Generational Dynamics World View

[John J. Xenakis]

** 26-Dec-2019 World View: Holocaust - Never again

Trevor Wrote:> I expect future generations will laugh at our stupidity: "Oh, my
> God, how could you not have seen China was going to attack us? It
> was right in front of your face!" If I make it through, I'll be
> quite willing to answer.

> It never ceases to amaze me the kind of following AOC has. She's
> younger than I am and a freshmen Congresswoman who somehow managed
> to obtain great influence in the party. Sometimes I feel like the
> public is aware something terrible is over the horizon, even if we
> don't recognize it on a conscious level. Climate change is easy
> because you can amplify your fear with self-righteousness and
> denounce anyone who dares to disagree with you.

> Might sound a bit too cynical, but "never again" never meant a
> damn thing, today or in the past. Atrocities and genocides abound
> throughout the world, with justice or even remembrance of them
> elusive.

That's not cynical at all. That's reality. There are several
Holocausts going on today, and nobody cares. Actually, nobody cared
about the Nazi-Jew Holocaust while it was going on. To care about a
Holocaust while it's actually going on is too politically painful,
because the politicians, the trolls, the defenders, the acolytes, the
deniers, the cheerleaders, the propagandists, and the collaborators
all benefit from the Holocaust, and will protect it. It's only after
it's over that nobody stands to benefit, and then the wise men can
stand up and say, "Never Again!"