I’m no wilderness expert.. but I am pretty sure when you find yourself face to face with certain types of large, dangerous, wild animals, the best thing you can do is back up, ever so slowly, step by step. This is what it felt like to leave California.
"There is a dark, heavy burden that comes with being on the outside of what everyone else believes..." That's for damn sure, and you describe it beautifully, if harrowingly. Reading about your experience as a parent in CA makes me shake my head in anger and bewilderment. Good for you to get the hell outta Dodge.
We are clearly on the same page, you and I! I'm so glad you're adding your voice to the mix. We as a nation and as a world have lost the "critical middle" and need writers like you to remind us what it used to look and feel like. How can we stand even a whiff of a chance against unfolding oppression if we don't unite?
Thanks for launching your stack -- and feel free to reach out! Mary
That's funny, I just put this quote into my article on Max Vax Madness. I fear that Peter is going to get short shrift, since I'm long over post-limit and one memory of this time keeps leading to another ... but leading readers to your posts is my intention anyway.
The number one most important factor for determining quality of life on Earth is this:
What kind of system do you live under?
Think about it. If you tell us what kind of systems you live under - from systems of government, medicine, infrastructure, education, community, religion and more - chances are we can predict what kind of life you have.
Let's examine some recent problems: FTX. Voting systems. Medicine. Corruption. War. Homelessness.
It’s our own fault. All of it.
We have embraced the wrong kind of systems that govern over us - centralized ones - and they have become corrupted. It is time to change that. We need to understand and embrace decentralized systems, and fear centralized non transparent ones. And we need to be able to spot the difference.
Can you?
Once we recognize a system has been corrupted, it’s time to bust out the anecdote: TRANSPARENCY and DECENTRALIZATION.
Who wants to be part of a society of problem solvers instead of just complainers? Please, let's talk.
Well conservatives could see this coming but our representatives have let us down. Belief in small government is a must. More emphasis on the local not the federal. Politicians have taken the reigns and now run with them......stealing from us left and right. Not until we change this system and emphasize states rights and local elections first will things change. There is too much money and corruption in everything. Not only are the politicians corrupted now but corporations and the little guy too. Government has done that by giving money away to those who do not want to work for it. Those people are now reliant on government so they've sold their souls for a few pieces of silver.
Nov 30, 2022·edited Jan 28, 2023Liked by The Critical Middle
People said "we are all in it together". Is this the scam that Covid 19 is any more than the 'flu turned into a Monster's Inc child who will 'kill us all'?
Or a monster stink, i.e. something smelt distinctly off at the beginning of the whole affair? Even I worked it out by June 2020. I was 'slightly' annoyed when I realised what was going on.
When I say slightly I am being polite.
I could say a lot more than thank you very much for your post. I did this on the insanity and a lot more besides. If I can make people laugh then the spell will be broken and life can be good again, even better than before. As Fleetwood Mac sang
"There is a dark, heavy burden that comes with being on the outside of what everyone else believes..." That's for damn sure, and you describe it beautifully, if harrowingly. Reading about your experience as a parent in CA makes me shake my head in anger and bewilderment. Good for you to get the hell outta Dodge.
We are clearly on the same page, you and I! I'm so glad you're adding your voice to the mix. We as a nation and as a world have lost the "critical middle" and need writers like you to remind us what it used to look and feel like. How can we stand even a whiff of a chance against unfolding oppression if we don't unite?
Thanks for launching your stack -- and feel free to reach out! Mary
We are in a critical muddle because of the mad(dles) meddles and need the Critical Middle critical thinking to bring us to the critical moddle (sic).
A.k.a. common sense.
Or possibly putting the loonies back in the box.
That's funny, I just put this quote into my article on Max Vax Madness. I fear that Peter is going to get short shrift, since I'm long over post-limit and one memory of this time keeps leading to another ... but leading readers to your posts is my intention anyway.
You're the best. Thanks, Tereza!
The number one most important factor for determining quality of life on Earth is this:
What kind of system do you live under?
Think about it. If you tell us what kind of systems you live under - from systems of government, medicine, infrastructure, education, community, religion and more - chances are we can predict what kind of life you have.
Let's examine some recent problems: FTX. Voting systems. Medicine. Corruption. War. Homelessness.
It’s our own fault. All of it.
We have embraced the wrong kind of systems that govern over us - centralized ones - and they have become corrupted. It is time to change that. We need to understand and embrace decentralized systems, and fear centralized non transparent ones. And we need to be able to spot the difference.
Can you?
Once we recognize a system has been corrupted, it’s time to bust out the anecdote: TRANSPARENCY and DECENTRALIZATION.
Who wants to be part of a society of problem solvers instead of just complainers? Please, let's talk.
https://joshketry.substack.com/p/embrace-decentralized-systems-fear
Well conservatives could see this coming but our representatives have let us down. Belief in small government is a must. More emphasis on the local not the federal. Politicians have taken the reigns and now run with them......stealing from us left and right. Not until we change this system and emphasize states rights and local elections first will things change. There is too much money and corruption in everything. Not only are the politicians corrupted now but corporations and the little guy too. Government has done that by giving money away to those who do not want to work for it. Those people are now reliant on government so they've sold their souls for a few pieces of silver.
People said "we are all in it together". Is this the scam that Covid 19 is any more than the 'flu turned into a Monster's Inc child who will 'kill us all'?
Or a monster stink, i.e. something smelt distinctly off at the beginning of the whole affair? Even I worked it out by June 2020. I was 'slightly' annoyed when I realised what was going on.
When I say slightly I am being polite.
I could say a lot more than thank you very much for your post. I did this on the insanity and a lot more besides. If I can make people laugh then the spell will be broken and life can be good again, even better than before. As Fleetwood Mac sang
Don't stop thinking about tomorrow
Don't stop, it'll soon be here
It'll be better than before
Yesterday's gone, yesterday's gone
All I want is to see you smile
If it takes just a little while
I know you don't believe that it's true
I never meant any harm to you
https://alphaandomegacloud.wordpress.com/2022/05/11/100-up-and-stupid-20-variants/
The 12th birthday ritual is so disturbing. I’m thoroughly shaken. Do you think it’s a Cali thing or beyond?
I dunno. Guessing it is a Blue state thing but that is only a guess.