So, what can we do to create a society where we have compassion for others?
The answer is that we do what se should do.
So what is it that we should do? It is to fulfill the responsibilities that we must fulfill.
So what are those responsibilities that we must fulfill?
For example, the responsibilities of a doctor.
Doctors’ responsibility is to devote all their energy to curing people’s illnesses and injuries, not to expanding the size of the hospital or making money. Usually, patients visit doctors and pay them, trusting that the responsibility will be fulfilled. You don’t pay for a consultation or surgery to make the hospital you visit larger or your doctor richer, do you? It is the responsibility or duty of each person in her or his position to do what disinterested people would expect them to do as a matter of course.
So why does doing what we should do lead to a society where we can have compassion for others?
If each person does what they should do, respect for others will be fostered, and society will slowly regain its health. And that health will connect people together without any mutual interest. It is through these connections that people can learn and develop true compassion.
While writing this article, I realize again that it is very difficult to change a cold society. If you try to do what you should do, you may feel like you are the only one losing out, or that you may be hurt unreasonably. But even so, we must do what we should do.
Let’s do what we should do. If you do what you should do, you don’t need to get hurt no matter what happens. If you get hurt by doing something that you should do, then you may have a weakness that you need to overcome. If not, then there must be a problem that needs to be solved.
We need to think carefully about what our responsibility is, or what we should do, and take a step forward. I believe that doing so will lead to a society that does not give power to fakes and liars.
Continued in ”What is Democracy?”
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こんにちは。
Wall Egg and Seeds というサイト名は、ある日本の作家が海外で行ったスピーチで「Wall(壁）」と「Egg(卵)」という言葉を用いて強大な権力と弱者との関係を表現をしたことをヒントにして、それらの言葉と「Seeds(種)」を組み合わせたものです。
私にとって、「壁」は民主主義を無視する強大な権力です。「卵」は民主主義の名のもとに民主主義を勝ち取り、守ろうとする個人です。
多くの人たちは「壁」にぶつかったところで「卵」は割れるばかりで「壁」はびくともしないと感じていて、「壁」の側に立つ人たちが多く存在する一方で、「卵」の側に立とうとする人はどんどん減っているように見えます。このままでは、本当の民主主義は、実現するどころか、ただの理想論としてどこかに追いやられてしまうような気がしてなりません。
多くの大人たちが民主主義について口をつぐむようになってしまったた今、一人でも多くの人たちが民主主義の大切さについて考え、その実現のための一歩を踏み出すきっかけの一つとなることを期待して、「Wall Egg and Seeds」を開設しました。つたない文章ですが、よろしくお願いします。
「Wall Egg and Seeds」が公平な社会の実現の「種」になることを祈って。
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Hello,
The name of this site, Wall Egg and Seeds, was inspired by a speech that a Japanese writer gave abroad in which he used the words “Wall” and “Egg” to describe the relationship between the powerful and the weak, and I combined these words with “Seeds”.
For me, the “wall” is the mighty power that denies democracy. The “egg” is the individual who tries to win and protect democracy in the name of democracy.
Most people feel that when “egg” hit the “wall,” she or he just breaks and the “wall” doesn’t take damage , and while there are many people who stand on the side of the “wall,” the number of people who try to stand on the side of the “egg” seems to be seriously decreasing. If this situation continues, I cannot help but feel that true democracy, far from being realized, but will be relegated somewhere as mere idealism.
Now that many adults have become silent about democracy, I have started “Wall Egg and Seeds” in the hope that it will be an opportunity for as many people as possible to think about the importance of democracy and take a step towards realizing it. I am not very good at writing, but thank you for reading.
May “Wall Egg and Seeds” be a “seed” for the realization of a fair world!
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