Believing Absurdities

"Those who can make you believe absurdities,"

"Can make you commit atrocities."

Voltaire is credited with this quote. And though his works are now often viewed as quaint and out of touch by many members of the modern day Intelligentsia club, without his words and the words of others from the Age of Enlightenment, we might not have our Constitution, never mind our Declaration of Independence.

Voltaire and his awesome collection of literary works is not my focus however. I am more interested in how his example is but more support for my mother's contention that:

 "There really is nothing new under the Sun"

She often invoked this adage when some event, usually horrible, found its way into the current events of the time. 

All the sins and evil of the eons of Human Existence have replayed countless times on every square foot of this planet. The technology may change. The location may change. But in the end, we dumb ass humans are continuing to practice the same kind of stupidity our knuckle dragging forebears thought of first.

The quote is a perfect example that is supported today by the current trend of absurdities that have this country in their grip. That the wave of absurdities continue to overwhelm common sense is the forebear for future evil in our lives. We are primed and ready to fall into a slump of astronomical proportions. The population of USA has foolishly chosen to believe our own myths without question and are now headed for real trouble. Instead of arguing over what is for dinner, we would rather argue over how our table is set. 

Any evil that comes Humanity's way will be well deserved. We will always own the resulting circumstances because we created the fruitful ground for the latest evil to sprout from.. The problem lies in the fact that our technology may have finally caught up to our evil aspirations and at some point, we might not bounce back.

Captain Stremba, my junior year english teacher in high school, wrote in my yearbook in 1969:

"Degeneration is around the corner ... Watch!"

He was right of course. Degeneration is one of the constants of Human existence.

Later ..........................................