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Cultures of domination rely on the cultivation of fear as a way to ensure obedience. In our society, we make much of love and little about fear. Yet we are all terribly afraid most of the time. As a culture, we are obsessed with the notion of safety. Yet we do not question why we live in states of extreme anxiety and dread. Fear is the primary force upholding structures of domination. It promotes the desire for separation, the desire not to be known. When we are taught that safety lies always with sameness, then difference, of any kind, will appear as a threat. When we choose to love we choose to move against fear, against alienation and separation. The choice to love is a choice to connect, to find ourselves in the other. Bell Hooks wrote this 20 years ago and it’s still very valid.

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from Polarities, released October 5, 2020

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