You wouldn’t employ an illiterate as a peon but with the support of many other illiterates he can be your minister.
All civilization is basically enslavement. Empowering slavery.
No one is above taking bribe. And most certainly no one above giving it. Only the labels, the form and the manner change.
Standing upright in all adversities? Wouldn’t one drown in the river, for instance?
Truth: awesome, painful element of our reason. Naturally, most of us cannot stand it.
Give a man some free time, or extra money & watch. If he uses it constructively give some more. If unproductively, tax it.
Every sacrifice is basically intelligent selfishness.
It’s human to fear isolation for your convictions. But remember that every so often a single Galileo or Darwin had truth on the whole planet.
Wondered how many of us care for the child of our own Specie, next door? Everytime we buy a toy for our child, we will buy another, half as costly, for a poor child nearby?
Materialism is the single largest source of evil in our society. Cliché? Then cite a bigger one.