Am just depressed. Yes, yes I know we mustn't give up, and keep fighting the good fight. Yes, the recent elections made me say a silent Hallelujah! Rahul Gandhi seems a messiah one day, and his party a council of dunces the next. The less said about non biological being the better. And the state of the country? Oh well, we need to get into whataboutery here - see US, see Europe, this is happening everywhere, etc etc., are the tropes we hear. Just fed up. Want to just curl up, cry, and then wake up the next morn, shorn of anxious thoughts, wear the war paint, and get ready to fight. But God, it's exhausting. And yes, must read Aarti Rao's book. Missed her discussions at BIC twice. Damn!
So agree with you. The situation is grim indeed...But those of us troubled by it can't afford to give up, can we? :)
Karl Marx would have to be adapted to the times: 'From each according to his ability, to each according to his means'. There is a fair amount all of us can do to make a difference. The recent elections, if anything, should give us hope that all is not lost and much can be done with 'right intent'.
Yeah, totally. One of the good signs of the recent elections is a greater involvement of lay people in the process -- and I don't mean voting as much as discussing, debating, at the local level, even campaigning in small localities. (You saw pretty much the same happen in France more recently, as well).
Am just depressed. Yes, yes I know we mustn't give up, and keep fighting the good fight. Yes, the recent elections made me say a silent Hallelujah! Rahul Gandhi seems a messiah one day, and his party a council of dunces the next. The less said about non biological being the better. And the state of the country? Oh well, we need to get into whataboutery here - see US, see Europe, this is happening everywhere, etc etc., are the tropes we hear. Just fed up. Want to just curl up, cry, and then wake up the next morn, shorn of anxious thoughts, wear the war paint, and get ready to fight. But God, it's exhausting. And yes, must read Aarti Rao's book. Missed her discussions at BIC twice. Damn!
So agree with you. The situation is grim indeed...But those of us troubled by it can't afford to give up, can we? :)
Karl Marx would have to be adapted to the times: 'From each according to his ability, to each according to his means'. There is a fair amount all of us can do to make a difference. The recent elections, if anything, should give us hope that all is not lost and much can be done with 'right intent'.
Yeah, totally. One of the good signs of the recent elections is a greater involvement of lay people in the process -- and I don't mean voting as much as discussing, debating, at the local level, even campaigning in small localities. (You saw pretty much the same happen in France more recently, as well).