Filler, pine panel The words in the image are synonyms I found in a dictionary for the word NEUTRAL. Growing up in Sweden in the seventies and eighties, neutrality was an important and highly valued concept. Even though there were doubts about the morality of Sweden’s position during the Second World War, the principles behind that stance were firmly rooted in the fabric of society. In an individualistic culture, the notion that there are always many sides to any conflict—and that compromise is preferable to confrontation—was dogma. Later, I learned that this position is largely connected to privilege. If one looks carefully and examines the facts, many—if not most—conflicts are expressions of oppression, in which the powerful impose their will on the powerless. To claim neutrality in such circumstances is morally dubious, since even the possibility of doing so places you on the side of the oppressor. Furthermore, we are all entangled in power structures that connect everyone and everything. This is even more evident in today’s global economies and systems of digital mass communication. To some extent, there is no neutral position—and perhaps there never was. Our duty in these circumstances is to educate ourselves and then, at the very least, to express our opinions.