Striving After Emptiness

DeSantis is using Florida as a test case for modeling an anti-science, anti social consciousness and pro White Supremacist fascist state. I wish Floridians hadn’t just voted to support his anti-freedom agenda. It’s sad, and dangerous for the future of America. https://t.co/scpaUJycaW

— Paul Myers (@pulmyears) January 19, 2023

You know those comic book villains who are always trying to take over the world? That’s the stage we’re at with political analysis. Every “bad” politician is a threat to Life As We Know It.

And that doesn’t just apply to critiques of authoritarian politicians. It’s their raison d’etre, too. They’re the superheroes fighting the comic book villains, and authoritarianism is their superpower.

Besides, DeSantis’ Florida sounds like every Southern state in the Union of my childhood. Status quo, sadly. Culture is virtually immutable that way. The American South is gonna be the American South for a long damned time.

Dese are de conditions dat prevail. The more things change, the more they remain the same. There is nothing new under the sun.

Sometimes clichés are familiar for a reason.