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Edie Patterson's avatar

The image and philosophy that keeps coming to me is the Japanese art of Kintsugi. Yes- things break but rather than hide the mending and repairs make it visible, and if possible, art.

Our country has been breaking apart for some time. At this time we must look to the future and not paper over the history, the flaws, the mistakes. We wade through the mess. We toss the really broken pieces (Citizens United, filibusters, gerrymandering for instance), and settle in for a long haul. My generation-Boomers- has to get out of the way in legistures, but we can bear witness to the things that did work in the ‘50’s and ‘60’s, the values our parents fought for in WWII and fight for the disadvantaged and unfairly treated. And- pay our share of taxes.

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Catherine Lindsay's avatar

You nailed it yet again Mark. I was intrigued with Jiang Xueqin's lecture “The Iran Trap” (YouTube) of May 29 2024, wherein he compares the Athenians' invasion of Sicily in 415 BC to the US-Iran situation now. In 415 BC the ending was catastrophic for the Athenians. Jiang predicted all this over a year ago, but his lecture really educated me about all the machinations behind it. Alarmingly the whole doctrine of the military has shifted to “shock and awe”, and stuck there even during the Biden administration.

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