Helping survivors of residential schools in Canada is not the same as the UN sending in peacekeepers to prevent the genocide in Rwanda. But both are a reflection of our culture and of our priorities. Where there is empathy there is always a solution, where there is apathy there is always an excuse.
Payam AkhavanWhen we deconstruct how radical evil occurs we realize that it is anything but spontaneous combustion. You need pyromaniacs.
Payam AkhavanThere are realities that one needs to deal with, but very often what we are told is political reality is merely cynicism. One could equally say that slavery is a reality, and misogyny too.
Payam Akhavan