Confession
Truth and honesty don't come naturally, in fact we're lied to from birth about all kinds of things. The american dream, for instance, is an accepted falsehood. Or that we're free Americans. They're rooted in a formalist logic that is idealist, not based in material reality. B does not necessarily follow from A. A does not equal A.
The act of speaking truth, not just a gut feeling truth but a well understood truth is powerful. This is the only way relationships can truly work and it's the only way democracy could work. Now, this isn't meant to be reductionist. I'm not simply saying that telling the truth will set us free. Even though it has a nice ring to, it must be part of a greater project where our relationships and organizations are based in truth. That is revolutionary discipline at its finest. Truth destroys some elements of evil - traitors, unnecessary opaqueness, false expectations, cheating lovers.
This is also where movements come from - the desire to have your truth heard. The Civil rights movement, the Women's Rights movement, the LGBTQ movement all seek to relate the truth of their material oppression. They seeks to crush the lies that veil the realities they face everyday.
Art should be seeking truth. Politics should be seeking truth. All encompassing truth. We can't half ass the truth. It is our morals that will move us towards some sort of project for a new society. But we must shy away from absolutism, since absolutism is the enemy of truth. Our morals can be more than just reactions, but can be a part of our greater relationship ship with the universe.
Also, I'm not sure if anyone has read any of this. It's just a project of my own. Hope they inspire someone out there - it's my message in a bottle.
Lovin' you.
BSB