Degringolade

Yuan Dynasty (1271–1368) / Qian Xuan/ 桃枝松鼠图

Been pondering the last two years.  I can’t say that much of what has happened makes a lick of sense to you humble correspondent.  I hear little things around in conversation and get snippets of thoughts while folks aren’t paying attention to what they say/write.  

I am of the opinion that we are in a class war, pure and simple.  No shots fired yet, nothing declared, but there is enough going on in the country to warrant some care in navigating the near future and trying to figure out what the actual fuck is going on and then come up with a plan to stay out of the crossfire.

I think that when you put on the ideological lenses of class warfare and an economy that doesn’t make any sense whatsoever, you can start to make out some outlines.  Granted they are fuzzy and incomplete, but you can at least start making sense of the whole deal.

I am going to ask you to head over to JMG’s place and spend some time reading his latest essay.   I think that it is a good place to start.   But I do recommend that you read the linked pieces and ponder them for a bit before you take me to task for my obvious lack of understanding.

I started this piece on Sunday morning and I will publish it first thing in the AM on Monday.  I am trying to get ahead on my writing so that I have time to polish a little bit more.