MY DEAR WORMWOOD,
I note with great pleasure that humans, when acting as a herd, are able to produce the most elegant expression of what the Enemy calls evil, in a single paragraph. They have this organisation called the WHO, and they commissioned a working group to propose amendments to their International Health Regulations (first published in 2005). The working group came up with this wonderful replacement:
Gone is the human being, to be replaced by the States Parties. Gone is respect, to be replaced by principles. Gone is dignity, to be replaced by equity. Gone are human rights, to be replaced by inclusivity. Gone are fundamental freedoms, to be replaced by cold coherence.
And they do not even hide what they did! Enjoy, and learn.
Your affectionate uncle
SCREWTAPE
P.S.: We have to do something about this substack business. Type “health regulations” in their search, and see all those individual humans raising their heads.
What the Enemy calls evil
love the screwtape letters framing. classic. Also, i'm reading Atlas Shrugged and Rand is so against collectivism that it throws me as I a Bernie supporting Progressive lefty. But slowly getting what aspects of collectivism Rand is calling out as it mirrors exactly this kind of shift from WHO. On paper is it sounds good. Equity. Inclusiveness. They can be good things to strive for, as long as one doesn't trample over the individual along the way.
That's sickening. Thank you for pointing it out.