Bad Hasbara 99: Nepo Daddy, with Dr. Gabor Maté

I love Gabor Maté’s sense of empathy and the calmness with which he approaches everything. He can take an interest in just about anything, see positives that many others miss, and understand others’ points of view without necessarily advocating for them either. He is a lot like Werner Herzog.

I love this quote:

So look, here’s what I would say to you: it’s true what I said, that all the speaking that I’ve done, or other people have done internationally, all the advocacy that you may have done, all the letter writing and petitions that you may have signed… have not saved a single finger of a single Gazan child. Some might say that we have failed. Don’t believe that for one second! You have not failed! The very fact that in the face of all the propaganda and all the withholding of truth, so many people’s hearts are broken, that’s a sign, that’s a tribute to humanity. And if your heart is broken, that’s a tribute to you. Even if you feel broken-hearted, and helpless, and hopeless, and in despair, don’t let that get to you. Because you have a larger goal here, which is to contribute to the light and the truth in the world as best you see it. And that is a long-term… struggle. It’s a long-term calling. And all of us can contribute to it.