The one thing I hope people take away from this entire episode of our lives is that contracts, oaths, laws, constitutions, compacts, vows, etc… matter less than the character of those who swear by and agree to them.
This is not new. But we delude ourselves into thinking breaches of character and integrity are rare things, not run of the mill occurences.
The only reason we have contracts, oaths, laws, constitutions, compacts, vows, etc… is because humans have always had inherit distrust in one another. We’ve stitched trust together from of words, and sometimes deeds, to keep us together and sometimes apart. But every garment has frays and tears, as does the fabric of our lives.
Everything breaks in the end.
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Life on the Wicked Stage: Act 3 