I have a question about progressive/liberal politics and culture and I was hoping for some feedback from the community. This may get a little personal, so bear with me, but my question ultimately is relevant to politics.
Last night, I was thinking about death. I won't lie, I am terrified of death. I believe that after you die, you simply disappear completely and totally. Once in my life I thought that I was going to die, and I kept looking around expecting the world to stop and notice, but it didn't. People just kept on doing their normal thing like just another day. Someone is dying today, right now, as we are thinking about doing chores, getting to work and what we are doing this weekend. Sure you can try to ignore death, just live in the moment, but I realized that after living in the moment for my entire life, I want to be prepared for death.
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