I can’t help but wonder whether we’ve already crossed the rubicon on the trust issue. The government’s response to the GFC, the ‘what just happened’ handling of Covid and vaccines from which many are still reeling and confused, the flagrant censorship of opinions and counter arguments (even I’ve been censored), the destruction of critica…
I can’t help but wonder whether we’ve already crossed the rubicon on the trust issue. The government’s response to the GFC, the ‘what just happened’ handling of Covid and vaccines from which many are still reeling and confused, the flagrant censorship of opinions and counter arguments (even I’ve been censored), the destruction of critical infrastructure belonging to our allies (that may be lost on a lot of Americans but not on those of us living abroad), the clownish fighting between major US corporations and state governments together with US corporations’ heavy influence on healthcare and policy (I’m talking about you Big Pharma - but there’s also Big Food. Big Tech and the MIC). And for all the self-congratulatory talk I hear or read from MSM, it only takes one trip home to see for myself the abysmal condition of our country, or a check on the mortality stats, or how we fare on quality of life surveys, true democracy surveys, and educational standards, the few number of engineers and STEM graduates we produce and the ones we do create - their genius is applied to complex financial instruments no one understands or computer algorithms to spy on or control our behaviours. The backbone of our country - industrial manufacturing is gutted - what do we make anymore? And if I’m concerned I may be too hard on ‘us’ I need only have to field questions from my European friends (and strangers when they find out I’m from the US) who ALL ask, what has happened to America? I think we are a dysfunctional nation and those in the wealthy bubbles of the US equivalent of Versailles and its surrounds, who have the political power and wealth, don’t realise how bad it’s gotten. Sorry to be so grim.
I can’t help but wonder whether we’ve already crossed the rubicon on the trust issue. The government’s response to the GFC, the ‘what just happened’ handling of Covid and vaccines from which many are still reeling and confused, the flagrant censorship of opinions and counter arguments (even I’ve been censored), the destruction of critical infrastructure belonging to our allies (that may be lost on a lot of Americans but not on those of us living abroad), the clownish fighting between major US corporations and state governments together with US corporations’ heavy influence on healthcare and policy (I’m talking about you Big Pharma - but there’s also Big Food. Big Tech and the MIC). And for all the self-congratulatory talk I hear or read from MSM, it only takes one trip home to see for myself the abysmal condition of our country, or a check on the mortality stats, or how we fare on quality of life surveys, true democracy surveys, and educational standards, the few number of engineers and STEM graduates we produce and the ones we do create - their genius is applied to complex financial instruments no one understands or computer algorithms to spy on or control our behaviours. The backbone of our country - industrial manufacturing is gutted - what do we make anymore? And if I’m concerned I may be too hard on ‘us’ I need only have to field questions from my European friends (and strangers when they find out I’m from the US) who ALL ask, what has happened to America? I think we are a dysfunctional nation and those in the wealthy bubbles of the US equivalent of Versailles and its surrounds, who have the political power and wealth, don’t realise how bad it’s gotten. Sorry to be so grim.