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>Must it be a war? Must there be a winner?

Definitely a war. There's no question about that.

I'm not all that familiar with Bruckner; but reading about him seems to make me feel like he's not a contemporary anymore; probably not understanding the complexity here.Not to mention the impossible understanding of per jurisdiction differences.

>here had been waves of terrorist attacks across Europe, and endless headlines about the climate emergency coming for us all.

Which has everything to do with this war.

>I think it's good that the status quo got mixed up a bit. The introverts don't have to defend themselves or feel like outsiders quite so much.

It's not so much what the introverts are doing, it's all about what the extroverts arent allowed to do anymore. Having been prohibited by law. Whereas the introverts have not been attacked YET.

>It almost feels like the author is eager to get back to what they are comfortable with, at the expense of (by their numbers) 1/3 of other people's lifestyles. It's almost like they are the ones afraid of this change — like they are the selfish ones.

Agreed, you can see the narcissism in the article.

>But I don't really go for the whole us-vs-them approach at all.

100% it's us vs them. There's no balance to be struck, the attack has been ongoing for a long time and if you surrender in this fight, it will only be getting much worse. The big difference is that



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