1) The story of Germany and Hitler made me think about our situation, and I began trying to compare the two situations. A couple quotes on that subject that especially meant something to me:
- "I'm telling you this because the people of your culture are in much the same situation"
- "Even if you privately thought the whole thing was madness, you had to play your part, you had to take your place in the story"
2) Takers and Leavers are enacting 2 different stories
3) "They put their shoulders to the wheel during the day, stupefy themselves with drugs or TV at night, and try not to think too searchingly about the world they're leaving their children to cope with."
If you look at the world today, that quote is true for so many people. It seems really selfish to me. Everyone knows the world is wasting away, yet no one does anything about it. So many people distract themselves from whats going on and leave it for someone else to deal with.
#3 In my opinion was the most meaningful quote in the chapter. It says so much about society and the impact "Mother Culture" has on it. Mother Culture must have a HUGE impact if she can convince parents not to care about the world they are leaving for their children.
I agree with you that we do not seem to active in making the world a paradise for our children. When you said "so many people distract themselves from what is going on" it reminded me of the Bucket List. Maybe we are just throwing concern to the wind and going out with a bang. That is pretty bleak, but it may be another way to look at it. Everyone knows we are destroying the world and in turn our species. So with that knowledge why aren't we doing anything? This would seem like an explanation an outsider might have when looking at humans, which doesn't speak well for us.
ReplyDeleteExactly what i was going to say. i agre with what you both said... Kameron what are you doing in my mind... i was going to say exactly that. it really doesn't look right especially when we have other answers or excuses to give concerning why things are this way. An outsider doesn't care about what is going on inside and don't care about the excuses we give so you see.. we need to stop washing our dirty lenients in public.
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