vai "es atzīšos, ka XXX" ir kaut kāds jauns šodienas trends?

nākamā nedēļa rādās būt sociāli ļoti bagātīga. ne tikai ģimene būs ieradusies uz lieldienu brīvdienām dzīvoties pa LV, bet arī edgars, ar kuru tikko izdomājām iet uz bondage fairies trešdien (SQUEEEE!!!), un ceturtdien nu jau veselu mūžību ieplānotais bērnības milicijas koncerts ar banderlogs, ak, es jau esmu sajūsmā. tagad tikai jāizdomā, vai par trešdienu ansambļa vadītājam teikšu taisnību, vai arī izdomāšu kādu satriecošu cover story. ak, cik skaista ir jaunība!

It was a matter of freedom. Like the difference between even the most talented swimmer and the laziest dolphin. (..) This wasn't just the difference between strength and weakness - it was the difference between a healthy person and an invalid. But ordinary people managed to live, didn't they? Because, after all, freedom was not the most important thing. Freedom was the excuse used by scoundrels and fools. When they said "freedom," they weren't thinking about other people's freedom, only about their own bondage.


//Sergei Lukyanenko, 2008, The Twilight Watch

Judaism has this important phrase/concept/slogan/life motto from the third-century-ish text Pirkei Avot, which goes: Lo alecha hamlacha ligmor (it’s not to you to complete the work of repairing the world) v’lo atah ben chorin l’hivatel mimena (but neither may you desist from it). You won’t be able to fix the world by yourself, or in your lifetime, but that doesn’t absolve you of responsibility to work towards it.

I feel like grimdark/anti-heroes are a response to the fact that the world is neither good nor moral, like “well if the world isn’t like that, I won’t be either”. But they’re also excuses for not working towards fixing the world: I won’t bother because it’s all fucked anyway. Lo alecha and Captain America say, yes, it is fucked, but you still have to work towards fixing it anyway. And yes, it’s hard, that’s why it’s called work.

//kerry polka