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Why you might not be the hero you think you are

Why you might not be the hero you think you are

LUCA WOLFE MURRAY WRITES: Most people in history sided with power — not justice. Would you really be any different today? And might it relate to veganism?

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Jun 13, 2025
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By Luca Wolfe Murray

We like to believe we’d be on the right side of history. That if we were alive during the Holocaust, for example, we’d be hiding Jews in the attic. That in the American South, we’d be abolitionists, risking status and safety to end slavery. And so on.

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But let’s look at reality.

In Nazi Germany, fewer than 1% of citizens actively resist…

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