No man is an island…
https://www.jw.org/en/news/legal/by-region/russia/anatoly-vasilyevich-pchelintsev-interview/
Ask not
For whom the bell tolls,
It tolls for thee.
– John Donne
The truth of that famous Donne quote, made even more famous (and proverbial) by Hemingway’s For Whom The Bell Tolls, has never been more obvious than it is now in the midst of a global pandemic.
There are no islands.
If it is happening somewhere, it will touch you.
The interview references Niemöller. His words are food for thought.
Martin Niemöller:
First they came for the Communists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Communist
Then they came for the Socialists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Socialist
Then they came for the trade unionists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a trade unionist
Then they came for the Jews
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Jew
Then they came for me
And there was no one left
To speak out for me