You go on-line every chance you get.
You are looking for news.
Bad news.
Disasters. The closer to home the better.
It’s just not the same with brown people.
A catastrophe in Europe. Or North America.
But the news is disappointing. A dozen deaths here. Rumors of recession there.
Can’t the media cover any real issues? You ask.
But like Pavlov’s dog, you are back on-line. Scanning for one piece of really bad news.
Will the market finally crash?
Will there be 70s stagflation?
Will Kayne West announce that he is an alien here to save the human species?
Will Paul Mccartney take his guitar to Moscow for a Give peace a chance bed-in?
Will TikTok show a mushroom cloud over New York, Brussels or London?
Will you finally realize that virtually all media is bullshit?
That you are lost.
That you are tired of being powerless.
That you want your life to have meaning.
That you still have hope.
Don’t waste your time looking for bad news. It will never be bad enough to satisfy your cravings.
Take heart. One day soon you will go on-line for the billionth time and… the news will be good!
It will make you think.
It will make you laugh.
It will make you happy.
It will make you hopeful.
Billionaires getting taxed out of existence.
Skyrocketing wages of the working class.
Putin and Biden pounding back chilled vodka shots.
News of a massive switch from fossil fuels to thermal, wind, solar and tidal.
Death of identity politics.
Treatment, housing, clean supply and outreach for everyone living on the streets.
And, news of falling prices!!