When you say you're living through historic times, you generally hope it is not for bad reasons. Unfortunately, it has become abundantly clear that the 2020s are going to go down in history as a particularly terrible period, for a variety of reasons ranging from the COVID-19 pandemic to the Idiot-in-Chief of the United States threatening that "a whole civilisation will die tonight". Unfortunately that last part is not an exaggeration:
And, as Defector puts it, at the time of writing, I guess we're just waiting around to see if this demented psychopath kills everyone.
Skeptics will cite "TACO" ("Trump Always Chickens Out") but I'm not so sure this time around. After all, he started an utterly needless war seemingly on a complete whim, and the result has been complete destabilisation of the worldwide economy, thanks to his incredibly smart picking on a country that controls a vital shipping route for the fuel that we are, regrettably, still rather dependent on, along with anything else that needs to come that way around the world.
I tell you, as someone who thought people were overreacting a bit the first time Trump was elected to power, it doesn't feel great to see that the doomsayers may have had something of a point. Not because it feels bad to be wrong, but because I didn't want them to be right. I'm not sure anyone did. But it's hard to look at the recent happenings in the United States and come to any conclusion other than the fact that this is a country in deep, deep trouble. And, by extension, it's easy to feel extremely worried about what comes next.
Is this going to escalate? Is Trump actually going to perform some sort of mass destructive, genocidal act this evening? At this point, I don't think we can really say in good conscience that "nah, he probably won't", because things have already gotten well out of hand — and they absolutely have the potential to get significantly worse. And what happens if they do? Are all the politicians currently wringing their hands and trying desperately to ignore what this absolute fuckhead is doing actually going to step up and present the current US administration with any sort of consequences and sanctions for what has been occurring? Are we looking at the possibility of global conflict against a country that decades of media has been desperate to position as "the good guys"?
Right now, I'm kind of at a loss as to what to say, think or do, and I feel powerless. I fear for my friends and family who are in the United States. I fear for the people of Iran. I fear for the people of the world if this hitherto-unchecked lunatic continues to hold these extremely dangerous reins of power. And I sincerely hope, from the bottom of my heart, that this entire situation can be resolved in a way that doesn't result in any further bloodshed — and which does bring those who have orchestrated this situation to swift and unforgiving justice.
I think I'm just going to go and play some retro games and try not to look at the news for the rest of the evening. I suggest you all do something similar.
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