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They Need Us to be Numb

They Need Us to be Numb

Our Emotions Get in the Way

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Tom Gentry
Jul 07, 2023
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The real powers that be want us to believe that something is wrong with us if we recognize ourselves as beings grounded in emotion. For the system they’ve established to work, we must deny our own humanity.

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