?There Is No Peaceful Resolution? Oh, And Happy Bastille Day! (July 10, 2023)
. . .
K “There is no peaceful resolution.”
J “No peaceful resolution is there.”
. . .
K “Now what?”
J “What now?”
. . .
J “Do what everyone does. Self-medication for the many. Self-immolation for the few. There is nothing you can do.”
K “That is too selfish. We need to unite the folks with the burning torches and the folks with the pitch forks in a common purpose. They have been at war with each other for far too long and overlooked or disregarded the real enemy.”
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[See “The Lords of Chaos” by Chris Hedges in “SheerPost” dated March 19, 2023 and “Human Destiny in Ukraine” by Eve Ottenberg in “CounterPunch” dated April 7, 2023.]
[See the e-commentary at The Residue of Unrelenting Fear: PTSD Afflicts The Populace (August 28, 2006), Fight Or Flight In The Face Of Fear? A Principled Reaction To Stand (November 30, 2020), On The Digital Revolution (March 22, 2010) and Economic Nuremberg Trials? The War On Economic Terrorism. Oh, And Happy Solstice! (June 25, 2018).]
Bumper sticker of the week:
“Those who make peaceful revolution [resolution] impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.” John F. Kennedy
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