Some time ago I wrote about how the Legacies of some of our World Leaders would look in the future, and it wasn’t flattering. Now, I find that their Legacies would be even less flattering as they fumble around with no regard for the future except from their passé war-mongering (the US has hundreds of bases, outposts and forts strewn all over the damn world!), hypocritical and colonist mindsets and that same old way of managing a World that is truly in a disastrous situation. However, it might be more hopeful and interesting to Imagine how it might be around fifty years from now? Let’s say, the Year 2075? Our present day Leaders in all of life’s arenas, as well as the talk show host schmucks, would have been, thankfully, gone by then, and people would be looking back at their time through history books, blogs, podcasts, magazines, movies, reruns and such and wondering what the fuck was wrong with their brains that they screwed it up so badly? By then, the Gen-Xers – should the Planet survive until then – would have become the Elders, some of them having been in the lead throughout their adulthood whether in the Political Sphere, or in Corporate Headquarters, or in any other Leadership Position. I want to Imagine that they would have moved Humanity quite a bit forward and towards a much better direction than the one we are in right now. As for the generations after the Xers they would by now be Leading The World, and it would be a much more Peaceful, Equitable and Just World. Imagine With Me how wonderful that would be! It won’t happen overnight, but it Will happen!
Should you need a supporting argument for what I am stating herein you only have to witness what is going on in our vaunted academic world. Our young students from all faiths, genders, ethnicities and social status are Protesting! May their Protests become a Pandemic! They are creating a ruckus across this nation, and it’s spreading! Their overt message is in support of the Palestinian People and against the War of Vengeance that is happening in Gaza and the West Bank. Rightfully so! However, their underlying message is that they are fed up and disgusted with the way Politicians are running Their World – because, it is Their World and not anymore my generation’s. They are worried about their Freedoms, their Rights, their Climate (simply read about the flooding rains in Kenya, Tanzania, Dubai and other Gulf Areas), the Quality of their Water, their Toxic Industrial Food, the Inequality, Injustice and their Precarious Futures! From Greta Thunberg to Columbia University and on to the thousands upon thousands clamoring for Politicians to come up with Real Solutions and not Bandaids! It is absolutely wonderful!
Moreover, every day we hear of more Employees signing up to join Unions and standing up to Corporate Executives wishing to stand them down. Not happening!
This aside from the Absolutely Pathetic and Inept Rishi Sunak, as one example amongst many, with his: Ship The Immigrants to Rwanda fantasy, our own Agenda-Driven Political Leaders and their nonsensical Immigration Debates and Inane Hearings that go nowhere, plus passing horrid laws that prohibit the Homeless People to pitch their tents and shelters in parks and other places. Where should they go? Kill themselves? There is not an ounce of Compassion, or Commonsense in their thinking!
My Very Smart daughter, who never listens to the sensationalist, corrupt corporate media chooses instead to listen to Smart podcasts. She told me about one that was a discussion of the book: Limitarianism by Ingrid Robeyns. Here is what some of Amazon’s write-up is on this valuable book:
“How much money is too much? Is it ethical, and democratic, for an individual to amass a limitless amount of wealth, and then spend it however they choose? Many of us feel that the answer to that is no—but what can we do about it?
Ingrid Robeyns has long written and argued for the principle she calls “limitarianism”- or the need to limit extreme wealth. This idea is gaining momentum in the mainstream – with calls to “tax the rich” and slogans like “every billionaire is a policy failure”- but what does it mean in practice?
Robeyns explains the key reasons to support the case against extreme wealth:
- It keeps the poor poor and inequalities growing
- It’s often dirty money
- It undermines democracy
- It’s one of the leading causes of climate change
- Nobody actually deserves to be a millionaire
- There are better things to do with excess money
- The rich will benefit, too
This will be the first authoritative trade book to unpack the concept of a cap on wealth, where to draw the line, how to collect the excess and what to do with the money. In the process, Robeyns will ignite an urgent debate about wealth, one that calls into question the very forces we live by (capitalism and neoliberalism) and invites us to a radical reimagining of our world.”
End of Amazon’s write-up.
And I say: Yes, and Yes! I say to Ingrid Robeyns and to all writers, whistleblowers, activists, podcasters and on and on who are addressing this very important issue, because, if it remains unaddressed the “Storming of the Bastille” will be coming! I promise you this!
As for Genocide Joe, Worthless Blinken and their Foreign Policy playing footsies with ruthless corporations that pad their campaign wallets; promising Human Rights to All which is a Delusion and, Aspirational at best; and their parroting of every false word uttered by the Israeli Government thus exposing the blatant Double Standards and the Hysteria that is gripping them as they see their Colonist Hegemony Crumbling, and the Entire Global South on to their Hypocrisy! They are an embarrassment to Moral Authority! That they are now portraying Ukraine and Israel as the Defenders of World Civilization, Freedom and Democracy is absolutely pathetic, deceitful and untrue! Fuck the International World Order, because it seems that we are at a boiling point and headed for a World Showdown! If so, it will be a tragic testimony to the World’s Unifying Institutions – supposedly! – Their Declared Principles, the Politicians managing their affairs and ugly – very, very ugly!
Meanwhile, our wiser grandchildren are looking on with disdain, disgust and frustration! But, their time is coming to dismantle this Fake World Order and to establish a more Authentic, Honest World! More Power to Them! Yes Indeed!
My Seventy Year Old Eyes 
Right on, Hala!
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