Open Thread for Sunday October 1st – The Vanished Center
Two reading from the Book of "We are really in the shit now". One from Steve Newton via FB, and one from William Butler Yeats.
As for me... While I am one to rage against the "center" as it is thought of nowadays. I understand the utility of "the center" as George Washington might have thought about it. In that I get that the secret to maintaining a Democracy is creating a system in which the losers can lose with dignity. A system that allows the runner up think, "Well... we lost, but the system is fair, so we'll get 'em next time." The idea of a "center" is good for maintaining that fantasy.
We once had that. We don't anymore, so I guess we are pretty well fucked.