White Folks State

 So, off we go into the Netherworld of 2022. So far, it all looks . . . well, a tad grim. So far, I keep seeing stories in the news about people we know, or at least know the name, and they have died. And I began thinking. Huh, so one of the side effects of growing old successfully is that more and more people die around you.  Or maybe you just notice those folks who are croaking.  Now, to be fair, for every Sidney Poitier, there is a Judi Dench.  Yeah, that lass is still with us and still working, despite her (successful) advanced age.

So, there’s that.

But then, still speaking of aging, there is that place called America, well technically the United States of America.  And it is now technically coming on 246 years old.  Now that would be really old for a fart like me. But just maybe middle aged for a country.  See the problem with countries is that, instead of dying like good, decent humans, countries tend to just fail, but not technically die.  And sometimes, it’s hard to tell if they have failed, or they have some terminally awful condition . . . you know, like Russia, or Brazil.  See countries fail by some definitions, when they no longer care about their human population at large. Instead, they care only about a few folks who sit at the top of their population heap.  Or I guess if you look at Nazi Germany, that country cared about most of their human population, except some—their Jews for example.  In Russia, there is no select population, only a select cadre of Russians who decided that only they should be able to make decisions about the present and future operation of the country, you know, sort of like in absolute monarchies.  And if the ordinary folks no longer have any ability to intervene, then you have a failed state, if not a dead one.

So, where is the United States of America, at the ripe old age of 246?? Well, we haven’t yet made up our collective minds, but a consensus is forming that we really would prefer living in an autocratic state under an idiot chieftain, if not absolute monarch. I imagine that, at least technically, The Donald would prefer being an absolute monarch to being a functioning president.  Whereas Joe still thinks being a President is nifty, despite all its problems.

And there you have it. We still haven’t made up our minds. But there is a very large population group, humans all, who think we should be an absolute monarchy. Course, they haven’t really thought that one through. See, what they really want is the get rid of those troublesome folks, called Democrats, you know, those people who seem to think that folks of color, or who speak a different language should be able to help determine the future of the country. See they really want only people like them—white, varying education levels, lots of pent-up hate, to be in charge.  And they don’t really care how that happens. If those other folks have to croak, then so be it.

Now, if that wannabee white group comprised, say, 10% of the population, then we wouldn’t even be discussing a “Failed-Dead State”. No, that would be Situation Normal.  The way Evolution works is that evil populations emerge all the time. That’s how evolution works. You take the good with the bad. But in, say, 1930s Germany, the bad population overtook the good, they elevated a dude named Adolph Hitler to power because they agreed with his declaration that Jews were the source of all Germany’s problems, and that the only path forward was to rid the state of all its Jews.  See, that’s one definition of evil.  Now that changed over time (and a war) and evolution produced a more reasonable collection of humans in Germany and they eventually got rid of their haters. And we here in the United States of America helped them to change their minds.

But this White thing has never gone away anywhere in the world. Wherever large populations of White folks live, those folks seem to have adopted a personality trait to the effect that White folks are just naturally better than folks of color.  And so, they should always be in charge. And whenever that situation is threatened, the White folks just sit up and start banging heads.  See January 6^th, 2021 in Washington, DC as the latest example.

But we got past that little dust-up and sort of returned to normal, except not really. Mainly, the White Dude who wants to be King here, has never gotten over being rejected as Absolute Monarch, and he blames that loss to folks of color and White folks who cater to folks of color.  And that Dude, sometimes known as The Donald of Trump, has decided that his people should act to throw out the current folks in charge, by any means necessary.  And, his serfs, aka the Republican Party, have taken him seriously and spend now all of their time on devising ways to rid the Nation of the current folks in charge, again, by any means necessary.

And so, whereas we used to have our rulers arguing with each other about how best to secure the safety of the nation from foreign powers, or how best to secure a vibrant economy, now our rulers divide themselves into two isolated camps who rarely speak with one another. And the camp formerly known as republicans, stays busy figuring out how to arm its population, so as to secure its future power base.

And so the game begins in this year of 2022. Will this year be known as the year America failed, or the year a Coup d’état was prevented? That question is being debated by many, and no answer has yet emerged. Many thinking folks lean towards the failed state ending, although not yet conclusively.

And so we continue. The pandemic continues unhindered by current republican politicians, who seem not to mind having their populations sicken and die.  And Climate change continues unhindered by republican moneyed folks. And finally our political system continues sickening and headed towards dying by republicans who prefer a failed state to a multicolored one.

So, Stay Tuned folks. This Station will try to continue thinking about the relative state of health of both the author, and his Nation State.  Ta Ta for now.