<added to say that I apologize in advance for this likely coming across as a George Carlin type of 'bit, it wasn't my original intention>
I want to talk about "problems" or at least the concept of "problems".
I've got my own "problems" (and I do), you've got your "problems" (and you do), our neighborhoods/county's/ states/ federal government have "problems" (and they do).
There's all kinds of "problems" out there in the world- in no particular order, there's financial/emotional/governmental/mental/sexual/work/familial/etc type of "problems". We've made great big strides in identifying all the sorts of "problems" we all exist amongst over the years. I really doubt that anything in that particular comment is all that controversial or something worth squabbling about. I'd even 'double down' and say that over the past few decades we've become a nation that's hyper aware of our "problems".
But, and this is a 'Sir Mix-a-Lot' emphasis on butts level, I'd humbly suggest that we've become a nation that has chosen (or was engineered) to accept these "problems". We not only accept them as being "problems" but we have entire groups that use these as their personal identities. And we stand in a circle holding our proverbial dicks in our hands because we're only talking about "problems" and somewhere down the line seemed to gave up on talking about solutions and continue to make our "problems" an identity/ a protected "class" (and honestly there's more 'value' in aligning with that mentality than has ever been in existence before in our country). Everybody is "special" & everyone has "problems" but over the past 20 years we stopped asking "why" and instead categorized everyone into these social buckets and accepted that as our reality.
Stepping off of my soap box- I just want to leave you with this... I'd argue we need to collectively reevaluate our perceptions (and be open to our reality being a social construct designed by 'somebody' else). Why is it contrary to point out problems while using them as an identity? Why are independent thoughts questioning this societal construct silenced and why does the conversation never switch to how the perceived "problems" could ultimately be addressed?
It's fucking wild right? We're all experiencing problems, likely the same type of problems, being 'adminstered' by elected official with far greater "problems" than we have in our inner circles (and I'd also argue that exists by design because it makes "us" feel "better" because while our personal life may be a daily battle , at least our perceived household is still "better off" than our elected officials/ local/state/federal government.
And we beat our chest saying that everything is fucked, meanwhile everything in our lives (family & career) is fucked but "we" seem to feel better because by everything else being fucked it gives us some sort of weird Stockholm Syndrome.
-LD
I want to talk about "problems" or at least the concept of "problems".
I've got my own "problems" (and I do), you've got your "problems" (and you do), our neighborhoods/county's/ states/ federal government have "problems" (and they do).
There's all kinds of "problems" out there in the world- in no particular order, there's financial/emotional/governmental/mental/sexual/work/familial/etc type of "problems". We've made great big strides in identifying all the sorts of "problems" we all exist amongst over the years. I really doubt that anything in that particular comment is all that controversial or something worth squabbling about. I'd even 'double down' and say that over the past few decades we've become a nation that's hyper aware of our "problems".
But, and this is a 'Sir Mix-a-Lot' emphasis on butts level, I'd humbly suggest that we've become a nation that has chosen (or was engineered) to accept these "problems". We not only accept them as being "problems" but we have entire groups that use these as their personal identities. And we stand in a circle holding our proverbial dicks in our hands because we're only talking about "problems" and somewhere down the line seemed to gave up on talking about solutions and continue to make our "problems" an identity/ a protected "class" (and honestly there's more 'value' in aligning with that mentality than has ever been in existence before in our country). Everybody is "special" & everyone has "problems" but over the past 20 years we stopped asking "why" and instead categorized everyone into these social buckets and accepted that as our reality.
Stepping off of my soap box- I just want to leave you with this... I'd argue we need to collectively reevaluate our perceptions (and be open to our reality being a social construct designed by 'somebody' else). Why is it contrary to point out problems while using them as an identity? Why are independent thoughts questioning this societal construct silenced and why does the conversation never switch to how the perceived "problems" could ultimately be addressed?
It's fucking wild right? We're all experiencing problems, likely the same type of problems, being 'adminstered' by elected official with far greater "problems" than we have in our inner circles (and I'd also argue that exists by design because it makes "us" feel "better" because while our personal life may be a daily battle , at least our perceived household is still "better off" than our elected officials/ local/state/federal government.
And we beat our chest saying that everything is fucked, meanwhile everything in our lives (family & career) is fucked but "we" seem to feel better because by everything else being fucked it gives us some sort of weird Stockholm Syndrome.
-LD
