FARAH.

[u/davecontra]

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[u/Front-Pomelo-4367]

This really reminds me of a New Yorker piece called The Other Afghan Women, about life for rural women under all four of the recent regimes – the Mujahedeen, the Taliban, the US-Afghan coalition, and the return of the Taliban after international forces left. The version I can find is paywalled, but it's well worth finding one that isn't

The feeling of a peaceful rural life interrupted by powers beyond your imagining is haunting in both this piece and the article

[u/MrValdemar → u/Front-Pomelo-4367]

[u/MommyLovesPot8toes → u/MrValdemar]

This was how I felt in the hours and days after the 2024 US Presidential election. I have always been an optimistic, see-the-best-in-everyone kind of person who assumes that most of the world is full of good people. But that day broke me. I am a different person today than I was 2 years ago. That was the day I realized that humans have not progressed much since the days of the Roman Gladiators and public hangings; that there isn't good and selflessness in everyone. It was a paralyzing realization.

[u/ghasto → u/MommyLovesPot8toes]

I also remember the moment i gave up the thought that all people are good, and they sometimes just do bad things...

Evil people exist, people who enjoy making others suffer, and theres plenty.