Posted on 03/24/2020 12:14:33 PM PDT by babylon_times
In Milton’s Paradise Lost, Satan famously says “the mind is its own place and in itself can make a Heaven of Hell, a Hell of Heaven”. Satan is in Hell while he makes this rousing speech to his fellow fallen angels. Surrounded by darkness and pain, he is urging himself and those listening to ignore their reality. Satan would have it that you and I were that blind as well.
And we have been.
For years, Americans have lived in a country that has grown stagnate. We are often told that innovation is growing “exponentially” while “Moore’s Law” is touted as evidence.
But do we live in the “future”?
Take a look at our roads, our bridges, our transportation. Consider America’s education system. If you look closely, very few aspects of our lives look remarkably different today than they did in the America of the 70’s & 80’s. Besides the devices in our hands that distract us from our surroundings, we live in the past. Peter Thiel is right.
With what has happened the last few weeks, for the first time in many people’s lives, most of our distractions have been suddenly taken from us. Movie theaters are closed. Sporting events are cancelled. Restaurants have closed their doors. If we could now only set down our phones, we could take note of the world as it is around us...
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The passive acceptance of our sheeple to the trampling of the Constitution tells me exactly what the future holds for America. I see it clearly now:
“If you want a vision of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face - forever.”
That is what I fear, but I pray that the future has better things in store for America.
Twist on the old Indian fable....two wolves are fighting for the future
it will depend on which one we feed as to which one will succeed
Feeding takes hard work. Can you see e.g. Gen Z working that hard?
This is easy.
Immigration flips Texas and Florida blue.
Traditional Americans no longer have an electoral voice.
Traditional Americans wage war or except their death.
Or temporary.
I am Gen Z. I think we can.
We’ll be closing down the country from October through April.
The most complete answer I have seen on FR. So simple even a cave man could understand it, but maybe not #NeverTrumpers.
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