Actualized.org - Self-Help, Psychology, Consciousness, Spirituality, Philosophy Understanding Creation vs Destruction
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Dec 30, 2021 AI Snips
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Nuclear Bombs: Created To Destroy
- The nuclear bomb example shows destruction required the prior act of creation and then itself produced new forms like heat and rubble.
- The weapon's detonation both erased and created simultaneously, illustrating the paradox.
Perpetrators Reframe Atrocities As Creation
- The Holocaust is presented as a horrific act that perpetrators framed as creating a 'pure' society.
- This shows how perpetrators rationalize destruction as a means to a perceived creative end.
Founding A Nation Is Dual-Framed
- The American Revolution looks like creation to patriots and loss to the British, so the same event is creation and destruction.
- Perspective dictates whether founding a nation is framed as building or dismantling an empire.