Victims

By and large we are an ignorant electorate. We are incapable of making choices in our own best interests. We prefer myth to history. We prefer opinion to conclusion. Most of us don't know what evidence looks like.

Nonetheless we've managed to survive by the skin of our teeth. Wilder's phrase. But maybe no more.

I'm not a sadist. I hate seeing all the suffering in the land. But it's going to get worse. Our history is built on myth and ignorance and now we must endure the consequences. There have been wiser voices among us. We ignored them.

In ignorance suffering does not lead to enlightenment. It doesn't even lead to common sense. It leads to irrational denial and violence. We ain't seen nothing yet. Our teeth finally have no skin left.

Be nice. It's the only thing left.

i'm brooding about reality. I'm brooding about my new book.