privilege
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On ‘Among Us’ and honesty.
How is ‘Among Us’ like ‘The Art of Seduction’? They’ll help you learn to get what you want. But I doubt I’ll play again.
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On inequality and disease.
Whose lives matter enough that we shut down? Whose matter so little we won’t save them with Gatorade?
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On Buddhism, suffering, and Deadpool.
Buddha teaches freedom from suffering. Deadpool teaches us to love who we’ll love and simply endure the suffering that comes with it.
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On citizenship.
Without citizenship — without, as per Hannah Arendt, “the right to have rights” — people are buffeted by the political whims of whatever nation they might find themselves in. Syrian refugees, for instance, might expect a certain treatment based on their status as humans, but they aren’t officially documented Europeans. Even when they safely reach…
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