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REALITY SPINS

Rip Parker
6 min read13 hours ago

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WE ARE IN DEEP TROUBLE

Our world is spinning more to the right, toward insanity. Todays election results in Germany join the turmoil. The Nazis are closing in following Musk and V.P. Lance backing of the far right AfD, which some know as the Neo-Nazi party (NN).

For the first time since WWII, the NN came in second with 20% of the vote. The right of center won with 30%. Musk and Lance are credited with the shocking move by AfD.

Trump has deserted Ukraine as Russia positions to take over. He is poised to leave NATO. He seeks to buy Gaza and to hell with the Palestinians, as he creates his personal resort.

We know about Hungary. South America moves further into dictatorship. We seem to be caught in a tsunami of insanity.

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Come on. Is it really that bad? You tell me. At 88, sustained only by Social Security and Medicare, seeing both collapsing under “the world’s richest man”, Trump stand in, Musk, I find myself near ready to escape. But, not being a coward, I am NOT ready to leave this world.

I am a warrior without a sword standing before an enemy. OK. I’ll take his sword.

Brave, unrealistic talk without meaning, expressing attitude, but not real action. At least I will die trying. It is time for action. This writing is about all the action left for me.

Wait. Have I forgotten spiritual power? For the moment only. If I properly respect myself, I look past the material world to the…

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Rip Parker
Rip Parker

Written by Rip Parker

Geophysicist, lawyer, mediator, student of Jung, phenomenology, semiotics

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