The Cancel Culture Eliminating Truth & Important Lessons from the Past

In the rich man’s house there is no place to spit but his face – Diogenes

I can’t help wondering how superior the rich man feels when he gives to the poor. And here’s the thing; so what? So what if he feels superior? Does his superiority make his money any less valuable to the poor? I doubt it. The needy will take the money and thank you. Superiority and grandeur are only illusions anyway. I’ve met many rich men whose intellect has startled me. It’s obvious to me why rich men are rich. And you can read what you like into those last two comments. Am I criticizing in order to feel superior? Or am I being complementary? You decide.

So if we criticize humanities’ failings in an attempt to highlight important lessons from the past (stupidity in the majority thinking that created the rise in nazism for example) must we be seen as superior? Are we really just looking to get a quick fix from feeling superior through criticism?

Quick fix or not, I don’t think it really matters. We must continue to highlight how certain ways of being or thinking can be dangerous. Is that not the important point? So don’t cancel criticism or superiority there could well be something of great value there within.