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"content": "<p>in which I explore the tensions I’m beginning to feel between the dual truths of:</p><blockquote><p>The world often mistreats people, in ways that are unkind and unfair.</p></blockquote><p>and</p><blockquote><p>It is unkind to our fellow people to sit around waiting for the world to save us, and to call it “mistreatment” when they do not.</p></blockquote><p><a href=\"https://blog.matchu.dev/2024/11/18/changing-philosophy.html\">https://blog.matchu.dev/2024/11/18/changing-philosophy.html</a></p>",
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