We've become domesticated by a relentless culture of violence, which I call "Domination Culture". We're mostly dead to the moment, living up in our heads, in the past and/or the future.
Oh, Jessica, how do I love thee? So many ways. I'm going to cross-connect this to my subscribers tomorrow, after they get my Substack where I regularly rail against the prevailing complacency and this week give a start to the plan I'm developing for what to do.
"Who is this 'we' that could be changing things? Ah, there's the rub. There is none. All that’s in play is gadflies like you and the other pundits who are clear about the mess we are in.
"Not only isn't there a 'we,' but no one is looking for one. I can attest to that because I’m looking. Don’t think that little old me thinks she has any power, but I do have the only ideas for what to do to create system change. That is, unless my offer of $100 to anyone who can direct me to any just hasn’t been seen by enough people to find anyone who would send me somewhere. So far, though, it hasn’t cost me anything. And, even more dramatically, I've put $50K on the table for any project ideas I’d support or produce that possibly could change our worldview to where we unite, caring about each other as much as we care about ourselves.
"My offers still stand. Thanks for giving them the foundation from which we could rise up, where we-the-people would do an end run around government to create the next popular uprising that changes everything."
A Thought from long ago reminded me of a message from a counterculture group known as the "Moody Blues". A quote from the lyric of "The Land of the Make-Believe":We're living in a land of make believe And trying not to let it show
Maybe in that land of make believe Heartaches can turn into joy
There's not much I can meaningfully do about what has already happened, but I _can_ do what I can decide to improve my own ways of thinking and planning for the future!
I have the Greatest hope for all who will think and find new ways to cope. I'm a retired guy who may be suffering from the delusion that I can escape this stuff by growing my own food in a clearing in a forest as I attempt to convince insects to setup in my greenhouse, (for the few that are still around) No need to worry: And make sure of the details. A side note: any idea why there's a "captain" for a lifeboat? My idea is that the "captain" is the one who has no delusions or distractions about the goal to be achieved. Hoorah for Jessica!!
We've become domesticated by a relentless culture of violence, which I call "Domination Culture". We're mostly dead to the moment, living up in our heads, in the past and/or the future.
Oh, Jessica, how do I love thee? So many ways. I'm going to cross-connect this to my subscribers tomorrow, after they get my Substack where I regularly rail against the prevailing complacency and this week give a start to the plan I'm developing for what to do.
Now, here, I'm passing along what I just posted on Jared Yates Sexton's post today, about where we came from to anchor us in where we are: https://jaredyatessexton.substack.com/p/what-the-hell-is-going-on-an-explainer:
"Who is this 'we' that could be changing things? Ah, there's the rub. There is none. All that’s in play is gadflies like you and the other pundits who are clear about the mess we are in.
"Not only isn't there a 'we,' but no one is looking for one. I can attest to that because I’m looking. Don’t think that little old me thinks she has any power, but I do have the only ideas for what to do to create system change. That is, unless my offer of $100 to anyone who can direct me to any just hasn’t been seen by enough people to find anyone who would send me somewhere. So far, though, it hasn’t cost me anything. And, even more dramatically, I've put $50K on the table for any project ideas I’d support or produce that possibly could change our worldview to where we unite, caring about each other as much as we care about ourselves.
"My offers still stand. Thanks for giving them the foundation from which we could rise up, where we-the-people would do an end run around government to create the next popular uprising that changes everything."
A Thought from long ago reminded me of a message from a counterculture group known as the "Moody Blues". A quote from the lyric of "The Land of the Make-Believe":We're living in a land of make believe And trying not to let it show
Maybe in that land of make believe Heartaches can turn into joy
There's not much I can meaningfully do about what has already happened, but I _can_ do what I can decide to improve my own ways of thinking and planning for the future!
I have the Greatest hope for all who will think and find new ways to cope. I'm a retired guy who may be suffering from the delusion that I can escape this stuff by growing my own food in a clearing in a forest as I attempt to convince insects to setup in my greenhouse, (for the few that are still around) No need to worry: And make sure of the details. A side note: any idea why there's a "captain" for a lifeboat? My idea is that the "captain" is the one who has no delusions or distractions about the goal to be achieved. Hoorah for Jessica!!
Automatic upvote for the Moody Blues reference.
“So the word panic literally means to run away from the sound of Pan's voice.”
It’s tragically ironic that they instead follow the tune of a Pied Piper to an uncertain fate.