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When the world changed
Most people didn’t
Programs executing rules of ‘cultural’ software written over time
Right or wrong, even when forced to change
We hold onto the past like our lives depend upon it
Simpler times when things were better?
Or were we just younger, less educated, and naive?
The present truly is the best and worst of times
So much potential to improve things for everyone
As well as the risk of pushing billions off of a ledge into the abyss of poverty, injustice, and death
Government, money, and politics is no different than sports and entertainment
It’s all made up to waste time, consume resources, and divide people
Even when progress marches toward injustice
It’s not bullets, viruses, and weather that cause disasters
It’s people consumed by greed, fear, and ignorance that do
The house that we bought with a 30 year mortgage sits on land stolen from a nation of people that were terrorized, raped, and killed less than a 100 years ago
We’ve all got to do better.
