I Lack Faith In Humanity
These days I am reading a compilation of press articles and interviews given by the Russian writer Alexandr Solzhenitsyn in the early 1970, just after his book 'Gulag Archipelago' revealed to the west the horrors of Soviet camps where millions of people died.
When asked about revolution, Solzhenitsyn's answer is always the same: a revolution based on violence will not change anything. The only true revolution is a moral and spiritual revolution.
In theory I agree with Solzhenitsyn. Why in theory? Because I believe violence is part of human nature. At least of what human beings are in 2018. I have faith that at some point in history, by means of some mutation or God knows how, it will cease to be so. Facts are against that faith, average IQ on Earth is going down...but faith is belief when there are not reasons to believe
When asked about revolution, Solzhenitsyn's answer is always the same: a revolution based on violence will not change anything. The only true revolution is a moral and spiritual revolution.
In theory I agree with Solzhenitsyn. Why in theory? Because I believe violence is part of human nature. At least of what human beings are in 2018. I have faith that at some point in history, by means of some mutation or God knows how, it will cease to be so. Facts are against that faith, average IQ on Earth is going down...but faith is belief when there are not reasons to believe
