Violence and Human Nature
Gianluigi Gugliermetto
July 3, 2025
Here in Europe we are still reeling from the shock of all the EU governments but Spain’s bowing to Trump’s demand of doubling their military
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The Great Tragedy of Humanity
Gianluigi Gugliermetto
July 2, 2025
With all my talk on evil in the past few months, especially about evil as a mystery, I might have given the impression of being
Etty Hillesum on Real Men
Gianluigi Gugliermetto
June 27, 2025
Boys play with soldiers, girls play with dolls. This sentence describes a 19th century state of facts, but also a way of socializing children that
Etty Hillesum on Oneness in Hard Times
Gianluigi Gugliermetto
June 25, 2025
With the recent attacks on Iran nuclear facilities, the USA has lost any residual credibility on the world scene. Meanwhile, as the world’s eyes are
Making Evil Conscious
Gianluigi Gugliermetto
June 20, 2025
Patriarchy as a social system spread all over human cultures is at least 4,000 years old. Some scholars date it back even further. This information
The Male Toddler Archetype
Gianluigi Gugliermetto
June 18, 2025
My brain is buzzing with ideas about what it means right now to be a man. No doubt, the buzzing is due to the wealth
The Power of Words
Gianluigi Gugliermetto
June 13, 2025
Although we need to look the truth straight in her eyes, which today means facing evil, and although building shelters made of pleasant lies won’t
Stability and Empathy
Gianluigi Gugliermetto
June 12, 2025
Two days ago we read what Matthew’s niece wrote to him: “To me, liberty and justice for all has to mean that people get to
Chaos, Cruelty, and Education
Gianluigi Gugliermetto
June 11, 2025
At the time of my writing this DM we don’t know if the “Big Immoral Bill” — as Matthew called it — received a passing
The American Chasm
Gianluigi Gugliermetto
June 6, 2025
I have often encountered good people in America who fight for justice and are suffering, more than ever, from the chasm existing today between them
