I have kept myself away from Twitter most of this past day/night..
My nerves are really tightly strung, & my mind a chaotic playground for devout pessimism.. So I figured a bit of time off would do them good.
I log on, & the first 4 tweets I catch on my #Lebanon timeline
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My nerves are really tightly strung, & my mind a chaotic playground for devout pessimism.. So I figured a bit of time off would do them good.
I log on, & the first 4 tweets I catch on my #Lebanon timeline
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have to do with the power cuts: stories of sleeping (rather: inability to sleep) in the heat, others of extremely low mobile or computer battery charge, & one post even asking when will the people say "enough"!
But perhaps that's just it. Perhaps the people won't say enough
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But perhaps that's just it. Perhaps the people won't say enough
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Not because they are incapable or unwilling.
But perhaps, just perhaps, the people haven't gotten enough.
Is it possible that the people have grown so accustomed so fast to this state of utter collapse that their minds have now not only grown accustomed to it but actually
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But perhaps, just perhaps, the people haven't gotten enough.
Is it possible that the people have grown so accustomed so fast to this state of utter collapse that their minds have now not only grown accustomed to it but actually
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built a coherent system out of it? Is it possible that the people do not say enough for their minds have not yet had enough of this insanity which they are slowly putting together into a picture of sanity?!
We expect the worst of our ruling class
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We expect the worst of our ruling class
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& so we wait for the worst to happen so that our minds can confirm to themselves the veracity of their beliefs!
The human mind adores the semblance of order, & where there is chaos it will enforce order upon it.
So perhaps, for now at least, we will not have enough
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The human mind adores the semblance of order, & where there is chaos it will enforce order upon it.
So perhaps, for now at least, we will not have enough
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We expect the worst & our expectations are ever met, & it all makes sense as it should.
So why would the people revolt? People revolt against the unacceptably unexpected.. But when it is all as expected, our minds find no cause for revolt.
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So why would the people revolt? People revolt against the unacceptably unexpected.. But when it is all as expected, our minds find no cause for revolt.
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So no, as things now stand the people have not yet had enough.
& unless they shift their expectations, drastically, they will not be jolted.
We need to seriously start expecting of them not to behave like criminals, then our minds may perhaps find cause to rebel.
& unless they shift their expectations, drastically, they will not be jolted.
We need to seriously start expecting of them not to behave like criminals, then our minds may perhaps find cause to rebel.
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