Rude Awakening

March 2020 marked the singular progression of sordid persons from obscurity to notoriety. Spellbound performers conjured virtue from staying at home (saving their cherished lives). As a result, these immoderate throngs elevated regular crisis personnel to hero status.

Alas, the characters did not change, only perceptions. Villain is the antonym for hero. Here, we have embroidery, or amplification originating from mediocrities exalting themselves to the pinnacle of righteousness. Indeed, individuals masked shame with pride, submitted to medical injections while throwing jabs at challengers. The hoi polloi distorted the rude suppression into a polite revival, thus pardoning the uninformed conscience—as predicted.

War, disease, and criminality have increased since the advancement of the United Nations, World Health Organization syndicates, plus surveillance systems. Perhaps these entities exacerbate tensions—correlate to dreads—substantiating the biblical analysis of humanity exercising management in vain. Therefore, humanity is in question, not Scripture.

True to self, biased creatures fashion warped narratives in proportion to circumstances—dire times generate wonderful accounts of nonentities. Try as we might, circumstances bedevil perceived ‘masters of reality.’ Luminaries that posit evolutionary processes must answer why humans now stand on the brink of annihilation. Leastwise, such personalities may add luster by adhering to the conservative estimate of six thousand years as opposed to millions.

According to Usonians, the Pacific and Atlantic oceans provided immunity from open-air potencies. To date, dependence on imports, with weakened manufacturing capacity, exposes the exalted nation to confinement, or cordon sanitaire—Chinese exercises. How will Usonians treat this development?

Despite changing contexts, the physical frame remains fixed, and the frame of mind—fluid. Hence, concerning irrepressible straits, dodging reality appears a viable option for delicate spirits eager to portray themselves as something they are not, thus avoiding any appearance of frailty. Stellar forces influence more subtle varieties, occasioning retreat into denial. For instance, there is no shame submitting to or declining from particular interventions if done according to an informed conscience. Disgrace reserved for those encouraging denial—denying other’s choice in specific matters.

Certain consequences originate from above, so uncertainty prevails below. Proper motivations would yield promising corollaries. Still, humankind has loitered in oblivion. Not to fear, however, for the curse of 2020 also wrought a campaign for truth, a war against lies (medical infusions for the body, and philosophical insertions for the mind). Authority: implicit in self-appointed mentors that spend long winter evenings in palatial estates grieving over the poor ignoramuses without (take the smoldering work ‘Ode to the Dingleberry’ inscribed by these charitable elders).

Indubitable Christians do not chance “they made me do it” in times of difficulty (such talk reeks of callowness). So, looking up to established authorities for ready-made conclusions reminds of a child. Mature adults, by definition, draw conclusions based on an informed conscience exceeding the aegis of hidebound experts. The vogue prevailing within the masses, however, suggests adolescence is carrying over into adult life. Alas, people procure verdicts like retail items; formulated by someone else and served with an affecting smile. Facility regarding tangible artifacts and intangible works of art without distinguishing the two sustains puerility and yields unutterable folly.

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