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Your Fight Against The Borg
Or, The Real ‘Infinity War’
He asked me: “Can you believe some of the perverted societal sh*t happening right now?”
Yes, yes I can. Just know that a large percentage of what you see through the ‘social media’ window, or hear via the talking puppets on mainstream ‘T.V.’ news… it often represents collective illness more than a healthy & rational level of anything that will ‘stick’ over a longer period. Common sense and reason always wins out over sociopathy and unchecked control.
We were sitting by a river flowing through an amazing winery, waiting for a friend of ours to purchase a case of his favorite Rogue Valley Pinot Noir.
“I see lemming-like signaling around racial injustice, inequality — no matter how out of of bounds that term gets. The erasing of “bad” historical figures… hell including authors who have inspired millions… Dr. Suess… ever read his final book, ‘Oh, the Places You’ll Go!’?
[Smiling] — I actually did. I always remember it as Geisel’s homage to self-regulated coming-of-age desires and choices. [this is a great example from his book: “You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose.”]
“Yet there’s a whole new class of thinking that revolves around permission, Nanny State-itis, following the…