ernandez R -> RE: The Trump Nightmare is Over! (Nov. 15 2020 6:35:49)
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Ritchard, I don’t think Trump has any power at all. I think we, or rather the segment of Americans who voted for him are his power, he is a mirror of them, inside him coalesces all of their fears hates and desires: Trump is all Americans. Well that was simple. Ok but not really, Trump was placed in power and stayed in power by those with real power. I don’t have a crystal ball and I don’t reside in power so I can’t point with any more a an accuracy then if I was to shape this tinfoil hat into a pointer and give this wheel of fortune a spin. There is no doubt power is done with him, he is less then yurtle the turtle, and power has drained his pond. Ah but what of Americana, that every man and the +8 of white women who voted for him, **** it was +6 four years ago, oh no I might be slipping into another rant... Will they take their hate and fear and let it slip back under cover, say until the next demagogue comes a calling only pray he, or she, is just as incompetent as the current occupant. And what of Power? It turns away and pins on a blue D lapel pin, then spins back around glad handing donors with that slick back smile greasing the wings and wheels of our MIC, a panacea for our health care and pill providers, lipmen and wenchalls all, and look at all the new jobs! So go ahead and read Danial’s book, I know what it’s going to say, and he predicted I would say exactly that, that we are trapped in a locus of statistical probability, some will have all the luck, some none, what he couldn’t predict was wether it was a bell curve, inverted V, it more likely some perverse ratio that feeds some sliver of one percent while the rest of the world makes do picking through a garbage heap for its daily substance. And let’s not forget that Daniel forgot to factor in history, I havnt read the book but I know he predicted I would say he predicted that I would bring up this missing point. History says two simple things: that our nation will end along with it’s prosperity and our species will end, both just as sure as it has predicated your’s and mine. I’ve understood statistical probability for most of my life, might have picked up the idea reading sci fi as a teenager, anyway I see how it works, that we can lead this charmed life, sure a few bumps along the way, but here I am feet up, had my dinner and belly full, warm and a glass of wine, sure I’ve been better, I’ve had hella more in my bank accounts and stuffed under my pillow, I’ve worked hard and passed along, but what did I really do to get it this good, this easy, compared to the rest of the world. I have four guitars within reach of my reclined position, my partner would pour me another glass of wine if I asked her, what random act put me in her way but for some nasty Alaskan weather, ... So with all that what can we say we have done, what great accomplishment? I voted, does that feed the starving of the world? I call myself compassionate but does that make me better then my brother? I have only one success in my life. I raised my child to be a better person then myself and to make better choices for her future. When it all seems at its most pointless I do recall this and feel it is all we can really do, we all have hates and prejudices, darkness and greed to one extent or another, we’ve done that which we regretted and taken advantage of, but if we can give the world and her future one small token it will be a child grown better then ourselves. HR
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