Genocide 2044

Here's a provocative thought. In 1944 the world was afflicted by the Holocaust. In 1994 it was the Rwanda genocides. Suppose that the world has not learned and that in 2044 humanity will be again corrupted and abused on such a mass scale. Would you do anything different in the next 39 years with this knowledge? Would it change your life at all?

Would you look on the 2044 genocides with same powerlessness we feel for the past? Or would you be able to see what your choices and contribution was in the world, and feel it was sufficient for you own sense of justness? Everyone has their own calling, their own sense of community and contribution, and I do not suggest that ending genocide is everyone's purpose. Merely I suggest that we take into account the true condition of humanity and make a choice that we will honestly stand by. I believe this results in empowering our sense of choice and their consequences in the world and helps us to come to terms with our abilities and limitations.

In 2044 I may cry again but it will not be for shock and wondering why. It will not be because I walked ignorant and powerless for so long whilst an unknowable force of evil swelled in a corner of humanity. It will not be because I failed to choose how best to contribute to my community. It will not be because I failed to understand the darkness that exists in our hearts and the limitations of our current world system. The tears that fall will be for the individuals who will face the most terrible slaughter and for our collective humanity that refuses to learn this cruelest lesson.