#48.21 - The Noise

The cacophony on the waves is deafening. People now are able to just say anything they can with access to instant media. Anything, just plain sound is now broadcast as if it is opinion. It is perhaps technically opinion, in actual fact it is about as cogent and sensible as two cymbals clanging against each other. It has come to past, as Corinthians the most famous passage in it about Love, we are now surrounded by emptiness filled with noise. 

Yesterday was all about the snow. Today it is about the wind once again. February is brutal. It always has been. March is more of the same with more light, but February is just pure 100% proof the staring into the abyss - and the abyss stares back.

There is now no more success - we all teeter at the edge of the abyss. The really awful thing is that most people don't understand this either. Most people think that it is a little bit bad. It is not a little bit bad. It is the last legs before everything gives out from beneath us. I don't see any other alternative right now - unless there is a collective and miraculous awakening amongst those who have power and control - and the runes do not appear to give me hope - there will be many who go to the wall.

Already the irrational response to the pandemic has made that clear. And the ramping and sabre rattling against China also does not give me any hope. If anything, the West is prepping itself for an era of idiocy - unable to accept the mess it made itself, needing to blame someone else for the wasted opportunities - it now looks at China's success, Asia's success, and cannot bear it. Insisting on judiging itself against out of date indicators, like GDP, who the heck still thinks GDP is a viable measure against which to determine success? (the media and the current government), it feels the paucity of its own abilities. Instead of putting its efforts behind the donut economy, sustainability, instead of trying to build world peace so that we won't need weapons, for SOME DELUSION, it insists on doing stupid things like banning CGTV. Which then made China retaliate by banning the BBC. Which then could get them to say oh look at how repressive China is. But what about their own repression?

However, as I said, I am not going to get pissed off about this. I am just going to enjoy the last few days. The weather is so bad no birds are bothering ti eat. Hopefully it will clear up later.

The other thing I am not doing is making excuses or picking up the slack or readjusting myself to an utterly man made situation - the response to this virus. I'm not going to be 'the good citizen'. Under duress I have been forced into this position so no I am not going keep my chin up and do my best for my country and community. Country and community can go suck it. I will be looking after my dearest and my closest and must loved - but everyone else must either do something about it and not expect me to be some fucking hero. Cos I ain't. I was wondering what happened to all the latex gloves that people used to wear all the time in March and April and May. What happened to them? I don't see people wearing them anymore. Suddenly it has now stopped being a thing. 

Everything I do from now on will just be about doing what I think is best. I am not saving anybody. They can save themselves. They can virtue signal and be do gooders - do gooders thrive wonderfully in these environments - how nice for them. Let them rearrange the deck chairs on the Titanic. Good for them.

Well I'm off to serve at the Christian Community. Then when I get back I'll do some art and writing. I spent yesterday binge watching Parks and Recreation. It was a good time away from trying to do the best thing for schoolwork, which is nothing at this stage. Really, it is nothing. Anyone who thinks their children are really learning is just kidding themselves.