<One cannot help but ask the obvious question, as in what the f**k happened to get us here? and the critical question, 'how do we get out?'.
Too grim. Let us focus on the lighter topic of Zimbabwe instead;0/>
Jay, having male answer syndrome, I'm pleased to help.
What happened to get us here was enthusiastic but ignorant people getting excited about technology, globalisation, peace, light, harmony and wealth, catching infectious greed syndrome after becoming irrationally exuberant. They then learned about Sudden Wealth Syndrome, consulted their therapists [who got SWS Envy Syndrome] only to plunge headlong into Sudden Poverty Syndrome [which hurts a lot more than SWS].
Much capital and savings was profligately wasted on crazy ideas, overpriced luxuries, wine, women and song. We had a wonderful Y2K celebration to mark the start of a new millennium [albeit at the start of the wrong year - an indication of the craziness of mobs who don't know what day it is, let alone what's a good P:E for DrKoop.com]. We also celebrated the fizzle of the Y2K bug which was dreaded. The raucous, inebriated celebrations lasted for a few months.
Then, there was what is called a hangover.
There were empty bottles everywhere. People were unconscious. Fights and romances had broken out - mostly dimly remembered in the harsh light of day. Songs were sung, dancing and eating were fun. Great alchohol-fuelled theories propounded - which were even written down in scrawled script, but were indecipherable in the morning. Windows and glasses were broken, toilets and floors were used for all manner of now-disgusting purposes. The kitchen's a mess. Fridge empty. Several car crashes left survivors in hospital and others in the mortuary.
While we were surveying the damage, nursing our heads, squinting in the light, reality flew into the Twin Towers. Sometimes life genuinely is harsh, cruel and hangovers don't help.
There is a mess to tidy up and some money to be earned.
Which is how we get out. Tidy up the mess. Get a job. Save money. Restock the fridge. Buy a new car. Pay the glazier. Drink water instead of firewater. Buy a CDMA cyberspace phone so that a living can be made - have to communicate to earn. Need cyberspace to manage life.
I can help out with the phone and a loan.
Mqurice
PS: I already solved the Zimbabwe problem. Colinisation and Condominium by Colin and Condoleezza. |
