This, from the prologue to Tim Albertas' book, American Carnage. “To consider Trumps rise is to recognize the essential ingredients of American life: instinctual outrage and involuntary contempt, geographic clustering and clannish identification, moral relativism , and self victimization.” You said a mouthful there Tim.
Lately I've been wondering where people get their ideas of what's really going on. Often, it seems people move rather easily from one idea to another; either discarding the earlier one, or incorporating it into an overall belief that allows both ideas. Seems in many ways like shopping; like for clothes of jewelry; shopping for ideas that suit you.
That reminds me of the problems so many of our young people are having with gender. The confusion is palpable. Like Jack White says in his song What's The Rumpus, “I've got a feeling that the truth's become opinion these days”. Fashionably is not the way to think.
Barbed Wire Valentine is rehearsing regularly and adding to our repertoire; looking forward to getting out and playing for folks. Open for suggestions.
That's it for now. Thanks for reading.
Richard