[FRIAM] The World Turned Upside Down (and what to do about it)

[Gillian Densmore]

*Illegitimi non carborundum*

On Thu, Sep 14, 2017 at 11:05 AM, gⅼеɳ ☣ <gepropella at gmail.com> wrote:

> Roberts says: "The country is on the wrong track. (Everyone believes this
> one)."
>
> This sentence and the parenthetical convinced me of what RussA's already
> said, that Roberts is too trapped by his fear-based conservatism to see the
> asymmetry.  What Roberts is saying is utter garbage.  Everyone?  Sheesh.  I
> see the likes of Musk or the Y-Combinator crowd yapping all day about all
> the good things we're doing (here and in plenty of other countries).
> People as different as Hillary Clinton and Michael Shermer talk quite
> positively about our direction.  I could go on.  But the fundamental point
> is:
>
> Conservatives are afraid.  _They_ think the country is on the wrong
> track.  Other than Trump and the last dying gasps of the traits that got
> him elected, the rest of us believe the country was (and kinda still is) on
> a very good track!  To think otherwise is to be guilty of exactly what
> Roberts says is happening ... living in your own little bubble.
>
> However, on the liberal side, we do have plenty of Chicken Little's.  Stop
> freaking out and keep up the good work.  Trump and his moron supporters are
> just one more problem we're working on.  Tomorrow will be more like
> Starfleet as long as we keep working at it.
>
>
> On 09/13/2017 08:04 PM, Owen Densmore wrote:
> > Medium, my current outlet of choice, has an interesting "story" (Medium
> deals in Stories, not Tech nor Politics nor ...). It echos a lot of what
> we've been dealing with.
> > ​    ​
> > https://medium.com/@russroberts/the-world-turned-
> upside-down-and-what-to-do-about-it-2dc27d1cf5f5 <https://medium.com/@
> russroberts/the-world-turned-upside-down-and-what-to-do-
> about-it-2dc27d1cf5f5>
> >
> > ​Somewhat dark, but awfully close to home.
>
>
> --
> ☣ gⅼеɳ
>
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