This is not to say that in the face of the terrible, we should not fight. There is much evil in the world that can and will be made better by people bold enough to stand against it. There are wrongs that can be righted, traumas that can be prevented, mistakes that can be acknowledged and repaired. But there are things that do not falter, do not wither, in the face of so much goodness. There are diseases that cannot be cured. There are accidents. Malfunctions. Natural disasters. There are resources that dwindle or are scarce. There are crops meant to feed for a whole season that spoil. There is
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