On Medium, Kindness Has 193 Followers — Justice Has 568,000!

Can we have one without the other?

Photo by Mei-Ling Mirow on Unsplash

On Medium, you can follow topics. Many have. One of the most popular topics is “Justice.” It has 568,000 followers. Kindness has 193.

Here’s the question…

Can we really have justice without kindness?

At least on an ongoing basis?

We’ve heard that kindness is something we’re supposed to pass on. See the article image above. Well…

Not many people are passing it on these days. As fellow Medium writer Brooke Meredith pointed out back in 2019, it’s quite the reverse.

Kindness and Humility Have Taken a Nosedive in America.

It’s not just kindness. Civility itself is on the decline.

And yet…

We persist in our interest in and calls for justice.

To the extent that Medium is a reflection of American society overall, the picture is really bleak. Here are some of the most popular topics and their follower counts:

• Movies — 1 million…