The Ethics of Naming Contemporary Evil
Life often feels like a constant ascent—an endless climb up a mountain that never quite levels out. Maybe Camus was right: maybe we really are Sisyphus, condemned to push the boulder upward only to watch it roll back down and begin again. But let’s be honest—the boulder has been so fucking heavy lately. And worse, it isn’t an individual burden. We are all, collectively, still pushing it.
What is happening right now is fascism. Name it. Say it repeatedly. Do not soften it, do not euphemize it, do not pretend it’s something more polite or palatable. History has shown us that when we refuse to give evil its proper name, we allow it to grow unchecked. Without giving it shape, we will never defeat it.
ICE is a hybrid of the Gestapo and slave-catchers. See it. Sit with that reality. Do not look away. Without believing what is directly in front of us—without trusting our own moral perception—we will never defeat it. Disbelief is not neutrality; it is complicity.
The Heritage Foundation is openly working toward the creation of a theocratic ethno-state—one steeped in patriarchy, misogyny, racism, homophobia, and enforced hierarchy. This is not conjecture. It is written into their policy goals, their funding priorities, their long-term strategy. Take them at their word.
And let me be so fucking clear:
BIPOC people deserve reparations. Justice delayed for generations does not become justice by being ignored.
Education is a necessity. We have known this since the Ancient Greeks. A society that withholds education is not preserving order—it is manufacturing ignorance. Education should be free.
Spirituality is collective. If your practice begins and ends with yourself, you are not doing the work. Liberation is relational. Healing is communal. Ethics do not exist in isolation.
This is not about despair; it is about clarity. The climb continues. The boulder is heavy. But seeing reality clearly—naming it, refusing to look away—is the first act of resistance.
