Reply #110: well, kabuki theater was always a topical entertainment for the masses... [View All]

[NuttyFluffers]

don't be sad. there's lots of people on DU and elsewhere who get it. it's just there's plenty of people all around, including DU, who have vested interests in propping up the scenery. all vessels of power need their hierarchy of lackeys. but all vessels of power eventually corrode and fade into obsolescence, too.

what you are witnessing is the slow dive of a young (deeply violent and hypocritical, but ironically promising) nation's meteoric rise is all. it's been happening well over both our lives, too. we are reaching the crescendo now; things will become interesting in short. when the scenery is on fire it's hard to maintain a theatrical sense of atmosphere, y'know.

if it helps some we are currently going through the reversed knight of cups: the decadence, false hopes, and two-timing lover. we've already passed out of the lone woman of courage, but their effects will stay with us for a while yet. after 'da playa' (hate the game not the player) we'll careen into the Tower, and thus the machines of power holding this nightmare up will collapse. it's really not that bad of a situation right now; well, unless you're trying to save america, that is.

the world as you know it is going to collapse, so the best you can do is enjoy the slow dive. take a bump of coke off the tummy of a beautiful but untrustworthy lover, slap on your pirated music, and watch that DVD you stole from the library. enjoy the betrayal and coming collapse for what it is, a fascinating facet of eternity.

O8) :hi: