🪷Serenity Splashes🪷Violence vs. Intelligencefurther reflections on authoritarianismAnna EplinJan 29, 2026311ShareArticle voiceover0:00-0:17Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade.Like smashing a bananato get the fruit inside,authoritarian violenceis the way of small minds.Large minds use intelligence,resourcefulness, and heartto negotiate for what they wantwithout tearing it apart.icicles from the recent winter stormIn the notebook Thanks for reading Whatever the River Brings! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.SubscribePreviousNext
The banana-smash imagery is so perfect here, because what a mess! And you lose a lot of the good part, too.