The death of George Floyd and the demonstrations protesting it could have sparked many plausible ideas for mitigating police brutality and racism. Complete disbanding of the police was not one of them. How can a society maintain law and order…
Dr. Michael Laitman
To Change the World – Change Man
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A state is the desirable framework where people can live nicely and comfortably, in security and prosperity throughout their lives. A state must first and foremost be built for the people to live in and be content with their country.…
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Disbanding the police department is a step toward crumbling the communities that it ideally protects and serves. Police are elemental to societies. They hold a certain level of order, providing a layer in society that helps constrain people’s innate drives…
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Calls for the defunding of US police departments would put security in handcuffs. The demand for divestment of police budgets and diversion of funds to community initiatives that emerged in the wake of the death of George Floyd in the…
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The Minneapolis City Council’s decision to disband the police and the decision to cut the budget of NYPD, especially after the riots, defy any common sense. There is no question that there are bad apples among the police, just as…
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“E Pluribus Unum,” the US motto displayed on the official seal of the United States, is particularly relevant in today’s America in the wake of the death of George Floyd at the hands of police. Its meaning, “Out of many,…
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It’s very impressive to see the public displays of remorse as police officers, celebrities, politicians, and regular white folk kneel before African-Americans and ask for their forgiveness. But looking at the past tumultuous two weeks in the US, has there…
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Racism is rooted in our self-centered human nature, which makes us identify with and like what is similar to us in others, and detach from and hate what is different. We all share a variety of physical and psychological differences,…
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The protests over the killing of African-American George Floyd by asphyxiation during a botched arrest, when a white police officer knelt on his neck for almost nine minutes, have developed into a full blown campaign against the police. In New…
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Indeed, health experts warn of new coronavirus outbreaks due to the recent protests’ crowded conditions. Whether or not these protests spur a second wave of the coronavirus, what is more striking is that the common direction to avert more COVID-19…
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When we try to cope with racism, we have to look at its root. There is no point trying to uproot racism against any ethnic group or skin color if we don’t pull out its seed. Regrettably, we cannot pull…
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The protests around the US that George Floyd’s killing have prompted are showing our true colors. They display our negative connection to each other. If we fail to improve our connections, we will end up enduring much worse blows than…
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