I’ve had Alan Jacobs' self-understanding and resistance in a browser tab for awhile. It’s short - read the whole thing.
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That is, Solzhenitsyn makes it quite clear that meaningful resistance begins with self-understanding. You can only make an intelligent attempt to alter your circumstances if you understand who you are, which means understanding that your own innate human nature is not different from that of your captors. |