Disappointed but not defeated
Back when I was a child in the 1970s and especially after the collapse of the Soviet Union in the early 90’s, I never thought I would have to spend my retirement years fighting autocracy and fascism. I thought I would be vacationing on the moon or Mars and going to the grocery store in my flying car (70s). I hoped that democracy was the inevitable end state of all nation states and that countries like China would become democratic (early 90s). The End of History, It’s the End of the World as We Know it, boundless optimism, the victory of humanism over superstition, etc. etc. But, I was wrong and spent years in shit jobs and great jobs earning my fuck-you money to get to this point.
At least I will have another hobby, bar it a depressing one. On the positive side, I can finally put my Masters Degree in Political Science, International Relations to work.
Why?
Evidently, after the average lifetime of an individual human (currently 80ish), the human race in general has to repeat its previous mistakes and stupidity. Which is unsurprising when most humans are poorly educated, misinformed, and barely competent at anything except their vocation.
Basically, we are living in the 1930s again. Monopolies run amuck, oligarchs subvert democracies and drive economies into the ditch, and racist ideologies and fundamentalist religion pollute the minds of large sections of humanity. Scapegoating, conspiracy theories, and idiocy are drowning daily life. Journalism is based on pleasing advertisers, governments (aka corruption and cowardice), and the ideology of its corporate owners. Judges are biased and corrupt. Politicians are just as sniveling, power-hungry, and self-serving as they have always been.
So, what are are you going to do about it?
I say put your steel-toe boots on and …
let’s kick the living shit out of autocracy and its minions!
Ringleader, Battalion
Reuben Walker
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