Which Way, Humankind?
Silicon Valley icon Vivek Wadhwa makes an excellent point here.
The problem, however, is late-stage, unregulated capitalism and the greed that it has hammered into our society. There are people who do things for altruistic reasons, and Wadhwa happens to be one of them, but by far the most powerful force driving our behavior is the need to make money, whether that means keeping our heads above water or buying our fourth mansion.
Forty years ago, we lived with the myth of trickle-down economics, or “a rising tide lifts all boats.” Now, only idiots believe that–not that there is a scarcity of idiots. Note the MAGA crowd and their outrage at taxing billionaires.
In any case, as much as I’d like to believe otherwise, we don’t seem headed for “new heights” as a civilization.
One has to suspect that what Nietzsche said here is true of a great number of Trump supporters, if only because the Big Lie is so preposterous. More than 60 courts of law reviewed the election results, and found no evidence of substantial voter fraud, but they’re all, every one of them, corrupt?
It’s (note spelling) sad indeed that talent is no longer necessary for success in the music business, but it should come as a surprise to no one that industry executives have capitalized on the degraded tastes of modern society.
Here’s yet another meme on the gross unfairness we are experiencing at the hands of Trump and the power he wields over our justice system. And the lack of fairness is only a part of it; the most pressing point is the grave threat his crimes represent to our national security.
It appears that the State of New York is going after Steve Bannon on the same fraud changes that were covered in the federal indictment for which Donald Trump pardoned him. As we so vividly recall, Bannon was charged with defrauding the Trump base, soliciting funds from the MAGA crowd to finish building the wall on the southern border, funds that went directly into Bannon’s bank account. 
Here’s the Word of the Day “Thought for Today”:
Leaving tomorrow for five days in Mexico. Was concerned about blackouts, but then realized that Mexico’s grid-mix includes fuel oil, and they have plenty of that.
“This can’t get any worse.”
It is true that, as of this date, Trump’s presence atop the GOP represents a long, slow, and painful decline of the party. But that’s about to change.
In one of his sonnets, Shakespeare wrote, and I paraphrase, “Love that which you’ll soon be leaving.”
