I hate to agree with you on this, but I do. Let's hope against hope that we're wrong.
@FrankCannon @LiseL @process 1962, 1984... These were also time where the world seemed hell bent on its end.
There have been others. It's a trite saying, oft repeated, "it is always darkest before the dawn..." so perhaps it is better to say that we cannot be assured of what will happen tomorrow, and that is the cradle of hope.
We can always choose in the now to live towards the best aspirations of hope, and love, or to surrender to despair.
We plant the seeds of tomorrow with that choice.
@NiveusLepus Unfortunately anything good we may plant doesn't get long enough to thrive before it's pulled out by the root these days.We may choose and want to live peacefully but those currently with the power to bring that about simply don't want it. @LiseL @process
@FrankCannon @LiseL @process But Coso exists, and we exist, and nothing can invalidate the choices we make. Not the powerful, not any form of arm or millitary movement. Only we can shackle ourselves, silence ourselves, and surrender to despair.
I am only one, but I am one, and no matter how often those seeds are uprooted, as long as I hold to hope, there will be more seeds to plan.
All is impermanent. I am impermanent. The work does not end, but that does not mean the work is not worth doing
@NiveusLepus Governments can,do and will not only invalidate the choices we make,the lives we want but they'll actively trample them if they don't align with what they want.We're fast approaching a tipping point and there's sociopaths out there who'd happily burn the world down if they don't get things their way.It'd be nice to live in an ideal world where everything is sweetness and light but the truth of it is.....we aren't. @LiseL @process
In a similar vein, I have three doctors who have been fucking with my health this month. And being as healthcare in America is run by corporations, I can only surmise their reasons and lack of communication are due to corporate rules and being understaffed.
Too many of my decisions are ruled by being poor: disability, Medicaid, housing costs, etc., and consequently my belief in my ability to make a change is going down the well.
@see_the_sus It's companies run a lot of countries,not politicians.The entire lobbying system needs to be torn down.While it's still in place,those in power will do just what the highest bidder wants and never to what the public wants. @NiveusLepus @LiseL @process