Political Theatre category archive
“We’re All in the Same Boat” 0
And, at Psychology Today Blogs, Justine Mastin and Larissa Garski wonder whether said boat is the Titanic. A bit:
Similarly, the western world has considered itself to be an unsinkable ship. And we have ignored all the warnings issued to us about looming icebergs. We are unsinkable, we believe, and these warnings do not apply to us. There is no more time for debate about whether or not the ship is unsinkable. We are sinking. We are taking on the waters of climate change and plague, the waters of hate and totalitarianism, and the waters of frigid cold shock. We must confront our magical thinking and acknowledge that it was and is a cognitive distortion.
Tales of the Trumpled Letter Office 0
At the Inky, Ellie Rushing describes her talk with a mail carrier; they discussed his job at the Trumpled Postal Service (he remains anonymous for fear of reprisals from higher-ups). An excerpt:
He stops in the shade and breathes. “They don’t understand how just holding one piece of mail can affect someone’s life,” he says, speaking of DeJoy and Trump.
The Fire This Time 0
Werner Herzog’s Bear is increasingly less sanguine (or should it be “decreasingly less sanguine? Oh, well).
Rejecting Russian Impulses 0
At the Des Moines Register, a veteran who has voted Republican for the last two decades (which I suspect is entire voting career, based on the biographical bits in the article) explains why he cannot support Donald Trump. Here’s the gist; follow the link for his reasoning:
What Do You Meme by That? 0
Ella Taylor mourns the loss of nuance and deliberation. A snippet; follow the link for the rest:
I don’t agree with everything she says, but I think she makes some very good points in these times when thought seems to have been replaced by tweet nothings and thinkers by “influencers.”
