Zephorah

Oh yeah. As a woman I cringe at the 1950s legally enforced housewifery/entrapment in favor of lesser men in the workplace. GI Bill, great in theory, created a generation of mean or “thin” moms and grandmas who couldn’t achieve the financial freedom to simply leave. Among other bullshit for other groups.

The idea though, it galvanized people to seek the better, here and elsewhere.

It’s not about unification, it’s an ethos of long history. They continue. I can’t imaging that long history doesn’t add a forceful momentum to the idea: our turn.

China is old. Really old. They’ve been around. 250 years is nothing.

We had a good run because we were based on freedom and so many other ideals. That document, the constitution, is a fascinating read, and kinda awesome such that it was inspirational, globally.

It only took about 200 yrs for that idealism to die. About 50 yrs for the fullness of the corruption to leech in and destroy it.

Meanwhile, China keeps moving on.

What a sack of idiots.

They undermine science with words. The entire funded push with the anti vaccine movement was to create doubt regarding a well established bit of science. A pivot point. Climate change. Suddenly scientists either don’t know what they’re talking about or, and this is my favorite, are paid off by “big wind” or “big solar” (a common argument among repubs going back 2 decades…I think Limbaugh started it.)

Republicans disparage teachers, working to undermine basic education for decades. Some states now teach Bible as scientific truth instead of science.

Then, they get into office this andmin and terrorize colleges, defunding those who won’t toady up regarding politics and fake science.

Then they harass and threaten scientists who are not born here at the border. Those scientists then flee, they do have other options across the globe, and never return. New scientist prospects take a fuck that approach to the notion of coming here. Given how politically biased the admin wants their idea of science, how much fake science they want, who would, even without the immigration thing?

Meanwhile, home grown scientists are in short supply due to education costs alongside the un affordability of everything else. Given the fuckery regarding student loans across the last decade, few are going to do that either. Even then, why would those scientists stay here?

Add in a dumb ass billionaire clicking “end” on a bunch of science based programs because he didn’t understand them. Enter screwworm, to name the most publicized fallout item.

And now the maga admin thinks it can have science in this environment? Even more delusional, they think they can have a golden age of science?

Clearly we’ve failed hard on education.

Online interaction isn’t the same either. I’ve done it. Playing an mmorpg with strangers and siblings. Even the sibling interactions aren’t the same as going their houses and such.

It gives you “hits”, sure, which lends itself to the addictive factor, but it’s not the real thing. Even the sibling interactions aren’t quite real.

Video chat is pretty good. The closest we have. But again.

There’s no egg in it so it can’t be custard. Pudding is gelatinized milk with flavors.

It’s more engaging and consuming now. That’s the point. Take it away and most people will seek each other out. Even the most introverted needs people, that’s our wiring. Helps when everyone around you is trying to do the same.

In the 80s, as kids, we did that too, even though there were 4 channels on tv, Atari, and books.

Going to a friends house and meeting new people regularly is valid entertainment.