"Two forms of violence." Clinton and Trump debate at Washington University in October. Credit: Rick T. Wilking AP/Press Association Images. All rights reserved.
For John Berger at 90, whose uncompromising tenderness and compassion shows us how to look hard yet be full of care.
1. There should be a plural term for violences. This would let us talk about how to choose between violences. Today, this would mean judging between different ‘brands’ of violence in the sense of product lines. Calculated, targeted and intimidating violence - the violence of drones, for example, compared to inflammatory, provocative, intimidating violence – the violence of terrorism. Tomorrow the American people will have to choose between two forms of violence. The system, represented by Hillary Clinton, and an anti-system conjured up by Donald Trump.
