- Kim Stanley Robinson (sci-fi writer)
A reminder that stupid people and their stupid ideas can be quite toxic and toxically influential. In the 80's we all made a dramatic turn, led by the stupidity and the brutal, pin-headed, small-mindedness, and bad faith of leaders like Thatcher and Reagan. Two figures lauded by the right-wingers to this day. Hailed as heroes. They were selling a toxic snake-oil. The damage to our consciousness, to government, to society, to "the West," has been incalculable. I wonder, and I hope, that someone like Joe Biden and his New Green Deal, and his Build Back Better movement, could return us to a smarter, more forward-looking perspective. Think FDR. Government is us. Yes, of course we live in a society of individuals. Not in an all against all battle to the death, no, instead a community of like-minded souls working together for a better world for all. Let's not believe the bullshit. Let's leave the stupidity behind.
