The abrupt departure last night was a combination of both exhaustion, and perhaps a bit too much alcohol.
But what I was getting to is that I do, generally agree with the oft-told sentiment:
“In spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart. I simply can’t build up my hopes on a foundation consisting of confusion, misery, and death. I see the world gradually being turned into a wilderness, I hear the ever approaching thunder, which will destroy us too, I can feel the sufferings of millions and yet, if I look up into the heavens, I think that it will all come right, that this cruelty too will end, and that peace and tranquility will return again.” — Anne Frank
What happened to Anne Frank was due to a few sick, sick people using the power of the state to inflict their evil on others.
Politicians are people, and generally good at heart. Stop using the thugs to accomplish things.
As I was thinking about this sort of thing this morning, I was trying to reduce everything down to a B-tree.
Whatever that was is finished; we’re done.
Now on to the analysis.
[Did it || did it not] accomplish what I wanted
If yes, repeat it. If no, don’t do it again.
With that, though, I’m thinking about all of the things people have done with the government to fight COVID-19.
Do an After-Action Review on everything that’s been done. What were your measurable targets? Did it accomplish what you thought it would?
But, for politicians, there’s very little of this sort of review. Ever. Just keep perpetuating the perfect thing you assembled. Whether or not it accomplished what you wanted it it is ultimately unimportant; you will obey.
No. No I won’t.
We’re finished. Do the analysis, move on to the next thing.
I’m very much at the we’re finished point with just about every law and regulation.
The whistle has blown. The play is over. Huddle up, and wait for the next play to come in from the sideline.
On to what I had lined up for today….
Have you ever had a strong belief completely disproven by facts and evidence?
This kind of plays into what I’ve been slogging through in the past couple of days.
Maybe it’s appropriate that I’m listening to this in the background.
The Germans ruthlessly attached a civilian passenger ship which led us to join the Allies in the first World War.
Please pay no attention to those ammunition rounds sitting on the floor of the Atlantic. Please pay no attention to this warning.
It would be a hell of a lot easier to never look at things again, and adjust your conclusions.