What’s up party people in the place to be!?
I’d say “Happy 4th” but honestly I don’t think there’s anything worth celebrating today.
And even that might just be a “1st world problem,” all things considered.
I’ve put this blog entry off for 3 days now, but I want to get it out there before the month ticks into double digit days.
Life in America sucks, or it is not “ideal.”
And while I try to take in as much leftist politics as possible, trying to make sense, politically, of right and wrong I just keep coming to the conclusion that the left is almost far too fractured to be effective, and maybe thats the point? Maybe that’s by design?
I was listening to this podcast (https://on.soundcloud.com/l4G28XlURDKuOEZtI2)
And it’s like, two Australian guys being a bit cynical and reductionist about the state of the world. But changes in America do affect the rest of the world, whether we think it does or not, they have every right to chime in on our political crisis, but as they spoke and talked about things one thing I picked up on is how much they either hated or disowned leftist groups, movements, or politicians that they felt weren’t “left enough” either in policy or practice, and I was wondering “well that who or what do you have remaining?”
To put it simply, it’s distressing, and it feels hopeless, and if this is the general thoughts around political leftists its no wonder most left accounts are just nihilist meme pages on instagram and so on.
Not that I’d advise “giving up hope” but I think the current state of the country calls for fighting fire with fire. Might plunge us into another civil war but why can’t I shake the feeling that someone has to die?
That feels like American history.