[community] thoughts on current rationing policies

[modesnoyers at gmail.com]

Hi Jutta,

Thanks for this article and speaking clearly to the appropriation of concepts to justify destructive behavior based on false information.

I was however uncomfortable with the following language: "… but survival of our race, nation or society." The questionable concepts of race and nation, and even society, are often used to validate destruction in the name of some greater cause. Think of the assumptions at the core of colonialism. I’m concerned readers of the article could use those to perpetuate the “othering” that is essentially part of the problem to start with. 

Best regards
Monique Desnoyers

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Subject: Re: [community] thoughts on current rationing policies

Wow. That was an excellent read and of course pertinent to my doctoral these. I was struggling with the Darwin connection but it was beautifully explained. 

Also pivotal was this  in my thought was “ Caring about people who are vulnerable compels us to create the conditions for surviving when we are vulnerable. This compunction gives us a larger safety net, especially in times of unexpected and disruptive hardship. The reasons we are unprepared for this crisis are because we devalued, marginalized and stopped caring for our vulnerable”

I am reminded of when nazi Germany gassed the disabled first as they were seen as expendable and a drain on society

Thanks Jutta  

Anne Jackson. 
Ph.D Candidate YorkU. 

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> On Mar 28, 2020, at 2:01 PM, Jutta Treviranus <jtreviranus at ocadu.ca> wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> I wrote a piece on some of the current misconceptions of who is weak. I would love your reactions.
> 
> https://medium.com/@jutta.trevira/its-time-to-drop-darwinism-and-liste
> n-to-darwin-and-his-successors-on-human-evolution-19239068e8dc?sk=4e6c
> aa8e9dbf05bbf493eb7c1511de3b
> 
> Jutta
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