Not that I am bragging, I do occasionally get a two with Wordle but this morning surprised me and I reckon it must have been precognition.
But to more serious things. This arrived in my mail this morning, Naomi Klein and co-writer have launched a book about 'End Times' and what idiots like Bezos, Musk and all those techies are aiming for as they try to remodel this beautiful planet we live on and then flee to the outer ranges of space to create another world. Somehow I think they are completely ridiculous. But it is scary for us people who actually want something much simpler. And I ask the question can money really bring this all about?
"In short, we are up against an ideology that has given up not only on the premise and promise of liberal democracy but on the livability of our shared world – on its beauty, on its people, on our children, on other species. There is something treasonous in this. Treasonous not to an abstraction like a flag or a nation, for we are not nationalists. But treasonous to the unspoken pact made with the web of life that sustains us."
I love that word treasonous, it has such a historical tone, I notice it has been used more and more in just normal discourse. How do we approach the billionaires, the baron lords. How do we bring them down? Well hopefully you will notice there is more of us than them. All round the world people are demonstrating and protesting against those who would lay claim to power.
The protestors outside the Kennedy Center, the marches all over the world, well attended marches against the ruthless and cruel Netanyahu's government. Someone said in a reel I saw, seventy-seven million people voted for Trump - THINK ON THAT. And yes that thought is scary. But I am sure the flipperty nature of how people voted will be put aside when people begin to realise that they are being governed not for their good livelihoods but to enhance the large fortunes of a corrupt family, they will vote the Trumps and their sycophants out of office.
So as the wicked immigrants who flew over this morning to the canal - yes Canadian geese;) So as to those small things that please us, like the owl last night hooting, or the people of Africa protecting the elephants. Or, even my MP Joseph Fenton Glynn, as he stood up in Parliament and addressed Milliband on the miraculous turn of recognising the terrible crime that is Gaza, there is hope. We just need to fight for a better world.
Well done on the Wordle in 2 badge!
ReplyDeleteI do hope you are right about there being more of the ordinary, caring and sensible people in the world - sometimes it doesn't seem like it.
Thanks Sue. Yes one has to believe there are more good people than bad people in the world I think.
ReplyDeleteYou are so right Thelma! No use shrugging your shoulders and turning away. People need to band together, striving for a better world than the divided one that the modern right wing and greedy tech entrepreneurs appear to be focused upon.
ReplyDeleteAs the internet stretches its fingers into every action in our lives its 'truths' must always be questioned I think Neil.
DeleteI think like you, Thelma, and think there are more good people in the world. I think this current administration in my country is showing the whole world what went wrong and what needs to be changed. He is not popular at all.
ReplyDeleteI also see a lot of fightback Ellen, whether its the media or the judges. Trump seems on the point of giving up.
DeleteFor every, often brave, protestor out on the street, their sentiments are supported by so many people. For every person helping to make the world heal and a better place, they too have so much support. If we want a modern life, most of us don't have control over how we affect the planet. Our home recycling efforts seem to be a very small contribution, and we can't even get that right. But we must stay optimistic. While humans are good at breaking things, we also have good abilities to fix them.
ReplyDeleteThat is so true Andrew. For a start we are more intelligent than computers. And there are a great deal more intelligent people around than the techies who propose to change the world to their liking.
DeleteAndrew is right Thelma. So many people drive past the weekly protests and give quiet little thumbs up, or little waves. They may not be comfortable standing on the street with a sign but the know exactly how they feel.
ReplyDeleteIt is quite extraordinary how people protest in America, there is definitely an underswell of discontent there Debby.
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