The Cold War? Child’s play compared to what lies ahead, according to U.S. historian Robert Kagan. Trump, he says, is leading the world into the most dangerous era since 1945.
The Cold War? Child’s play compared to what lies ahead, according to U.S. historian Robert Kagan. Trump, he says, is leading the world into the most dangerous era since 1945.
It’s interesting. It was pretty clear to me as a child, years ago, that this nation was fucked.
It had, and has, potential, but is driving in the wrong direction, with blinders on.
But I think it’s a perspective thing.
Some people just don’t see it, cause they are doing fine in their fishbowls.
Others have a twisted perspective and can’t tell what’s real and what’s not–even confuse what’s right in front of them, or biting them in the ass.
There are people that see it, sure. And people who fight against it. But it’s a lot and they are few. So even with huge wins here or there the overall trajectory remains the same.
It’s like the doomsday clock: it’s 5 second to midnight, maybe tomorrow it’ll move back to 10 seconds, but it’s unlikely to ever move back a minute, or an hour, or a day.
And I’m an optimist.
You’ve largely described my perception growing up; my own experience had a twist: I had a hard time reconciling how many others didn’t see the same cracks, and how things didn’t fall apart (sooner). I was beginning to accept the idea that maybe it wasn’t so bad, as that is what I was told over and over. Yet here we are.