Is the fact the reactions to catching the disease have changed evidence that we are now better people?
I doubt it.
I suspect it is due to things much more banal.
Indifference brought on by familiarity.
States of fear are hard to maintain over time. Why do you think Republicans roll out a new boogeyman every election? They have to. They have to connect to the lizard part of the brain, the part buried under the eons of rational thought. The reactionary, unthinking part.
All conservatism depends upon it.
Treatments, protocols, and vaccines which bring this disease into the realm of the known and manageable are here now. Much akin to the AIDS epidemic in the '80s. So people are more familiar, less fearful.
AND, not having leaders acting as demagogues through their own ignorance, need for attention, and personal goals at the expense of the citizens makes a difference as well. Not sure if you've noticed, but there's been a change in management since this all started.
Also, media empires built upon stoking those fears profiting from sowing confusion and fear, as I've said, have moved on to new fears and phobias for the weak-minded.
Not because they've gotten any better - but because for the 1st - they happen to not currently be in power, though that may change - if we really are intent on destroying our country - which it appears we may be.
And for the 2nd, because they, by necessity, have to move on to something else continually - to elicit new fears and the profits they bring. What's the saying in media?
If it bleeds, it leads....
Seriously, glad to hear you are better.
But I just don't see where weaving fantasies of success instead of looking at facts objectively is the way to go. Seems more like denying that reality in the hopes it goes away. If wishes were fishes, we'd all cast nets.
Meanwhile, I'm reading France and the Dreyfus Affair by Michael Burns, and am struck by how similar the racism, ignorance, and xenophobia of that time reflects the America of today.
Names change, but it's a familiar story.
Do I have all of the answers? Nah.
But when it counts, I think truth matters more than making sure the story has a happy ending.
This was lovely.
And the men who hold high places
Must be the ones who start
To mold a new reality
Closer to the heart
Closer to the heart....
Rush
I admire your optimism, I do.
I do not share it.
Is the fact the reactions to catching the disease have changed evidence that we are now better people?
I doubt it.
I suspect it is due to things much more banal.
Indifference brought on by familiarity.
States of fear are hard to maintain over time. Why do you think Republicans roll out a new boogeyman every election? They have to. They have to connect to the lizard part of the brain, the part buried under the eons of rational thought. The reactionary, unthinking part.
All conservatism depends upon it.
Treatments, protocols, and vaccines which bring this disease into the realm of the known and manageable are here now. Much akin to the AIDS epidemic in the '80s. So people are more familiar, less fearful.
AND, not having leaders acting as demagogues through their own ignorance, need for attention, and personal goals at the expense of the citizens makes a difference as well. Not sure if you've noticed, but there's been a change in management since this all started.
Also, media empires built upon stoking those fears profiting from sowing confusion and fear, as I've said, have moved on to new fears and phobias for the weak-minded.
Not because they've gotten any better - but because for the 1st - they happen to not currently be in power, though that may change - if we really are intent on destroying our country - which it appears we may be.
And for the 2nd, because they, by necessity, have to move on to something else continually - to elicit new fears and the profits they bring. What's the saying in media?
If it bleeds, it leads....
Seriously, glad to hear you are better.
But I just don't see where weaving fantasies of success instead of looking at facts objectively is the way to go. Seems more like denying that reality in the hopes it goes away. If wishes were fishes, we'd all cast nets.
Meanwhile, I'm reading France and the Dreyfus Affair by Michael Burns, and am struck by how similar the racism, ignorance, and xenophobia of that time reflects the America of today.
Names change, but it's a familiar story.
Do I have all of the answers? Nah.
But when it counts, I think truth matters more than making sure the story has a happy ending.