So, looks like another night of race riots across America. Nothing as dramatic as last night when a police station got burned down, but more fires in more cities. No one killed yet, but certainly it's coming. It has to -- there's a pandemic going on, and none of these folks are social distancing.
And one has to wonder -- does having forty million unemployed people, most of them in low-paying jobs to begin with, contribute to looting? Does it contribute to larger crowds and willingness to enter conflict with police, when they have no work to go to in the morning?
Does it help that Trump is repeating words spoken by segregationist George Wallace, dragging them back from their accursed graveyard in the sixties, to be distributed to his followers via Twitter? There's a crowd protesting outside the White House right now. It's what, 1 AM?
What makes this better? The economy is on the verge of collapse, trust in authority is eroding even faster than ever. Even the media is literally under attack, as CNN's headquarters was vandalized? What's going to slow this down? To me, everything points towards unrest getting worse.
It's like the Log Lady said from her cabin outside Twin Peaks, "I can smell the smoke, I can see the fire. The battle is drawing nigh." Or like Vladimir Putin is probably saying, "Pass the popcorn."
And one has to wonder -- does having forty million unemployed people, most of them in low-paying jobs to begin with, contribute to looting? Does it contribute to larger crowds and willingness to enter conflict with police, when they have no work to go to in the morning?
Does it help that Trump is repeating words spoken by segregationist George Wallace, dragging them back from their accursed graveyard in the sixties, to be distributed to his followers via Twitter? There's a crowd protesting outside the White House right now. It's what, 1 AM?
What makes this better? The economy is on the verge of collapse, trust in authority is eroding even faster than ever. Even the media is literally under attack, as CNN's headquarters was vandalized? What's going to slow this down? To me, everything points towards unrest getting worse.
It's like the Log Lady said from her cabin outside Twin Peaks, "I can smell the smoke, I can see the fire. The battle is drawing nigh." Or like Vladimir Putin is probably saying, "Pass the popcorn."
"Kitto daijoubu da yo." - Sakura Kinomoto