To be active citizens worthy of our mandate, we need to not just react to the things in front of us but to find the time to reflect and question our own place in the story
I’m surprised The Guardian is running an article that’s basically, ignore the world’s problems. They’re a newspaper who reports on the worlds problems, literally called the guardian.
While there is that, there’s also some truth in the article.
Look back in time, image living through WW2, Japan bombing northern Australia. Image being a young bloke and dreading being drafted into the Vietnam War, or a young woman and being told to leave your job if you get married, or your husband being able to legally rape you, or not be able to walk or breath becase you caught polio or the Cokd War and practising hiding under your desk due to a perceived likely nuclear holocaust.
With all we know, the weird shit is persisting with the same politcans who got us here. We’ve faced decades of warning, so I cant even imagine what gordion knot of logic people must have twisted to justify voting LNP or ALP.
We live in interesting times. That said I’m speaking as a privileged white Gen X dude, who has lived a very frugal life, lives debt free and retired decades ago. The few houses for sale in my tiny village here in Tassie start with a $3 and the “flash” ones with a $4, which seems incredibly reasonable when similar looking houses in say Bright in Vic start with a $9.
My suggestion? more stocism (as in the philosophy) becase this will only get worse.
Honestly the number of cartoons telling people to stop watching television is impressive. Futurama’s “Bender Should Not Be Allowed on TV”, for example.
Yeah I’m sure it’s the phone and not the declining material conditions
“It’s definitely not all the doom” - Peter Lewis.
I’m surprised The Guardian is running an article that’s basically, ignore the world’s problems. They’re a newspaper who reports on the worlds problems, literally called the guardian.
While there is that, there’s also some truth in the article.
Look back in time, image living through WW2, Japan bombing northern Australia. Image being a young bloke and dreading being drafted into the Vietnam War, or a young woman and being told to leave your job if you get married, or your husband being able to legally rape you, or not be able to walk or breath becase you caught polio or the Cokd War and practising hiding under your desk due to a perceived likely nuclear holocaust.
With all we know, the weird shit is persisting with the same politcans who got us here. We’ve faced decades of warning, so I cant even imagine what gordion knot of logic people must have twisted to justify voting LNP or ALP.
We live in interesting times. That said I’m speaking as a privileged white Gen X dude, who has lived a very frugal life, lives debt free and retired decades ago. The few houses for sale in my tiny village here in Tassie start with a $3 and the “flash” ones with a $4, which seems incredibly reasonable when similar looking houses in say Bright in Vic start with a $9.
My suggestion? more stocism (as in the philosophy) becase this will only get worse.
The irony is most folks will read and share this on their phone.
Edit: Some of the links and references look interesting and I hadn’t clocked The Guardian had a bookshop.
angrily upvotes from a phone
Honestly the number of cartoons telling people to stop watching television is impressive. Futurama’s “Bender Should Not Be Allowed on TV”, for example.