Saturday, September 20, 2025

Power and privilege, truth and justice (Chris Hedges)


   There are two sets of principles. They are the principles of power and privilege, and the principles of truth and justice. If you run after power and privilege, it will always be at the expense of truth and justice. 

--Chris Hedges

Image source: The ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead depicts a scene in which a deceased person's heart is weighed against the feather of truth, 1250 BCE. An explanation of this image can be found here: https://egypt-museum.com/the-weighing-of-the-heart-papyrus-of-ani/
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