# We carry the fire

By [Compossible - that which can live together](https://paragraph.com/@compossible) · 2025-01-28

carry, fire, road, cannibalism, capitalism

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> "We wouldnt ever eat anybody, would we?  
> No. Of course not.  
> Even if we were starving?  
> We're starving now.  
> ..  
> But we wouldnt.  
> No. We wouldnt.  
> No matter what.  
> No. No matter what.  
> Because we're the good guys.  
> Yes.  
> And we're carrying the fire.  
> And we're carrying the fire. Yes.  
> Okay.”  
>   
> (The Road, Cormac McCarthy)

The Road' is of course also an allegory to the current destruction of the biosphere and the capitalist and fascist cannibalism we see around us. A call to be the good ones, to not consume each other and to always remember we carry the fire 🔥

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The Road, AI art

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*Originally published on [Compossible - that which can live together](https://paragraph.com/@compossible/we-carry-the-fire)*