National Journal reports: Things are bad out in Real America

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15. Please think about what you've posted...

I've posted on another thread that End-of-the-World rhetoric is off-putting. I think the same can be said of anti-Democratic Party rhetoric. We've all been raised with organized sports, and we've learned how to root for 'our team,' even when our team is responsible for gross, inappropriate behavior. And, sadly, our pathetic, hedonistic, narcissistic species prefers not to hear that our hubris has measurable consequences.

When we spend most of our time arguing about which party is better--when clearly both have been co-opted by the Corporate Megalomaniacs who've usurped our media, our politics AND our global economy--we remain distracted from the critical work we need to do to recover our democracy.

We are now living in exponential times. Each and every one of our species' missteps is amplified to levels we have yet to comprehend. We've not even had sufficient time to adjust mentally and emotionally to exponential change. Accepting that many members of the Democratic Party have betrayed our party is difficult. In fact, I think most of us are still in the 'acceptance' stage (see Kubler-Ross) regarding our species' apparent rush to self-immolation.

I STILL adamantly refuse to believe that we cannot step off this path of sure extinction. I keep reminding myself that it's hard to see the forest for the trees. I keep reminding myself of the words of one of our most erudite members, Mahatma Gandhi:

When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love has always won. There have been tyrants and murderers and for a time they seem invincible but in the end, they always fall -- think of it, ALWAYS.