On corruption, participation, and the cost of clear sight
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There is no voting our way out
of a system that survives
on organized crime
and corruption.
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When corruption is no longer a flaw
but a fuel,
reform becomes an illusion.
We simply cannot prune
what is rotten at the root.
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To perceive this clearly
requires distance.
Not indifference—
but detachment.
The kind that allows us
to see without flinching,
and judge without confusion.
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Yet distance is precisely
what is discouraged.
Attachment is cultivated—
through outrage,
through loyalty,
through the constant demand
to participate.
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Because attachment clouds vision.
And a clouded vision
cannot perceive the whole.
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But once the whole is seen—
quietly, soberly, without spectacle—
the nature of both
the disease
and the cure
becomes unmistakable.
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Steady heart.
Clear thinking.
~ Grace
Philosopher in Meditation ~ Rembrandt
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