My advice is to not look at the end of the tunnel.
Long ago I got over the idea that we were winning or losing. That
focuses our attention and effort on winning. The real answer is to
simply live the life we believe. My dream is of having a life where
we all have our needs and wants met. There's plenty enough to keep us
busy in the Present, without fretting over the distant future. What
if our universe exists as the result of some cosmic explosion, and
even as we travel through space we are cooling down? In Earth Time it
will be billions of years, but the end will come when the universe is
a cold, dark place. Mankind will be just a blip in that long cooling
down.
But meanwhile we have our hands full of these little tin soldiers,
strutting and bullying. Most of my energy has been spent in work with
the blind. Plenty of room to advance all of my Progressive beliefs.
And as long as I can remember my name, and how to turn on my computer,
I'll be content.
Carl Jarvis, happily adjusting to Life.
On 3/25/21, Miriam Vieni <miriamvieni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
That is one of the big issues. It's the reason that I question whether we
can ever have meaningful political change. Think about it. The Socialist
Workers' Party has been in existence since at least the 1930's, and not only
do they have this tiny membership, but they're not even on the ballot
anywhere. And there are at least a half dozen other socialist parties, along
with the Green Party which is now, as far as I can tell, a socialist party.
And we have a country run by an oligarchy and a majority of the people who
have any political interest at all, have been propagandized by the
mainstream media. We have immigrants, many of them citizens, who live in
their own cultural bubbles, untouched by anyone's organizing. I see little
light at the end of the tunnel.
Miriam
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I can present and defend my beliefs...to my satisfaction. But the
presentations and defenses presented by others, seldom brings about a change
in my thinking.
Carl Jarvis
On 3/24/21, Miriam Vieni <miriamvieni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
So, just look at what people are saying on our blindness email lists.I can present and defend my beliefs...rto my satisfaction. But the
The lists are, I suppose, a sample of the opinions of US citizens. The
reason we got stuck on the subject of children's books is that I made
a comment on Nolan's comment without specifically saying it was his
comment. He was saying that he resented, "slogging through", all those
titles of books in foreign languages, but apparently, it didn't bother
him to "slog through"
titles of books that were obviously aimed at elementary school age
children.
Nolan loves reading books about the second world war. Lots of people do.
They see the Nazis as the villains, but Lana was channeling Donald
Trump when she began talking about people from other countries running
for congress who don't respect America. And Gerald is Jewish and lives
in New York City. One would think that he'd know better than to
complain about foreign language books. I've corresponded with him
privately. He's a loyal Democrat. I'm sure that he is also a loyal
Israel supporter. Lana said to me that she and I disagree because we
are getting our news from different sources. There you are. Alternative
facts!
Miriam
presentations and defenses presented by others, seldom brings about a change
in my thinking.
