@jenphalian @LionessElise the eponymous ones who walk away apparently have some dissatisfaction with this arrangement.
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@LionessElise@jenphalian …where it's a feel-good piece for twee liberals because we all fantasize that *we* would have such moral fiber… -
@LionessElise@jenphalian …as to be one of the ones who walks away. which posits Le Guin as a moral coward where she's the exact opposite. -
@LionessElise@jenphalian the point is that society isn't founded on and maintained by the abject suffering of one child, it's founded on… -
@LionessElise@jenphalian …and maintained by the abject suffering of MILLIONS of children, and adults, and NONE OF US FUCKING WALK AWAY. -
@LionessElise@jenphalian and maybe we don't like that and maybe we work to alleviate and change that but in the meantime every one of us… -
@LionessElise@jenphalian …goes to sleep on a metaphorical bed of corpses every night & we need to have the moral courage to confront that.
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