Just to be clear, this entry does not equal advocacy. It’s just a statement of fact. Things fall apart, and moral and ethical arguments can be made in any direction, but when order falls apart even a little, people make adaptations. Yesterday’s ideals and morals are going to come into question.

Just a few months ago there were people in our government crowing about record high economic growth and record low unemployment. Who gets to take credit for that may be open to argument, but that doesn’t really matter because it fell apart pretty damn quickly. It’s gone. People are going to make decisions based on what they need to do to get by, because this is the way the world is now. Sound familiar?

This isn’t even a zombie apocalypse. You don’t have to see anything in the context of that scenario but it’s not hard to see. There isn’t an absolute morality. It’s all about privilege and circumstances. Things aren’t even quite that desperate yet but it’s been less than two months since the first COVID-19 cases were announced in New York City. There are announcements being made about a return to normalcy but it’s kind of like treating an axe wound with aspirin already. Decisions are being made and a lot of them aren’t noble and selfless.

It’s also a good reminder, if you recall all the political rhetoric that drives our elections, that our choices are made on a sliding scale between ethics and fear. The balance across the electorate is fear-based. All the promises play to our insecurities and fears more than they do hope.

I’m going to leave it at that. It’s not my intention to depress anyone that might read this. This isn’t all a subjective truth that I’ve been getting at. It’s not interpretation. And no, I don’t spend all my life thinking about bleak things. I will get more into the balance of reality and truth with hope and joy later. Just laying the foundation, as it were, for an understanding of why and where and what I find joy and hope in.

Cheers.