a discussion on options and opportunities in a turbulent world
Sweet Salvation
It's all rather morose, fatalistic, don't you think? I mean, c'mon. Pick a side. The right side? You live. The wrong side? You die. Simple stuff. Oh and only GOOD (God) shit happens on the right side. Wrong side? BAD shit. Wake up. Choose. For most voters in America's last election? The choice was in fact, a simple one, defaulting to the devout.
I want to be a winner! ME not you. Me win. You lose!
America is the most powerful nation on Earth and they are at a point now where the powers that be have convinced them that if they choose the right side, they will benefit, prosper, dominate. They will come out on TOP, prevailing over those on the other side, weaker, left behind. Adversaries. Delegated to a BOTTOM position.Those not fulfilling the requirements will perish, refusing to believe.
Outsiders
There is no WIN WIN ... I WIN you LOSE! When we are contorting freedom into being something restrictive, malevolent or something avoidant or punitive, that isn't freedom. It's a short lived conniption. A tantrum.
It's a 'divide & conquer' approach to running things and a convincing one especially when momentum is on your side. Billionaires with billion dollar Super Pacs and God on board. A crime of the century con and all carried out in broad daylight. It’s chasing bad guys out the back door while the good guys slip in through the front door and clean out the living room.
A slam-dunk
I wrote a blog about 10 years ago called 'The Suicide Collective' addressing what I saw as a mass exodus in a willing extermination following. Us & Them by Pink Floyd nailed it 50 years ago. We are that much closer to it now. It's the insight in a resurrection that I'm drawn to - the plight and the revelation. The delivery of a humble humanity in a reimagined global community is far more appealing to me. Getting along with others requires effort. My way or the highway is something Dad blurted out when I was a kid and never made much sense. He died a lonely man.
Erroneous
So ya, I am in fact optimistic that it won't pan out as planned. Such campaigns have never really worked out in the past. Take the Roman Empire or Nazi Germany's kick at the can. Sure, they had legs for a while but dissipated in despair having imploded in its own generic grandiosity, power and unwillingness to embrace humanity as a whole. A failure. History has taught us that an ego driven autocracy can only last so long.
Short term gain, long term pain has its limitations and it always regresses in time.
Winner - Loser. Pick one and if you choose the wrong one? You automatically lose. This is the mindset. You're either with ME or against me. The predictable predicament, always ending the same way. For me, it's all too clear. This is all temporary and ultimately? Will shift back eventually.
I will never know. It's just a hunch. The forecast is fair and faith is universal.
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