One of my history professors in college claimed that he never taught history less than five hundred years old. He said it took that long for the bullshit to settle out. He also taught me to watch what's going on NOW and notice the context of things. Occam's Razor works as well as any other methodology when dealing with misinformation but you also have to understand that the purveyors of bad info know their market. In this respect, Goebbels was a rock star.
He also said that those who see the boogeyman in the shadows will ALWAYS see the boogeyman there. Somehow the use of a decent flashlight or lantern always manages to escape their consideration. But then again what else would they have to worry about if not the Deep State or the Illuminati or the Freemasons, FoxNews, MSNBC or the Feds or those mixed breed kids down the street? Heck, the space aliens are just glad the Hispanics are taking the heat for a change. You know they're all working together, right? They cover each other's vacation days.
But seriously, when will Congress at least cop to fomenting this endless bitch slapping contest and making possible the current resident of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue? I mean, a Slovenian supermodel! Aight, I get it. It was a package deal.
This is what I'm thinking, we're bored. The endless warring in other countries has lost its savor. At least with Vietnam we had nightly body counts. Learning nothing from history, we still bandy the notion that to thwart them here is to thwart them THERE. Like Dracula we avoid all mirrors and the light of day. Instead, we act out of fear. Fearing a twin towers scenario every other day in Murica if we don't. Oookeedoke.
We're living in a time where careful introspection is left to hot tubs and proctologists. Facts have become subjective and subordinate to personal truths. It's like saying the Holocaust didn't happen because it offends one's sense of self in the now and therefor remote from their experiential reality.
I'd slap a bearded man-bun wearing hipster for that shit if I thought I could do it without having it end up on Facebook. Hmmm, I'm not running for a high hat or a silk robe so I can probably get away with it. Suffice to say that just like the poor, the stupid will inherit the Earth. And most of them will be on social media doubling down on their ignorance. Can't wait.
It's imperative that each of us do our own homework. We have to triangulate in order to KNOW. We have to put some eyeballs on it. Believe no one and seek out primary sources. Take everything with a grain of salt. Heck, keep a shaker with you and make sure it's full.
Some smart guy, my professor.
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