“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.” Martin Luther King Jr.
Armchair Complacency Why do I feel so alone in the world, have all the revolutionaries retired, how is it that armchairs are all the rage and ideas have fallen to banal repetition? Have all the revolutionaries retired, it seems that all have surrendered and ideas have fallen to banal repetition, where exists the praxis of upheaval? It seems that all have surrendered to the algorithm of complacency, where exists the praxis of upheaval, how did we become chained to lies? To the algorithm of complacency, how is that armchairs are all the rage, how did we become chained to lies, why do I feel so alone in the world? Copyright 2022 ©Paul Vincent Cannon All Rights Reserved ®
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The algorithm of complacency. Good one.
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😉 it’s on every corner unfortunately
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And the blocks in between as well, yes 😱😆
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Yes, o for a revolution right now.
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Or, an extremely speeded up evolution! 🌎🌟
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Much better 🙂
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We’ll go with that as Plan A, then 👍😊
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Yes, and B, but C, (let’s not go there …) 😉
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😊👍
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I agree. That stood out
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Thank you for that Stephen.
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A very effective pantoum. I can’t help but think that good people have had the revolution beaten out of them (metaphorically speaking).
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Yes, I’d agree, and now just complacent, cowered even, sad.
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It’s pretty much lying on the floor in the fetal position waiting for the next steel-toed kick in the ribs. (My go-to metaphor for hopelessness.)
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A fulsome description – leaves no sense unturned 🙂
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I sure am glad I’ve left all that behind.
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I get that, I feel it too, and to move on too!
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I will say that I’ve been surprised by the amount of bitterness and anger stayed with me. I didn’t expect that .
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Yes, it lingers and gets triggered, mine has lost its intensity but it lingers.
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That’s where I am, too. I hope it will fade more with time.
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I’m sure it will, I hope it will.
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🙂
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Thank you 🙂
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Wasn’t it Fidel Castro who had said “Revolutionaers never will retire?” 😉 xx Michael
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I’m not sure, but I think the saying rings true, we never get there really, too many fools who mess it up (Stalin comes to mind).
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Well put. I think a lot of us feel similar.
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Nice to know I’m not alone, but on the other hand, how did we get to this? Thank you.
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Amazing pantoum – yes indeed I totally agree
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Good to know there’s a fellow traveller.
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