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. . .

K          “I slide into the conversation that ‘everything is a fight today’ and elicit quick deep-seated and long simmering responses.  And nods of frightened understanding.”

J          “Because everything is a fight today.”

. . .

K          “The populace is anesthetized.  Zombieified.  Unable to act and unwilling, unless provoked, even to respond.”

J          “And they do not know what it is.  But on a primal level, they know it is coming.”

. . .

J          “Require a license akin to the shortwave radio technicians license to access the Internet.  Limit ‘anti-social media’ usage to 15 minutes a day.  What promised to bring the world together has blown it to smithereens.”

K          “Worth a try.  As long as there are no other restrictions or limitations on content.”

. . .

J          “I get it.  But when?”

K          “Moi aussi.  The uncertainty is the most debilitating impact.”

. . .

[See Edward Hopper:  The Mirror For Our Age (January 22, 2024), The Other Sabot To Drop (April 18, 2022) and The Residue of Unrelenting Fear: PTSD Afflicts The Populace (August 28, 2006).]

Bumper stickers of the week:

Everything is a fight today.

What promised to bring the world together has blown it to smithereens.

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