The author denounces humanism based on historical actions that took place by people who definitely did not consider themselves humanists.

It seems to be the same old story of rejecting concepts or people out of ever more stringent litmus tests. Humanism is associated with x because y said so, so throw it all out. The bigger issue is that of practicality on the ground. The US might be seen as one of the most advanced countries, and yet we see intractable political problems - - intractable insofar as humanism is in no position to even work towards changing their causes. Really, Humanism is a dodge from the responsibility of fighting to stop the evildoers. Were the Resistance fighters Humanists?

Your reference to the Borg is well taken in my opinion. Young people no longer have an option except to plug into the corporation dictated crypto-fascism. We are already enslaved if we have no options to participate in the REAL decision-making.

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any movement that starts out "good" is almost immediately co-opted by others who mostly seem to want to justify themselves, or take the movement in a different direction, seems like