The entropy of our time can be understood as the consequence of the erosion of freedom and unending assaults on dignity that have so thoroughly demoralized so much of our society. Not even socialists dream of utopia anymore. It is a resignation to entropy that has bled into the body politic. No one in the political establishment seems to have any vision of a better world. They have long-term goals, but those goals don’t include a better future for anyone except the small group of people who control and benefit from the system. They focus more on messaging than on actual solutions. Those who lead our institutions habitually respond to these events in ways that undermine the stability of our world. Extraordinary events keep happening: the Covid-19 Pandemic, the explosion of racial unrest, the fortification of the 2020 Presidential election, and the Russia-Ukraine war.
Our current political moment is not easily defined. If you are copying these guys, you aren’t learning from them. The next Donald Trump will not face a liberal establishment that is overconfident and complacent. The next Barack Obama will not launch his national career with a keynote convention speech. Every moment in politics happens only once.
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