Real Life Minesweeper
No narrative is without sin, so if we must point fingers, let’s at least do so through open eyes.
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Sound the Alarm
Three years removed from the first Brexit vote, here we have a second. You either think they should know better, or you weren’t paying attention to why they voted for it in the first place.
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Trump and Brexit didn’t just shock the world–they should cause it concern, at least to those on the helm of globalization. There’s no reason to believe that all aboard aren’t willing to capsize the very ship they’re riding on.
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Support Joe Biden—go ahead. But just know, you’ll be dooming us all.
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In 2016, a Trump victory was unthinkable. In 2020, it’s almost unavoidable, that is, unless Democrats recycle a better playbook.
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Each political party is ready to tear the other one apart. I hope that by the end of it all, we at least have fireworks to distract us from the chaos.
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There’s nothing wrong with acknowledging and accepting that one’s position isn’t great, when it isn’t great. What is to be gained by projecting future, potential problems that have yet to arrive, or devaluing another life because it is presently worse than yours.
Read more "On the Art of Comparative Suffering"INEXTINGUISHABLE: AN OPTIMIST READS 1984 AND FAHRENHEIT 451
Fahrenheit 451 and 1984 both depict a future devoid of thought, but not awareness. Both protagonists differ very little in their demeanor and the books share such similar commentary about complicity and passive acceptance that they might be taking place in the same literary universe.
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Intrepid, stubborn children do not heed the sensible warnings from their well-meaning parents. When approaching a hot stove, for example, a child’s curiosity overpowers and nullifies anything but the sound of its own desire. Don’t go near there, a mother might say; don’t touch that, a father might chime in. But the child will not […]
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-The following is a post first published on December 24, 2015- Thus far, even a cursory glance at any of the Republican debates is enough to show the complete lack of thought, consideration, or care given to statements of foreign policy, particularly toward ISIS. Simplistic statements that were once limited to frontrunner Donald Trump have […]
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