A collection of angry messages featured this week, except for the above which I will come back to in a mo…
There is a lot of rage and resentment in U.K at moment, driven by a lot of fear and anxiety about our unknown future which is making people lose their shit. Both sides unwilling to see the other as anything other than wrong and the longer it goes on the greater the chasm and the hostility between them gets. Add in rising costs, wage stagnation, a rise in crime and the general overall feeling that those in charge haven’t got a fucking scooby what they are doing and are only, and have always been, just concerned with how it affects them. They very clearly don’t give a shit about anyone or anything else and as we all watch this nation go down the toilet, it is generating a lot of acrimony.
And so this atmosphere of continued animosity which is being stoked up left, right and centre (although if there was a centre that might actually help but there isn’t) is affecting people’s lives across the board and fuelling a lot of pent up aggression. You feel it on the streets as it pervades our day to day interactions as we all brace ourselves for a future that will contain even more conflict and chaos.
And then just yesterday, I stumbled upon this bit of graffiti calling for us to listen to each other and to try to understand the opposition viewpoint, not just to hate them and/or mock them as that is precisely what got us into this mess in the first place. And not only that, it is a quote from Spinoza, who is apparently a dutch philosopher from the 1600s (thanks wiki)
I mean, much as I am delighted to see anyone suggesting that communication and understanding are the way forward, I am genuinely curious as to what kind of person quotes 17th century thinkers in a street scrawl? I mean, its commendable, don’t get me wrong, it’s just not something you see everyday. One of the most prolific graffiti taggers in this area just sprays the word ‘boner’ everywhere so that’s basically the level you’re up against.
And so, I guess, all I gotta say is, I’m with Spinoza…and the fact that the only words of wisdom coming out of this country right now is from a European who’s been dead around 400 years kind of says it all because we Brits left logic behind in this whole shitstorm a long time ago…
feels like its happening all over the world..so sad. Time for everyone to get off the hate train and get on the love boat! x
It seems to be exactly the same kind of atmosphere in America!!