Modern society, as described by Tainter, has reached the pinnacle of complexity. That is to say, there has never been a more complex society than ours. Yet, for all of our societal complexity, there is a serious lack of complex thought. Trudeau’s mainstream majority seems incapable of reasoning in more than two dimensions. Parsimony, say, is quickly becoming the enemy of rational discourse and leading to a situation where everything, including people’s identity, is defined as either left or right. People, positions, and even lines of thought are being pushed into these arbitrary and ill-defined categories to achieve a militaristic uniformity that can only lead to the most pathetic of all dystopian futures: An Idiocracy.
I wish I still knew people like you describe. Time was almost everyone I knew could be described exactly like that. Now? They fell into the deep end of the pool and forgot to come up for air.
It’s a real shame too. Interesting conversations were possible then. Now it’s “anti vaxxer!” Nothing else is possible now. “I can’t forgive these people” is the phrase I hear a lot, and it’s heartfelt. It’s very hard to come to grips with being made a pariah amongst your “loved ones,” but being told to stay away from them lest you “kill granny” with your breath, let alone the touch of your hand. If convincing us he doesn’t exist was the devil’s best trick, this delusion of proximal toxicity was certainly his second best trick. They may say “love is love” all day long but they also believe your love is loaded with lethal viral cooties. That’s some good trick to make people recoil at the prospect of a HUG.
Hopefully this article doesn't come across as meandering ramblings but on second glance it just might..
The Parliament needs to be a Plebs one. As a check on the extortionists.
Terrific post, Jestre, insightful and appreciated.
There is just so much to cover, what with all the unprecedented goings on. It would be difficult not to meander a bit. Great meanderings regardless
Kyle Kemper, Justin’s stepbrother, is like that. Definitely not right wing, but opposed to this tyranny.
I wish I still knew people like you describe. Time was almost everyone I knew could be described exactly like that. Now? They fell into the deep end of the pool and forgot to come up for air.
It’s a real shame too. Interesting conversations were possible then. Now it’s “anti vaxxer!” Nothing else is possible now. “I can’t forgive these people” is the phrase I hear a lot, and it’s heartfelt. It’s very hard to come to grips with being made a pariah amongst your “loved ones,” but being told to stay away from them lest you “kill granny” with your breath, let alone the touch of your hand. If convincing us he doesn’t exist was the devil’s best trick, this delusion of proximal toxicity was certainly his second best trick. They may say “love is love” all day long but they also believe your love is loaded with lethal viral cooties. That’s some good trick to make people recoil at the prospect of a HUG.
The left have fallen. They have been a disgrace this last two years.