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Justice in an Unjust World: How It Can Happen

April 12, 2019

“Only justice will bring you peace”, a band I like sings. Listening to this song, I wondered: How do you find justice in an unjust world? Consequently, then, how do you find peace in an unjust world? The quick and pessimistic answer is: you don’t. There is no justice in an unjust world, and there is no peace in an unjust world. And yet, the more I thought about it, the more I realized that first reaction might be wrong.

Finding Justice in an Unjust World: a Matter of Creating the Invincible

The number of blogs, opinion columns, and editorials I read online can be literally counted on the fingers of one hand. There is such an incredible amount of noise out there, that I have made a conscious decision to remove myself from the trash.

In one of those few places on the internet that I follow, I recently read a harrowing narrative. A man – over fifty as he explained – described how nothing had managed to break his will; neither financial problems, nor unemployment, nor hardships.

He was broken, as he explained, seeing people’s viciousness.

justice in an unjust world
Injustice is all-powerful in a material context…
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