable. In this sense, both secular and religious persons have faith. The crucial difference, however, is
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very difficult sometimes to distinguish between "is this a hard thing I'm supposed to work through" or "is it hard because it's the wrong thing and I need to let go"
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The appropriate amount of effort is zero
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I don’t believe people want to be told how to live their lives. What we really want is to renounce the responsibility that comes from choosing wrong, making mistakes, and being the perpetrators of pain, self-inflicted and done to others.
HOPE! Part of growing into adulthood has been becoming aware of the sheer depth and range of suffering in the world. When faced with such hopelessness for the first time, with such existentialism and pessimism, it’s easy to forget that there will always be corners of the world that remain sacred. Right now, a lot of the institutions and guardrails
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