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MilesGreeneFirstEssay 7 - 27 Apr 2018 - Main.MilesGreene
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Waking Up In Legal Hell - OLD DRAFT, PLEASE SCROLL BELOW EBEN'S RED COMMENTS FOR FINAL DRAFT | | |  The Final Circle: Treachery
The deepest circle of Legal Hell is reserved for those that used their legal minds and careers to advance values that go against the public interest. Those that fight commonsense reform and progress. Residing here would be the attorneys that fought tooth and nail for "separate but equal" in Plessy, for continued school segregation in Brown, and for the internment of Japanese Americans in Korematsu. This circle is home to politicians who were converted into puppets for entrenched private interests like the NRA and the attorneys who helped draft Non-Disclosure Agreements to silence victims of sexual harassment. Attorneys like Michael Cohen, John Bolton, and Rudy Giuliani live here. They have assumed positions of power and prominence over this society, reducing the nation's faith in democracy and advancing their agenda with vitriolic fear tactics. Their hawkish worldview extinguishes treaties, pulls out of climate deals, defunds diplomatic efforts, escalates wars, and promotes hatred within our national discourse. | |
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< | What would it be like to live in this place? Tragically, the answer may be that we know all too well. We may already be living in this hell. Like Dante, we have found ourselves "within a forest dark, for the straightforward pathway had been lost." But it is essential to remember that although the sign at the entrance of hell may ask all who enter to abandon all hope, the solution begins by recognizing that this reality is changeable. We can emerge from this chapter of our history, as Dante emerges in the Divine Comedy, to "rebehold the stars." By descending into this hell and witnessing its evils, we have the potential to reignite and reawaken our Earthly commitment to fighting for good. | >
> | What would it be like to live in this place? Tragically, the answer may be that we know all too well. We may already be living in this hell. Like Dante, we have found ourselves "within a forest dark, for the straightforward pathway had been lost." But it is essential to remember that although the sign at the entrance of hell may ask all who enter to abandon all hope, the solution begins by recognizing that this reality is changeable and a way out is possible. We can emerge from this chapter of our history, as Dante emerges in the Divine Comedy, to "rebehold the stars." By descending into this hell and witnessing its evil, we have the potential to reignite and reawaken our Earthly fight for good. | | |
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