In a recent post, Does Life Have Meaning? I wrote about the plethora of recent social media posts on the supposed meaninglessness of our lives.
In addition to the other points I made in the original post, this subject appears to be a “first world problem.” Think for a moment of those living in areas that are war-torn, impoverished, disease-ridden, or ruled by cruel tyrants. How may have the bandwidth to concern themselves with the meaning of life and to bemoan its monotony?
Yes, as Socrates said, “The unexamined life is not worth living,” but it’s possible that the over-examined life–as well as the unappreciated life–may be just as bad.
Isn’t it astonishing we have people eligible to vote do not even register?
There was a time in U.S. history when the two parties were fairly close to one another politically, and so perhaps in those days, voter apathy could have been excused.
But now we have one entire party idolizing a criminal sociopath, while spreading torrents of disinformation.
At left is a photo of Steve Allen, an American personality whose television career spanned several decades in 20th Century. Young people who missed him may want to check him out on YouTube via the link above.
His blend of wit and intelligence is a reminder of who and what this country was–up until quite recently.
Try to imagine how Donald Trump would have been regarded in era of this type of quality education and sophistication. Think of how the American people would respond to the idea that liberals are leading our country into communism.
Sometimes my eyes well up with tears when I think about our nation’s devolution into hatred and ignorance.
At left is one of the dozens of reasons that we need to get rid of Trump immediately.
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