It isn't, as a philosophy major and one of the stupidest individuals I've ever had the misfortune to encounter told me one time, "all a matter of perception." I wish that it were. There is a serious, systemic rot, but strangely it seems to dissipate with distance from television, movies, popular music, popular culture. There is a medicated, anaesthetized polity whose veins are being systematically pumped full of poison to which it has become addicted. It isn't all of us, but it's enough.
If there is hope, it is that one can only do so much with such a wreck of a patient, however malign one's intentions. That may be cold comfort when the shooting starts.
I was in the doctor’s waiting room yesterday, watching the TV, and talking to the receptionist. There was some sort of police brutality scandal being reported. I told the receptionist lady that if her crazy Uncle Milton locks himself in the bathroom, do not, under any circumstances, call the police.
Why not? Because when he comes out brandishing the hair dryer, he’ll be shot deadernhell, as Officer Friendly will be in fear for his life.
Perhaps there are enough men and women of good conscience to keep the shooting FRom starting.
If not, when the shooting is over, hopefully there will be enough of us left to rebuild?
I think I know now how many average citizens in pre-WWII Germany must have felt, and why so many of them left.
The tyranny train is gathering momentum, and it will very difficult to slow it down or stop it.
But, WE MUST ATTEMPT TO DO SO!