Husband: I feel dizzy with this accelerated pace of change. Quick, plug me into the Autodoc! I hope this isn’t COVID-25 again.
Wife: It’s lucky that Obamacare now covers Future Shock Therapy. Oh, and look! We now get a wider choice of Soylent colors and flavors … Italian flavor, made with real Italians.
This is something anthropologists and sociologists were talking about in the ’50s or before. After the Industrial Revolution the rate of social change began to accelerate. Being elderly no longer meant having the wisdom of experience. Instead it meant being stuck in the past.
More than 1,000 Americans in positions of public trust acted as accomplices in Donald Trump’s attempt to overturn the 2020 election result, participating in the violent insurrection at the US Capitol on 6 January or spreading the “big lie” that the vote count had been rigged.
The startling figure underlines the extent to which Trump’s attempt to undermine the foundations of presidential legitimacy has metastasized across the US. Individuals who engaged in arguably the most serious attempt to subvert democracy since the civil war are now inveigling themselves into all levels of government, from Congress and state legislatures down to school boards and other local public bodies. […]All of the more than 1,000 people recorded on the index have been invested with the public’s trust, having been entrusted with official positions and funded with taxpayer dollars. Many are current or former government employees at federal, state or local levels.
Among them are 213 incumbents in elected office and 29 who are running as candidates for positions of power in upcoming elections. There are also 59 military veterans, 31 current or former law enforcement officials, and seven who sit on local school boards.
GOGOPOWERANGERS about 2 years ago
Sad this might be future of america
Yontrop about 2 years ago
We may be exaggerating a little here.
Màiri about 2 years ago
Has anyone noticed that “bioengineered ingredients” are not even flagged any more —-and appear to be in every food you can buy, no choices?
PraiseofFolly about 2 years ago
Husband: I feel dizzy with this accelerated pace of change. Quick, plug me into the Autodoc! I hope this isn’t COVID-25 again.
Wife: It’s lucky that Obamacare now covers Future Shock Therapy. Oh, and look! We now get a wider choice of Soylent colors and flavors … Italian flavor, made with real Italians.
streuny81@aol.com about 2 years ago
Jen you are always right on track, I really like your comments, your political cartoons are the best out there !
Packratjohn Premium Member about 2 years ago
To paraphrase; “Plus ça change, plus ça change vite…”
willie_mctell about 2 years ago
This is something anthropologists and sociologists were talking about in the ’50s or before. After the Industrial Revolution the rate of social change began to accelerate. Being elderly no longer meant having the wisdom of experience. Instead it meant being stuck in the past.
Radish the wordsmith about 2 years ago
The Guardian reports:
More than 1,000 Americans in positions of public trust acted as accomplices in Donald Trump’s attempt to overturn the 2020 election result, participating in the violent insurrection at the US Capitol on 6 January or spreading the “big lie” that the vote count had been rigged.
The startling figure underlines the extent to which Trump’s attempt to undermine the foundations of presidential legitimacy has metastasized across the US. Individuals who engaged in arguably the most serious attempt to subvert democracy since the civil war are now inveigling themselves into all levels of government, from Congress and state legislatures down to school boards and other local public bodies. […]All of the more than 1,000 people recorded on the index have been invested with the public’s trust, having been entrusted with official positions and funded with taxpayer dollars. Many are current or former government employees at federal, state or local levels.
Among them are 213 incumbents in elected office and 29 who are running as candidates for positions of power in upcoming elections. There are also 59 military veterans, 31 current or former law enforcement officials, and seven who sit on local school boards.
William Bednar Premium Member about 2 years ago
Yawn…Just another day in Paradise. Wake me when the next pandemic begins….zzzz
NatureBatsLast about 2 years ago
Overshoot = Great Acceleration
FreyjaRN Premium Member about 2 years ago
That’s a giggle.