degringolade

Working overtime of late. Co-workers are old and tired and on their last legs. Can't bring themselves to retire. Can't deliver the goods. They have been there too long and have run out of options and energy. It truly is sad.

Today's Screed:

Been thinking about the idea "working toward a positive outcome".

Can't say that I believe in such a thing in the environment that we H. Sapiens have created for ourselves. Oh granted, some of us geezers will slide through with our accoutrements and our toys and not see the whirlwind. Truth be told, I am hoping for that fate myself. Granted, I have reduced my load of symbols and fripperies well below the cultural norm here in the good old USA, but they still exist and I am attached to my remainder.

But the idea of working toward a "positive" outcome is ingrained in our current psyche. One has to be positive. That is the sum total of our pop-culture psychology. But what happens if the outcome has to tear down what everyone sees as positive?

The system that we have gave us the fuckwad at 1600. The system worked exactly as the system was designed. The urban elites on the coasts were not able to force their views on a less than positive country. The idea of the electoral college was put in place to provide just such an outcome.

Truth be told, it appears that the bulk of the country is not moving in a "positive" direction and they know it. The parts of the country sucking on the sweet life and want things to continue state that their entitlements and their privileges are positive and that the losers who are ground down to provide those are negative.

Trump will go down as possibly the worst President in American history. No doubt. But the negative vibe he presents is reflective of those who are constantly being told to be positive while they are being shit on.