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Equanimity … Ha Ha Ha

Equanimity … Ha Ha Ha

irritated and depressed
equanimity shattered
constantly under fire
with humanity’s
in-humanity
constantly in my
face

whether from the news
or friends ‘helpful’
un-asked-for
cynical
updates and
reviews

destroy my desire
to just open my senses
be here and now
in the desert’s
morning sun
rolling along
beside the dry
Santa Cruz

to hell with
‘humanity’ and
so-called ‘civilization’
we’re obviously getting
what we deserve
commensing our
inevitable
end 

–LE – 9/11/25

PS: The only real question remaining is: which mechanism or combinations of them (our stupidity) will be the final key (climate change, nuclear war, or our self-created ‘6th major extinction event’)?

Liam Eddy

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17 responses to “Equanimity … Ha Ha Ha”

  1. I told my son earlier today that I’m glad I’m old because I probably won’t be around to see our country hit rock bottom. Now, I’m not so sure that’s how it’ll go. It’s sinking fast.

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      • That’s a deceivingly simple question. The answer will be nuanced. This is probably an area where we will disagree. I will type out my explanation, but I’ll need to ponder how to convincingly express that explanation. If you don’t mind, I’ll get back to you on it…; -)

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      • That will be fine. I’m always interested in hearing your take on things, and whether or not I agree with you is no big deal to me. If it’s something you’d rather not post, I have a contact form on my website, and you can send your answer through it.

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      • I will answer your question soon, but I don’t think there are any quick or easy fixes. It’s taken decades to put us where we are now, and it really wasn’t that much better even prior to our current decline. The truth is that the American empire is in decline, and our leaders, secular and religious, are in denial. And even though the supper rich realize the truth of the decline, they are shifting the burden and cost of it on to us, what’s left of the middle class and the working poor, while they hoard wealth and power. But in the end it will do them no good. All empires that have ever existed were born, matured, and died…; -)

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      • Sorry to be overly pessimistic, but my first response was cockroaches and rats. As for as the Chinese? Probably/maybe, or a combination from the richest and most populated alliance on the planet right now, the BRICS, which countries include more than 50% of the worlds population, where the G7 only acounts for about 20%. But, whoever it is, if things don’t change substantially for the better (for the majority), I’m afraid we as a species have reached our evolutionary dead end…; -\

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      • Salvaging Our Society

        Preliminary:

        We, as a community or humanity, need to decide what, if anything, is worth hanging on to… not just me or someone else given authority to decide… that would be authoritarian, dictatorship…

        Our economic system ensures inequality, a hierarchy of status through wealth, which buys power.

        Even some in the billionaire class realize that on the present course, the model isn’t sustainable. With robotics and AI taking over more and more of production and even services, there won’t be enough of the lower and middle classes to keep consumerism going. So even some of them are in favor of a program for a basic minimal income (BMI) for the population. If people can’t buy stuff (they don’t need, with money they don’t have), the capitalist model will collapse. And even the richest among us will, in the end, go extinct.

        Solutions:

        I’ve seen a couple of passably acceptable models that may move civilization into a sustainable future. No, I don’t think I’ll be around to see any of it completed, but it seems worth the effort to at least begin.

        One of the proposed solutions is from Jacque Fresco and his Venus project (https://www.thevenusproject.com/). Another is from Peter Joseph and his Zeitgeist movies and podcast (https://youtube.com/@revolutionnowpodcast?si=GgJRAkHJ0gVV689I). I don’t necessarily agree with everything they’ve presented, but find the ideas and strategies interesting and plausible. I appreciate the labor of a lifetime that each has put into the ‘revolution’ or ‘evolution’ of sustainable human society.

        “We all live in the protection of certain cowardices which we call our principles.” — Mark Twain

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      • I’ve bookmarked the article, and subscribed to the YouTube channel to peruse at my convenience.
        I, myself, have wondered what jobs will be left for ordinary people in the future. My son is an engineer, designs robotics for manufacturing plants, then oversees their creation and installation. At least he’ll be okay, but I worry about my two grandsons and others of their generation.

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      • During my technical writing career, I typically worked with engineers who designed and installed robotics and digital tech in manufacturing plants, often traveling with them for the installations and working on the installation and maintenance manuals during the process.

        I’m beginning to doubt that there will be any jobs left for ordinary people once AI matures and evolves, even engineers, unfortunately… I do hate to end on a downer…; -)

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      • My son is 55, not that long to go until retirement. And his wife is a nurse practitioner. They also own 12 or 13 rental houses, and have a pecan farm. I think he’ll be okay.

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