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In reply to the discussion: An Odd End [View all]blogslut
(37,999 posts)I'm no student but I think they state that life is a duality of constructive and destructive - both are vital because without death, there is no life.
Humans normalize a lot of abnormal stuff in order to feel normal. As for what is normal? That's relative to each person, but, I think most people give permanence to things like their faith, their community and their position in the hierarchy. When those basic norms start to feel shaky, folks turn primal.
I said on here, years ago, that electing Barack Obama was going to rip the bandage off a deeply infected American wound. For some people, being white was the one norm they could rely on so firmly, they had no idea they were doing it.
Most all Americans have been sliding down the class scale for the past 40 years and here we are today, with a wealth disparity as great or greater than the Gilded Age. I think everybody knows what's going on. They know shit is messed up and, in fear, they turn to communities and ideals that are comfortable and familiar because quiet desperation is fucking terrifying.
As for president twitter, well...
His complete failure to contain or manage this pandemic is going to kill so many more people. Anybody who isn't scared as hell right now will be scared soon enough. They are turning on him and it is our duty to ensure they find constructive communities and ideals, as opposed to destructive ones.
"...the best way out is always through." - Robert Frost