A perfect statement to end the week … Why? Because truly there is no ‘truth’ anymore … we don’t believe elected officials, trusted institutions, established policies … it seems to me this is a worldwide reality! đȘ
This helps me understand so much of the current reality I perceive!
A few days ago I was at a conference in Montreal, and a Canadian gentleman, trying to grasp whatâs happening to America, asked me a simple question: âWhat do you fear most these days?â
I paused for a second, like a spectator waiting to see what would come out of my own mouth. Two things came out: âI fear weâre seeing the end of âtruthâ â that we simply canât agree any more on basic facts. And I fear that weâre becoming Sunnis and ShiitesâŠbut the sectarianism that has destroyed nation-states in the Middle East is now infecting us.ââŠ
So when I got home, I called my teacher and friend Dov SeidmanâŠand asked him what he thought was happening to us.
âWhat weâre experiencing is an assault on the very foundations of our society and democracy â the twin pillars of truth and trust,â Seidman responded. âWhat makes usâŠ
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