Is there any wonder America is witnessing the most absurd period in our history?
So much of what assaults our senses every day is contradictory and illogical, Orwellian gibberish.
Cognitive dissonance, the condition of holding conflicting ideas in our minds and trying to reconcile them, is a real thing – it can trigger psychotic behavior in even mentally healthy people. The human brain is basically a complex difference engine, logically comparing scenarios and selecting the one that makes the most sense to that particular person. Where issues arise is when none of the anticipated action yield outcomes that the individual needs, wants or desires – sort of what is meant when someone says, “Damned if you do, damned if you don’t” – and most decisions are time-limited, there is a deadline – add that in and the pressure on the individual mind increases dramatically.
Most people can cope with such endpoints without being crippled by them because their default setting is reality. They roll with it and develop a new set of scenarios based on the reality that exists but there are some who get stuck and try to force their reality on to others. That is where the Democrats find themselves.
It seems to stretch credulity to think all but the most rabid partisans are going to be able hang on to the ideas that everyone who is not them supports the racism and bigotry of “white nationalism”, that on January 6th, 2021, America changed from a the Utopia created by Obama and Biden to Mussolini’s fascist Italy.
The only reason we are still talking about this now is that the media keeps it alive, broadcasting it 24/7 like 250 channels of nothing but Sham-Wow, Oxy-Clean and Flex-Seal infomercials.
It would seem the Democrats have created a situation for themselves where Americans ignore reality and accept the Democrat insanity as the new normal. Just take a gander at what our kids are learning - while our kids may not be proficient in reading, math or science, at least they are being taught the important stuff like:
God is dead.
Truth is relative and relativism is truth.
Facts are subjective.
Opinions are equal to facts.
Everything is racist.
Crime is a creation of Western civilization to oppress the poor and minorities.
Looting and theft are acceptable forms of reparations and wealth redistribution.
White people are inherently racist, evil and the root of all problems.
Biological sex is a lie.
Children too immature to decide what they want for dinner can decide to undergo life altering procedures without parental knowledge or consent.
Inflation is good.
Science is a person.
Democracy is whatever Democrats want.
The Constitution is outdated.
Public heath concerns suspend the Bill of Rights.
Viruses can't infect people at leftist protests.
Masks, social distancing and vaccines work even when they don’t.
Children belong to school boards.
Government exists to take care of everything.
Capitalism has failed.
Communism will work this time.
War is Peace.
Freedom is slavery.
Ignorance is strength.
Joe Biden is a successful president.
As Reagan said, it's not that the left is stupid, it is just everything they know is wrong.
People have seemingly stopped trying to define and understand the natural world (i.e. God) and deal with it on its own everlasting terms.
They wish to ignore reality by redefining it to fit their desires to eviscerate any semblance of rules or order. Each sex seeking to “identify” as the other, people of one race “identifying” as one they are not, lies passed off as truth, opinions as fact – these are all examples of undisciplined minds succumbing to absurdity and giving up the search for reality, reason and truth. Cutting through the absurdity of our times is a frustratingly tedious endeavor – but as Camus stated, there is purpose and happiness to be found in the endless work against it.
We are witness to an absurdist rebellion against nature, an uprising of the simple minded where ridiculous platitudinous theory spouted by pseudo-intellectual automatons substitutes for true scholarship and wisdom. It is a revolt of intellectually immature children, speaking nonsense and receiving accolades from the ignorant madding crowd, people who are slaves to emotion and feeling rather than masters of logic and reason.
French philosopher Albert Camus noted, “Without culture, and the relative freedom it implies, society, even when perfect, is but a jungle.”
Welcome to the jungle.
Reagan's quote - “It isn't so much that liberals are ignorant. It's just that they know so many things that aren't so.”
But yeah.