“Often injustice lies in what you are not doing,” said Marcus Aurelius, Roman Emperor and philosopher, “not only in what you are doing.”
Marcus was blunt and to the point. The Hebrew prophet Amos was much more poetic:
But let justice roll on like a river,
righteousness like a never-failing stream!
My personal political philosophy does not revolve around being liberal or conservative, but more around justice. Calling BS on greed, pride, and arrogance. Acting on justice for the poor and oppressed.
I think of Jesus’ encounter with the rich young man. When the man still didn’t feel like he was doing enough to earn righteousness with God, Jesus told him to sell all he had and give to the poor. One point Jesus was making was the right use of wealth. And not to let wealth stand in your way as an obstacle to salvation. Rather, let the just use of wealth be a path to receiving God’s righteousness.
What are we holding back from doing? Where are we being unjust by not doing?
Nassim Taleb said, “If you see fraud and do not say fraud, then you are a fraud.”
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