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Mar 30·edited Mar 31Liked by Jeffrey Nall, Ph.D.

This article provides an incredible and insightful critique of a crucial topic. Due to our fear of positive social change, discomfort, and powerlessness to stand against injustice, inhumanity, exploitation, and oppression, we have silenced our voices and sabotaged our lives and dreams. We have allowed ourselves to be mentally and emotionally enslaved by an arrogant, ignorant, and unjust society and its irrational leaders. We have also been morally enslaved by doctrines and beliefs of religions that fail to stop genocides and don't have the power to criticize imperialist regimes yet have the power to misjudge Aaron and call him a sinner. We also misinterpreted these religions because of our tendency to misperceive each other's words and actions. Due to his steadfast denial and rejection to tolerate self-sabotage, mental and spiritual enslavement, and the genocides of innocent children, Aaron felt compelled to make a sacrifice. By offering himself as a symbol, he became the voice for those who could not resist oppression or say "no" to the victimization by evil forces. Aaron's self-sacrifice, epitomized by his military attire, depicted him as a brave warrior who perished in battle, which makes his heroism stand as an indisputable truth. His actions attest to his psychological well-being; he exhibited empathy, compassion, love, and kindness towards others. Aaron's behaviors and biography reflected his inability to harm others or himself, which exposes his good mental health and proves that his act was a depiction of self-sacrifice, not suicide. But sadly, we still misconceive his action because we are destined to keep our minds and souls enslaved by the insane crowd, or as James Russell Lowell said: "They are slaves who fear to speak, for the fallen and the weak; They are slaves who dare not be, in the right with two or three."

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Mar 31Liked by Jeffrey Nall, Ph.D.

An extraordinary article. Thank you.

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