Best not to let the chaos overwhelm you. It is raw power, and you can't let the children be the only ones that utilize it - it's easier for them to tap into and harder for the adults, because the inevitable makes no sense. That doesn't mean we can't, though. I doubt anyone can stop the cracked dams from breaking at this point, but what we do in the next few years will determine if we're retiring in a wasteland or seeing the dawn of a second New Deal. Buck up, skippy - there's monkeywrenching to do. (:
Oh, I'll keep trying in my small ways, despite my pessimism. It's time for the Stoic combination of fatalism and duty, or for Beckett's famous "fail better."
We are all victims! It's not my fault!
ReplyDeleteGood reflection on much of society.
Best not to let the chaos overwhelm you. It is raw power, and you can't let the children be the only ones that utilize it - it's easier for them to tap into and harder for the adults, because the inevitable makes no sense. That doesn't mean we can't, though. I doubt anyone can stop the cracked dams from breaking at this point, but what we do in the next few years will determine if we're retiring in a wasteland or seeing the dawn of a second New Deal. Buck up, skippy - there's monkeywrenching to do. (:
ReplyDeleteOh, I'll keep trying in my small ways, despite my pessimism. It's time for the Stoic combination of fatalism and duty, or for Beckett's famous "fail better."
DeleteHeh, just avoid predeterminism trap of Stoicism. Things happen because we *make* them happen or we *let* them happen. Preferably the former. (:
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ReplyDeleteWe can only go up from here.... I have faith that things will get better
ReplyDeleteHumanity is a plague, and, just like a locust plague, unable to stop being a plague.
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