Capt-jack wrote:
I am beginning to believe we are living in a failing if not failed state/country.
1. WOKE has been the watchword of the last year.
"It derives from the African-American Vernacular English expression "stay woke", whose grammatical aspect refers to a continuing awareness of these issues.
First used in the 1940s, the term has resurfaced in recent years as a concept that symbolizes perceived awareness of social issues and movement. By the late 2010s, woke had been adopted as a more generic slang term broadly associated with left-wing politics, social justice activism, and progressive or socially liberal causes such as anti-r****m, L**T rights, feminism, and environmentalism (with the terms woke culture, woke politics and woke left also being used). It has also been the subject of memes, ironic usage, and criticism for its methods and consequences. Its widespread use since 2014 is a result of the Black L***s M****r movement.
Then look at this link & Video specifically the video several paragraphs down
https://areomagazine.com/2019/03/15/teaching-to-t***sgress-rage-and-entitlement-at-evergreen-college/
This happened several years ago but it is emblematic of what is going on now and has been slowly gaining strength in most of our colleges: Social justice and white guilt are being taught thru throughout our country today.
The entire history of America has been re-written in the 1619 Project. This was a series of stories/articles published in the New York Times from August 2019 onward. Many historians dispute the accuracy of the material presented in this.
It is a rewrite of the entire American History from Jamestown, thru the War of Independence, as being built on the S***ery of B****s. This is now being taught as fact in many public schools K-12 level.
The author has no background in history but is a Black journalist.
Classic literature has been banned from many of our schools. New re-written textbooks are appearing.
2. Failed e******n: It makes no difference in the outcome because there is no proof that T***p w*n the e******n. But there is enough evidence that some states and municipalities changed the rules against state constitutions. These were validated by politically appointed judges. There is adequate proof of identity at the polls with millions of b****ts more coming in then sent out! V****g machines with 67% error when it should be under .0001%.
3. Failure of public health. C***D **. There should have been adequate materials at federal and state levels. There should have been mechanisms for tracking and isolating those at risk. Hospitals now order supplies like auto factories just in time, so they don't have to stockpile protective gear and medicines. The supply lines failed. Our government failed to stop the spread of the v***s. The wrong businesses and institutions (schools) were shut down. The v***s was allowed to rapidly spread. Not one political party is to blame both are.
4. What got me started is a failure of the US Post Service to deliver a priority mail send on Dec 15 to Tupelo, and as of 19 Dec.(10 days ago) it has been lost! Yet Amazon gets me things from across the country in 2 days or less even in the Holiday Rush.
I can ask, what can we do??? But I will ask what will ask, WHAT WILL YOU DO?
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Thanks Capt-jack: I like especially the term "applied postmodernism". It puts a lot of current events into context. Also seeing this as akin to a religion. The hysteria does seem to parallel the destruction of every religious movement imposing its will on a population. The Salem witch trials in the 17th century comes to mind.