It seems we are now incapable of that kind of will, clarity, intention, discipline & struggle. We just don't want to. What made us so willfully crazy & lazy?
My friend and I have theories. Below are some of the Contenders, but you know, it is probably a combination of all of these:
Covid lockdown.
The Internet.
Media Click-Bait.
Smart-Phones - Tik Tok, Facebook, AI, Doom-scrolling, etc.
The Unrelenting Swamp of Lies & Disinformation.
Virtual & Simulated Worlds. They are Halls of Lies.
Elevating Money to God-Like Status.
Climate-Catastrophe (cooking our brains one day at a time, robbing us of optimism for the Future).
Electing a Convicted Felon, known Racist, Sexual Predator, Shit-Stirrer, Grifter, Con-man & Corrupt as Fuck Person as President (twice, with a double-assist from Russia)
Magical Thinking - wanting to see what we want to see, to believe what we want to believe, when we want to see & believe it. Evidence, Facts, Truth, Reality, Gravity be Damned.
We both have concluded that our culture & our people are absolutely committed to not seeing what's in front of our noses! We just refuse to do the work!
What is the antidote to the crazy & lazy? Stepping back, stepping away. Living in the "analog world." Being real. Breathing. Meditating. Taking a walk in Nature. Observing the passing scene with merciless intelligence. Trying to keep all of one's perceptive skills honed and at the ready. Seeing and cataloging the Lies, calling them out. Refusing to succumb or surrender.
