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Marx also wrote The Hobbit and The Great Gatsby.

 

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[Essence Lumin]

Marx also wrote The Hobbit and The Great Gatsby.

"Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read." - Marx

 

[Romana]

 

[Govi]

How can so many Americans be completely insane? Were the crazies all in hiding until recently, now flushed into the open by the internet? Have we done something to cause this, like poisoning ourselves with (for example) unexpectedly psychoactive chemicals used to make injection molding work better?

Or is this something like the self-destruction of the Roman Republic that culminated in Julius Caesar as dictator of Rome, the chaos of his assassination, and the ascendancy/coronation/'godhood' of Octavian? Something which our Founders thought about and were trying to avert, the chaos created by a demagogue?

 

[Beebo Brink]

How can so many Americans be completely insane? Were the crazies all in hiding until recently, now flushed into the open by the internet? Have we done something to cause this, like poisoning ourselves with (for example) unexpectedly psychoactive chemicals used to make injection molding work better?

Despite the high standard of living, American life is quite stressful. Unlike other industrialized nations -- that have a more fully developed sense of the need for socialized support systems -- this country is psychologically modeled on rugged individualism. In practical terms that means we're under constant stress facing fears of loss of income, loss of health care, loss of independence, loss of possessions, loss of status, loss of pride.

The stress, combined with a tsunami of media disinformation, really has unhinged large numbers of people (but especially older white men). The complexities of modern society is too difficult for them to emotionally process.

The desire for an authoritarian strongman that will impose "the right way" to live is one way to relieve anxiety. Individuals who are foundering and lost yearn for someone to restore order to their shattered psyche.

I'm thinking I need to read this book again.

 

[Romana]