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“The word "We" is as lime poured over men, which sets and hardens to stone, and crushes all beneath it, and that which is white and that which is black are lost equally in the grey of it. It is the word by which the depraved steal the virtue of the good, by which the weak steal the might of the strong, by which the fools steal the wisdom of the sages.” —Ayn Rand, Anthem
Some quote to sever as counter-point to the Anthem quote.
Like but better than
“It's when we start working together that the real healing takes place... it's when we start spilling our sweat, and not our blood.” — David Hume
It's impossible to say a thing exactly the way it was, because of what you say can never be exact, you always have to leave something out, there are too many parts, sides, crosscurrents, nuances; too many gestures, which could mean this or that, too many shapes which can never be fully described, too many flavors, in the air or on the tongue, half-colors, too many. —Margaret Atwood
So, who’s the “we” in wewill.us? If you think about it from a certain not hard to obtain perspective, the word alone will give you the creeps. Say what you want about Ayn Rand, but Anthem makes an impression.
We is nothing more than people who show their support of the concept through a voluntary subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
Support of what, you ask?
Each of the items below link to another page with more explanation.
I = We
We are not really “we”.
We do not agree with each other.
We are not a political monolith.
We are not a moral monolith.
We are practical (in an ambitious way).
We are pessimistic and cynical in specific ways.
We are optimistic and idealistic in a general way.
We are…