On not turning away

If you're one of those who's feeling too happy, you might try reading this article by André Glucksmann. A foretaste:

With what measureless naivety has the twenty-first-century democratic citizen managed to be surprised when hate breaks down his door?
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We turn away from reality and its truths, which are neither easy to live with nor pleasant to talk about.
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The fight to avoid the Somalization of the planet is just beginning, and it will probably dominate the twenty-first century.
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The understandable but wrongheaded choice to sleep peacefully, whatever the price, puts us all in jeopardy.