ICY HEART...ICY LANDSCAPE
The chillness on 20Jan2025
Längmatte bei Monduntergang, by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1880–1938), courtesy of Wikimedia Commons. [1]
The motivation, meaning, and inherent energy of any action comes from its ultimate source, which is the person’s foundational and core vantage point. What is their real and honest motivation?
— RICHARD ROHR [2]
The temperatures have plummeted, resonant with the chillness of heart of unfettered capitalists and the new regime.
The capitalists that support POTUS ignore his documented moral and criminal character. The referenced article [3] lays out their calculations. Do they naively believe that they can overlook his character flaws and control him? How well did that plan work out during his previous term?
The new regime will diminish the regulations protecting us all, as we witness the pardoning of 1600 6Jan2021 invaders of our Congress. The new regime will abandon safeguards for workers; the air we breathe; the water we drink; the creatures that share the planet with us; and the environment on which we all depend that is already being destroyed via global warming by the fossil fuel industry.
There is hate for minorities and refugees. There is an absence of the idea of service to others, especially those in need. The regime’s plan to cut taxes for the rich will undercut the quality of life for millions of Americans, including its supporters.
POTUS’ supporters have given power over nuclear weapons, the world’s most powerful military, and the country’s top law enforcement and security agencies to a person with weak to missing integrity and moral character. POTUS will be aided by subservient implementers of his will.
We must not accept the left/right divide that the regime promotes. The real divide is whether to be humane or inhumane. We are all citizens of this planet and are responsible, as its most intellectually developed creatures, to promote and defend the planet’s welfare, including its fauna and flora.
The survival of our families, communities, and nation hinges on our ability to oppose corruption and the rise of fascism. We must brace ourselves for the next few years and stand up for justice as we are able.
Amen.