The incredibly generous response from tiny Iceland to the refugee crisis in Europe blew me away. Come. We will feed you and educate you and share our homes with you. I am writing from the USA where we punish and treat refugees to horrors we make in their countries and then endless nightmares when they come to us.
I think that even hedonistic, greedy people like Donald Trump still suffer from left over Puritanism. If you are rich, it is because you are better, more righteous, really, you deserve more. Puritanism has seeped deeply into our sins. It can be seen as the root cause of racism and the holocausts, the prison culture, the scourge of poverty. We rule because God wants it this way because the rest of you are sinners.
Man, that is a tough one. Then comes a little, cold, country like Iceland and develops a civilized country with ubiquitous wealth and what the fuck! they want to share it. How does that happen? Is it possible that we could learn a lesson from Iceland or even Cuba or even Christ that the people who need the best food and the best education and the best services are the ones with nothing. Could we change the nasty Puritan heritage into an idea that prosperity and well being for everyone is better for everyone?
It would be hard, but it could be wonderful. I, for one, would be happier.
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