Wow, just read this essay by David Michael Green. It is a frightening description of the big picture in the story of who we are and how we got here. Powerful writing.
If I were running for office, my slogan would be, “It’s the Stupidity, Stupid!”. It’s not the economy. It’s not drugs. It’s not women’s rights. It’s not religion. It’s stupidity that is so wide and shallow that it blankets the Earth, cutting off vital oxygen and nutrients needed for higher reasoning.
The essay linked above gives a quote by Eisenhower, describing the radical right as stupid. They might have once been, but they are no longer. They are mastering manipulation to fulfill their greed. They only have to elect a President once in a while and their gains are huge.
I cannot understand our paralysis in the face of these years of change since President Carter. To be fair, Obama did rally optimism, but now that has been quashed. We know from the past cycles that change will come, whether we believe in it or not. But, in the last Great cataclysm, a world war brought us out of economic depression. Now we already have three wars, but they are not Great enough to bring about full employment. Now one must wonder, in deep despair, whether we will get out of this one, and how many will suffer until we do.
Category: Stupidity