Granted, I’m complaining from a place of relative privilege as I’m a white guy, and in a rural part of the country that doesn’t have to worry too much about riots and such. That said, I see all of these rich, powerful, and above all Selfish people running roughshod over everyone else, and I just feel drained. I’m registered to vote and intend to do my part come November, but it just feels like I’m under a volcano that’s overdue for an eruption. I worry that there’s gonna be a civil war and it’s gonna end in nuclear holocaust because those in power would rather die than give up their “lead,” I worry that we’re gonna remain in quarantine forever, I worry about the protestors that are fighting for change and that they’re going to be disappeared by our increasingly fascistic and totalitarian government, and this is just some of the domestic stuff I worry about. That’s not even getting into the climate crisis, the Chinese treatment of the Uighur people, the Brazilian president and his increasingly erratic behavior, and the rise of religious fundamentalism in the more vulnerable parts of the world.
I don’t expect this little tirade to do anything. This is one of the biggest echo chambers on the internet and it may just be adding to the noise, but goddammit I needed to get this out and actually verbalize it so as to maybe get some peace.