Refocus

Oh man. The last decade has been frustrating.

The planet is burning, conspiracy theories are ubiquitous, and genocide is back in fashion.

The frustration began with Trump and the ludicrous birther claim. At the risk of being political, that should have been the end of him.

But when it took hold, oh my.

What next?

“Grab them by the pussy”

Seriously.

Hear that? The sound of a tiny ship hitting an iceberg.

That admission alone should have been enough to sink him. Enough to present him for the fraudster he is and continues to be. Enough to eliminate him from civilized discourse and bar him from any position of trust.

But no. It was not enough. Not by half and apparently there is plenty appetite for more.

We know the rest lest we forget.

Zoom out and this has the hottest decade on record. This has been a decade of deep fakes. A decadent decade.

Let them eat cake.

This is all to say that this is too much. Too much distraction. Too much bullshit.

If this is what we have become then something has gone seriously wrong.

Education and healthcare to name the obvious.

The system is broke and the skill set to fix it appears to be lost. Culture has been extruded into a narrow vision of itself. A monorail society on a defund track.

The outlook is Insular, petty, and slim.

Need to adjust the lens. Widen the field of view.

Refocus on the substantive and call out the bullshit.