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Martin Eden

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5. "the Universe has a sense of justice tinged with irony"
Fri Nov 7, 2025, 02:51 PM
Friday

Reminds me of:
The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice.

I think we may agree the bending requires effort by those who truly value moral justice.

Others who pay no heed to the moral universe will subvert institutions of justice to do their bidding, as we are now witnessing.

Flipsides of human nature. Both have long existed. There is no end in sight to the bending of the moral arc. Evil regimes rise and fall, in a seemingly endless cycle.

Which will gain the upper hand .... which of The Two Wolves does mankind feed the most?

The answer may involve paying heed to the wisdom of Frederick Douglass:
It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.

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