“That’s how it goes . . . “

Leodard Cohen

with a great base voice

now in the Tower of Song

seems to be expressing resignation and acceptance here 

believing he cannot change the world 

like another melancholic poet 

Thomas Gray 

who put it this way

in the 18th century :-

To each his suff'rings: all are men,

Condemn'd alike to groan,
The tender for another's pain;
Th' unfeeling for his own.
Yet ah! why should they know their fate?
Since sorrow never comes too late,
And happiness too swiftly flies.
Thought would destroy their paradise.
No more; where ignorance is bliss,
'Tis folly to be wise.

Great video. It is interesting to see she is pregnant. She has not put her career ahead of her biological imperative. I think that is inspiring.

Wow! The arrogance

I can't help myself. I know I could be more productive if I stopped focusing on this.

The issue I have is the people around me believe the narrative and I feel like it's important to find a solution to wake them up.

E.g. They follow the narrative of Trump is a sore loser.

So I want to say to them - when riots break out about the election, what will you say about the rioters? To which I hope the response is "they're pathetic and sore losers and need to grow up". So then when the riots do erupt and it's Antifa, not Trump supporters, I can then see if they are hypocrites or if they still stand by their belief.

I just don't know any other way to open their eyes.

I share Ron Paul videos and before Ron Paul has even said a word, they laugh at him because he's old and they're not willing to listen to him because the show is called "The Liberty Report". These pieces of shit, moronic zombies CANNOT be be swayed even a tiny bit.

You tell people social media is censoring the stories they should see and they don't care, they assume those stories MUST be fake or just conspiracy.

How do you gently plant a seed with anybody who is so brainwashed they don't have the attention capacity to open their mind to any possibilities, not even for 3 minutes?

Once I have a solution, I will be able to relax.

Re: the importance of the U.S. election.

Anything which happens in the U.S. affects the rest of the world, so it’s difficult not to keep our eyes and ears open. I did say earlier today though that I’m over it and need to focus on other things now because whatever is going to happen is going to happen and I won’t be changing any of it.

If the Australian Govt was not a registered U.S. corporation and if our constitution allowed the same rights as the U.S. then I would give zero fucks about the election. But it’s the desire to have a shining example still remain in the world which keeps me drawn in.

The unfortunate thing is, politically speaking, we have for the last who knows how many years has multiple minor parties, all interested in standing up for the rights of the people. They have all failed miserably partly due to lack of reach, partly due to propaganda against their message, partly due to the citizens not understanding the voting system due to the idea that it’s a “two party” system.

Another reason I see continued failure though is these various parties, with similar goals, would have more success if they were to co-operate, share resources, have their own Zoom debates, raising topics which none of the major parties wish to discuss and therefore which the public don’t hear about. I suspect they fear doing this though for concern that their target market may end up switching to the other similar third party.