Until we can face up to that truth and forge our own path back to a world in which freedom means something again, we’re going to be stuck in this wormhole of populist anger, petty politics and destruction that is pitting us one against the other
Whether You Live in a Small Town or a Big City, the Government Is Still Out to Get You
“I can’t remember what all Frank had fighting in the jar that day, but I can remember other bug fights we staged later on: one stag beetle against a hundred red ants, one centipede against three spiders, red ants against black ants. They won't fight unless you keep shaking the jar. And that's what Frank was doing, shaking, shaking the jar.”— Kurt Vonnegut, Cat’s Cradle
There’s a meme that circulated on social media a while back that perfectly sums up the polarized, manipulated mayhem, madness and tyranny that is life in the American police state today:
“If you catch 100 red fire ants as well as 100 large black ants, and put them in a jar, at first, nothing will happen. However, if you violently shake the jar and dump them back on the ground the ants will fight until they eventually kill each other. The thing is, the red ants think the black ants are the enemy and vice versa, when in reality, the real enemy is the person who shook the jar. This is exactly what’s happening in society today. Liberal vs. Conservative. Black vs. White. Pro Mask vs. Anti Mask. The real question we need to be asking ourselves is who’s shaking the jar ... and why?”
Well put in general, but the problem is that saying "we don't like what is happening..." (in whatever form) presupposes that the majority of people (in America, and the west in general) pay attention.
What's the expression - "bread and circuses"? The elites (truly evil scum that they are) are not stupid - they know distracting the ever-less-educated and ever-more-emotionally driven asses with BS like global warming or aliens allows them to stayi n control. Of course, the once-vaunted "fourth estate" has been treasonous for years now - quashing anything that counters the "narrative", so the soft headed who think the bovines on "The View" have a combined IQ of over 76 happily go along. I read that 75% of people get their :news" from Zuckerf*ck's operation - that in itself tells us how pathetic we have become as a society.
The question is - is there a way out of this death spiral? in "The Fourth Turning" (a very worthwhile read, btw) the authors describe a pattern that has repeated in western society for the past 700 years - the titular fourth turning is like winter, "when all h*ll breaks loose". Previous fourth turnings had the War of the Roses, WWI and a few other interesting things. And in that book - published in the mid-90's - the last chapter has their (generic) predictions - most of which have proven accurate.
