The Middle Ages Are Back Again
Humanity inches forward, while human behavior stays the same
About ten days ago I was caught up in worry and becoming more negative by the day. So I stopped reading the news.
But driving through town on errands, I saw remnants of the trump train here and there. For days after the election, a pickup truck with four big flags was on display in the grocery store parking lot.
Yesterday when I passed another flag-bedecked truck, I remembered Kamala Harris telling the crowd, “We are not going back!” But it was already too late to wish for that. Look around. Medieval Crusaders have been out among us since January 6, 2021.
Last August a local North Carolina Republican Party website announced,
Mark your calendars, and show your support for our first Trump Train of the season!
Get your creative juices flowing! Deck out your car for your favorite candidate(s) and join us as we caravan through Orange County. Pro tip: Our Patriot Store at the OCGOP office can help outfit you with flags, stickers and more!
About the January 6, 2021, American insurrection, someone later posted on Facebook,
We proudly take responsibility for storming the castle.
So, over time, the players change but human behavior stays the same.
I’ve started reading the news again, limiting it to Heather Cox Richardson for now. Today she wrote about how the South Korean people have successfully rejected a takeover of their democracy.
The South Korean people reacted immediately. Reporting from Seoul, John Yoon of the New York Times recounted the story of a real estate agent who watched President Yoon’s speech, got in his car, and drove for an hour to get to the National Assembly. The man told journalist Yoon, “I thought, ‘The end has come,’ so I came out. The president of a country has exerted his power by force, and its people have come out to protest that. We have to remove him from power from this point on. He’s in a position where he has to come down.” …
For the rest of the world, South Koreans’ immediate and aggressive response to a man trying to take away their democratic rights is an inspiration. Among other things, it illustrates that for all the claims that autocracy can react to events more quickly than democracy can, in fact autocrats are brittle. It is democracy that is determined and resilient.
Remarkable. Hopeful!
For a few months leading up to the election and after being scammed online went I went to Google to find technical help for a YouTube problem and found a scammer instead, my IBS acted up severely and my insides were in turmoil. When the unbelievable happened I decided to stop watching MS NBC and political pundits on YouTube. It didn't take long for my insides to calm down and to stop taking anti-anxiety medication. At 84 I don't want to spend my "golden" years in knots and will concentrate on spreading smiles and good will. That's the best my body will let me do.
Thanks Deda. During the run up to the election the displays on lawns, on trucks was just so appalling and even threatening. It made me think about blind loyalty versus reasoned support. I did (do) love Kamala, and for that matter, Joe, but I do not worship them. Your postcard reminded me of how I feel about saying the Pledge of Allegiance; I have made peace with that and I pledge to the America of my understanding.
Your comparison is especially apt for the visuals and also because, as I understand it, during the middle ages there was great attention paid to codes of loyalty. I need to go back and study more history and I wish others would.
Thanks for encouraging me to think.