08 march 2017
Everyone is just trying to be part of The Next Great Historical Moment.
I don't know if it's a Western thing, but I wouldn't rule out the possibility that it's something that has existed as long as organized society has (indeed, maybe even a prerequisite for it).
I'm not sure, but I think that this is the common denominator behind all the ennui and angst that trails along behind the populist upwind sweeping the US, Europe, and most Liberal Western-style democracies.
It's almost as if the Hegelian idea of history is just an excuse to re-hash the same arguments over and over, in a sort of Xenos-paradox kind of way. A way of keeping people busy working towards a 'tangible-intangible' goal. Protesting isn't going to make them stop bombing anything. Hell, it's just going to give them a better target.
I guess that means that the questions morphs from "What are we going to do to combat X?" to "What are we going to do for dinner after the manifestation?"
I dunno, this is where I'm choosing to record my fears and worries, it's not like any of this is going to matter/change anything. That's the point.