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BigBuckle's avatar

Sadly, all very true.

At 72 I have ceased lifelong campaigning & detached myself from the mainstream world as much as I can. I can't take the ugliness any longer. It is ugly in every aspect - the people, the architecture, the art, the literature, the music, the politics.

I no longer wish to give it my attention because our attention, I have come to understand, strengthens the ugliness. Our attention is invariably made up of anger, fear, outrage & anxiety. In themselves ugly emotions which the Uglies in turn feed off.

In my remaining years I want to focus on beauty wherever I can find it & while it still lasts.

I cling to the hope that all will come good in the end, but not through human efforts. That much is clear. The Uglies will be the architects of their own demise. Natural law will ultimately triumph.

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I'm just going to add here that in my mind a very positive and powerful response to these materialists and poor ego driven souls is to demonstrate as much as one is able the opposite - namely self-sufficiency community engagement mutual aid workshare healthy food civil disobedience non-compliance with immoral demands and generally telling them to fuck off.

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