20190505-Wake up and See the Martians
J. M. Greer has (again!) put up an insightful analysis of
the reaction of the US Bi-Coastal Democrats to the Donald Trump
presidency. He compares it to the five
stages of grieving in Elizabeth Kubler-Ross’s work on Death and Dying.
For the full essay, click on this link:
But the best part is at the end. He names the beneficiaries of our current
social arrangement as “Privileged Progressives.” These are upper-income people who make most
of their money from salaries and/or investment income. Almost every new law or proposal enacted
today benefits them, and makes the rest of us a little poorer or takes power
and resources away. Amazing, and
spot-on.
It reminds me of the movie, “Mars Attacks.”
Everywhere they go, the Martians shout through megaphones,
“We come in peace,” or “We want to be your friends,” but then they blast any
humans in reach with ray guns. There is
chaos in the streets, people crying out for help, but the politicians at the
top continue to try to make deals with these guys, even after a direct attack
on the White House; even after the
entire US Senate and Congress are burned to cinders.
The only thing that defeats the Martians is they playing of
Country Music. Only the yodeling of cowboy Slim Whitman delivers victory by causing the Martian brains to explode.
Somehow, whoever made this movie came up with a perfect
allegory for the politics of our time.
Privileged Progressives are driving the rest of the nation to
destruction. Maybe the rest of the
planet. They are doing this to maintain
their digital fortunes, and doing it at the expense of everyone else.
The Democrats still do not seem to realize that they ran a
Martian in the 2016 election. If they
don’t wake up and see the Martians, they risk running another Martian in
2020. Meanwhile Trump continues to yodel
nonsense and make their brains explode.
I hope we can do better in 2020, but I’m not optimistic.
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