Yesterday I was at a protest with some friends. A pro-palestine protest. Two of them held a speech. And a friend of mine replied to me in a jokingly mean way that I would never hold a political speech about anything. Both of my friends are in favor of Palestine and Ukraine and other conflict regions. Me too. But I am not that passionate. I think I am more cynical about politics. I never really thought one could improve the world by engaging in politics as politician. I think many young political activists have to learn this the way hard way. You start as a Marxist but end up defending a third way politics approach.
I really think it is the right thing to criticize Germany for its support of Israel. This is also one reason why it feels good to join a protest. But there is something inside me when I think of myself holding a politicial speech that makes me cringe. I fear it sounded corny and many speeches have a certain pathos that makes me uncomfortable. I think the speeches were very good. But speeches have to be punchy/poignant, you have to decide for one narrative. And I think sometimes this lacks nuance. I think though most crticism by my friends of Israel is on point. On some issues I still think speeches necessarily simplify things. And I like it when there is remains a certain ambivalence or how Slavoj Zizek coins it on his substack.
"Welcome to the desert of the real!"
"If you desire the comfort of neat conclusions, you are lost in this space. Here, we indulge in the unsettling, the excessive, the paradoxes that define our existence."
One coherent world view that doesn't contain uncertainty, doubts and ambivalence seems suspicious to me. I think overall I agree with the statements of my friends though. Maybe it is also a feeling that my voice doesn't matter. And the notion that anyone would take me serious disturbs me. There would also be performance pressure. I would rather make it an essay for the university I suspect. Not a particular good one though. Showing empathy and compassion in world politics is good. And one stays a human with this approach. But I don't have the feeling it will change anything. I like to spend time with my friends. I think protesting for a higher good is noble. But I cannot take myself too serious.
Before my friend made this remark I sent to my friends (that hate AI) a politicial speech that was generated by a chatbot. And I claimed it was written by myself. However, they saw through that very easily.
I really think it is the right thing to criticize Germany for its support of Israel. This is also one reason why it feels good to join a protest. But there is something inside me when I think of myself holding a politicial speech that makes me cringe. I fear it sounded corny and many speeches have a certain pathos that makes me uncomfortable. I think the speeches were very good. But speeches have to be punchy/poignant, you have to decide for one narrative. And I think sometimes this lacks nuance. I think though most crticism by my friends of Israel is on point. On some issues I still think speeches necessarily simplify things. And I like it when there is remains a certain ambivalence or how Slavoj Zizek coins it on his substack.
"Welcome to the desert of the real!"
"If you desire the comfort of neat conclusions, you are lost in this space. Here, we indulge in the unsettling, the excessive, the paradoxes that define our existence."
One coherent world view that doesn't contain uncertainty, doubts and ambivalence seems suspicious to me. I think overall I agree with the statements of my friends though. Maybe it is also a feeling that my voice doesn't matter. And the notion that anyone would take me serious disturbs me. There would also be performance pressure. I would rather make it an essay for the university I suspect. Not a particular good one though. Showing empathy and compassion in world politics is good. And one stays a human with this approach. But I don't have the feeling it will change anything. I like to spend time with my friends. I think protesting for a higher good is noble. But I cannot take myself too serious.
Before my friend made this remark I sent to my friends (that hate AI) a politicial speech that was generated by a chatbot. And I claimed it was written by myself. However, they saw through that very easily.
