Friday, April 01, 2005

found this while exploring through the older reaches of the hard-drive. can't even remember when i wrote it, really.

when you call the modern philanthropist an idealist who is denying reality, you are, in fact, correct. this is because the reality we live in is a bourgeoise-centric reality, and as such suffering of the many is necessary for the wealth of the few. to be a true philanthropist you must be a revolutionary.
the humanitarian merely wants to 'raise' the prole from his suffering to become a member of the bourgeoise...thus perpetuating the way of things as they stand, merely removing an 'undesireable' component. what (s)he does not realize is that its the existence of that undesireable state that puts him or her in a position to begin to formulate these thoughts of 'saving' the proles.

the circumstances are not the problem, the reality is.

2 comments:

  1. I always thought reality was a nightmare, that never ends, except when you sleep. Of course, if you have nightmares when you're asleep, then its hard to distinguish between what's real and what's not.

    But that is not the point here. Coming back to the post - you make a very valid point. Its life the food cycle, each one depends on the other for its existence.

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  2. and i cannot agree more.

    (btw, this reminds me of the crtique of NGOs)

    : )

    -bilal

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