Looking across the globe, it might appear at times that violence, chaos and fear are getting the upper hand over order, democracy and reason. The world has always been a messy place, of course, and it may be that the internet and social media give the worst of times more prominence than the best. But there are real reasons for anxiety. Traditional democratic ideals and institutions are under attack. Historically, however, there has also been pushback, a rejection of oppression and despotism. It brought about the end of apartheid, the fall of the Berlin Wall, the Black Lives Matter movement in the United States, the acceptance of more than a … Continue reading Serge Schmemannsept