And the Bell Tolls for the Beginning of the End of Humanity . . . And That is Probably a Good Thing

It's rare when I read words from another blogger that make me jump out of my chair, pump my fist in the air and let out a guttural "yeaargh!"

John Cole really lays it on the line about how ill American culture is at this point in our young history.  Here's Cole pondering the scene outside the courthouse after serial child molester Jerry Sandusky was convicted today:

It’s just really harder and harder for me to find any redeeming qualities in the human race these days. There is fucking nothing here to celebrate. Period. And anyone standing on the stairs there cheering should really spend some time evaluating their own existence, and whether or not they have gone tragically wrong in their own emotional development. Sick, sick, people. Who spends their nights on the stairs of the courthouse cheering a verdict that confirms dozens of kids were abused and the accused will be brought to justice? Why aren’t you at home reading, playing with your dogs or cats, children, or watching tv? 

Such a sick, disgusting culture. The majority of our nation is mentally ill.

http://www.balloon-juice.com/2012/06/22/open-thread-sandusky-edition/

He's right.  This nation has a very serious mass psychosis revolving around the toxic combination of pop culture, celebrity worship and human tragedy.  It is, as Cole aptly observes, sick and disgusting.  And I would be remiss if I didn't mention the rise of the Tea Party and their army of knuckle-dragging louts.  That nexus of a psychopathic culture, 18th century politics and  medieval thinking should scare the shit out of anyone who has hope that what shredded remnants remain of this country's representative democracy will survive to see the end of this century in any form that is beneficial to mankind.

George Carlin talked about this sad human spectacle several years ago.  I have no doubt that if he were still around today to see how far the human species, with the immature American culture leading the way, has progressed toward Carlin's prediction of eventual self-immolation, he would be smiling - not because of happiness at the prospect of the human species self-destructing, but mostly because he told us all it was coming - and like everything else important that we are told, like climate change for example, we just ignored it.







----TFG