The Evils of MAGA's "Moral Distance" -- What we Can Learn from Iraq and Sweden

The Evils of MAGA's "Moral Distance" -- What we Can Learn from Iraq and Sweden

(Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Sahar first told me about moral distance one May morning on a beach in Cadiz. Born in Baghdad, Sahar fled her country during the Gulf War, smuggling herself first to Syria before she made her way to Sweden, where she became a mental health counselor. I was living in northern Iraq, where I had unknowingly taught alongside one of Sweden’s most notorious sex offenders. As for Sahar, studying flamenco had dra…