Marcus aka Gregory Maidman
1 min readMar 17, 2022

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I have a poem and essay sitting in KTHT's Q where I argue that we have to intervene and regardless of starting WWIII and the risk of nuclear war. I'm sure that is a very unpopular opinion. I know you don't believe that nuclear war will happen and make your decision based on that assumption. I decided it doesn't matter as I firmly believe everyones dates of death are predetermined--only the how is often the result of individual and collective exercise of free will. Anyway, here's the poem portion while the full piece awaits publication (or rejection):

To be or not to be we should not ask

this is not what karma presents as task

Intents and purposes karma demands

the results do not matter where the end lands

World powers sit idly wringing their hands

so afraid to dictate line in the sand

New age spiritualists bleed futile tears

handcuffed by empathetic fears

Machiavelli almost had it right

The means justify fight for love and light

All our dates of death the universe has long known

So stop putzing around and live in the proud zone

Look at the citizens of Ukraine

Willing to die for their precious liberty and terrain

We must risk our lives just the same

Lest merely exist and bow our heads in shame

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Marcus aka Gregory Maidman
Marcus aka Gregory Maidman

Written by Marcus aka Gregory Maidman

Living 17,043rd human life. I am Marcus (universal name) or you may call me Greg; a deep thinker; an explorer of ideas and the mind.

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