I just finished THE BODIES OF OTHERS: The New Authoritarians, COVID-19 and The War Against the Human by Naomi Wolf.
Every word should be chiseled in marble for all to see forever.
It is a priceless time capsule future generations might not believe of when Covid extinguished courage and freedom, when parents sacrificed their children on the altar of fear and conformity. It is documentation of “a crime against humanity unprecedented in our times,” “an evil we had never seen before in human history.”
“In this moment when freedom itself is in the balance, when the alternative is servitude forever, this decision on whether to speak up makes all the difference. Tyrannies only fall where there is mass resistance. History is clear on this. … just a few … are marginalized, silenced … arrested. What matters most is that enough people stand up and resist all at once.”
“Someday all our kids and grandkids will ask each of us directly: ‘Why did you stand by? Why did you not help me?’ ‘I could not breathe.’ Or, God forbid: “‘Now I have these health problems.’”
“Or else they will say: ‘Thank you so much for speaking for me when I was too little to speak.’”
“‘Dad, Mom, Grandma, Grandpa,’ they will ask: ‘What did you do?’”
“So let me leave you with this question:”
“What did you do?”
Dear Bruce;
Naomi Wolf is one of those very rare people who can turn up the dials on their INTELLECT, SPIRIT, CHARM, VOLUME and HUMANITY and do so without distortion. Ms. Wolf is so passionate, one would expect the natural impatience which comes with a sense of urgency-to overpower her human-ness. Nay! Naomi remains ever present as a real person "just like us" and one who leaves us asking; "Why can't I be like her in eloquence and receptivity?"
Her collaborative work on the forced-released Pfizer files with her 3250 high caliber volunteers reveals a level of dystopian truth, which could drive one to the brink. Naomi maintains an ever present context of marching forth, danger be damned.
It is daunting to realize when using the saying "The deck is stacked" that the deck has been designed, manufactured, distributed, tracked and promoted by a group which is a captured by power and money entity. The kind of courage it takes to see, evaluate, digest and respond to this is enormous at the entry level. Naomi Wolf is a mother lioness who is in the act of protecting her sisters (fellow women) and their children; born and unborn and at a level which could drive very strong people to their knees. Thank you for doing the interview with Naomi. Each one who listens and learns and may gain the energy force to speak to others may be the seed crystal to an expansion of awareness, commitment and action that could turn the tide. I have troubles being optimistic so I remain informed, engaged and in contact and in action with people who pray that they might help the human condition survive, grow congeal and thrive. I pray a lot these days, Bruce.