Week 12
As you watch the protests in America, the unrest and the unrestrained violence of US cops how do you feel? We’ve seen Britain lead the world in excess deaths caused by the corona virus while the British Prime Minister boasts about the success of his government yet at the same time stands by his chief advisor who blatantly broke the regulations that so many British people followed at great cost.
its upsetting, not simply because of the injustice but because its a mirror held against the morally bankrupt and failed systems that we and Americans are a part of
It seems like different reasons to be angry, upset, disappointed, fearful and hopeless are hitting us from all sides. I wrote on Facebook how the criticism of the government that is both hapless and criminally negligent feels like an own goal. The argument we might hope to win only finds fulfilment in hurting us. What satisfaction do you get from correctly predicting the face slap you just got? The only positive you could take out of that would be the confirmation that you were realistic in your prediction and so might be able to either mitigate or even avert another slap by intercepting the precursor.
To know your fate can be both terrifying but also calming — at least you’re not expending mental energy on not knowing. But more important than having insight into how things…
