The Politics of Displacement

Imagine someone saying, “I don’t know how to fix this violent way of living, but I have to admit that it hurts in my heart to know that I am inflicting so much consequence upon people and places I will never meet. Does it hurt in your heart also?” Statements like this can save lives.

notice how modern life requires us to go numb together. The ones who aren’t able to do that often have a hard time sticking around. I think of them as the canaries in the coal mine, and every one of these newsletters is dedicated to them—both those who are still alive and those who decided to exit early.