What do I mean by "managers of evil"? These are not figures of biblical or moral mythology; they are ordinary people with ordinary dreams, but they wield extraordinary power. They reshape the world to serve their own purposes, indifferent to the harm they inflict on others. Their actions are not just self-serving—they are destructive, perpetuating cycles of exploitation, oppression, and injustice.
Consider the wars fought not for freedom or security, but for control over oil and natural gas. Corrupt governments in the Global South are propped up to maintain exploitative systems of trade, while private prison systems thrive on cheap labor extracted from human suffering. Women and marginalized groups see their rights stripped away to appease ideologues whose dogmas inflict spiritual and moral rot upon society.
This is the machinery of evil—a system so pervasive that even our everyday comforts are steeped in its blood. The coffee we sip each morning often comes at the expense of entire populations, forced to grow cash crops like coffee beans instead of nutritious food essential for their survival. This is not merely the “state of the world”—it is the price others pay for our comfort, and it is a price I refuse to accept.
I will not resign myself to the belief that the world must be this way—not now, not ever. I will fight, not with illusions of triumph, but with a steadfast refusal to submit. With words, actions, and thoughts, I will resist. Even if I go down swinging, that resistance will matter. Because even if I cannot win, delaying the march of injustice can awaken others. And if enough of us rise to fight, then perhaps, together, we can make a real difference.