Finally posted the essay that I have worked on forever. Apologies that the CSS is still broken, making this harder to read. Now that this piece is out of the way, I will have more time to spend on finishing the site redesign in the coming weeks. https://emilynhoward.neocities.org/prose/maelstrom
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Very thought provoking, thank you for publishing it. Re 'Return' I'm also in my 40s and starting to get the urge to protect my family(/tribe) without care of those outside it, which I do not like. Although I believe in your stance on not succumbing to binary thinking, I also worry how that may lead to centrism and failing to oppose something I think is bad. I worry there is no answer (I worry a lot as you can tell).
@p7uen Thank you for reading! I agree re: the centrism trap. I've been trying to think a lot about how to keep a sharp moral compass without falling into tribalism. It's really hard.