WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH .....ALL......TODAY?

     It seems almost from the beginning of recorded time that parents have had it out for their offspring. There was the famous quote from Egypt that sounded as if written for a modern day magazine. Teens have often rejected, at least for a time, the lifestyles of parents, of accepted and acceptable society and so it has continued through today - and into the future - should there be one!
     Everyone needs to feel some bit of control over their own lives and will respond accordingly to their perception of that independence. With the problems of today's world there has been a lessening of that independence and a subsequent alienation and even hostility towards society and its rules. That alienation, hostility, however, is often emanating today from adults who feel disenfranchised, even damaged, by society, all leading to the danger of anomie, of anarchy, of a decided hostility that leads in turn to a search for, if not independence, than someone, something, that will lead them somewhere, often not a very good place, all in the name of security in troubling chaotic times. Such are the times of today.
     When one has leaders who should not be leading, there is trouble. When one has a sub level with no moral or even physical courage to withstand the ruin, the evil, of those above them, well, then we have a society in trouble. Such is what we have today, but there is a light now, at least one light, and perhaps this light can inspire others to hoist their pants, find their voices and morality, and speak out against the evil we now have in that White House, now so deeply stained by the derangement lurking inside and forever leaking out into the world at large.
     A mayor in Michigan, on the eve of the primary, spoke out. He now looks towards the defeat of Trump, stating that he would vote for Biden because Trump is "deranged". Hallelujah!!!Now if the committee of Republicans who are also speaking out about Trump's outrageous behavior and speech joins together, well, there is a hope for positive change for us. That is, if we have a new President who will work with others, who will reinforce strengths, shore up weaknesses, who will choose a strong VP candidate so as to reassure the country that should anything happen to the President in these turbulent times, there will be a good alternate waiting in the wings. Gruesome thought? Perhaps, but a necessary one, when the candidates on all sides are almost as old as Methusaleh!!
     We can combat the ruthlessness of a Putin who will do anything to weaken the States even as his BFF fawns all over him. The economy has severe cracks going deep into the heart of it and society. The market explodes in the wrong direction and each temporary upsurge is followed by a deeper cratering. The confidence in and of society is dropping with each blow. It is a dangerous time for us, the country and the world.
     But there is hope. The mayor in Michigan. The votes of educated white women in the suburbs. The votes of people of color for Biden, for a Democrat, rejecting the old poison of prejudice and hatred. The auto salesman who remembers his own homeless days and provides a safe shelter at night for people to come and sleep in their cars, not worry about people chasing them away or worse. The insistence on helping others, on facing up to reality, the voices of Democrats in the House and Senate who feel for the people, who vote for the people.
     Full disclosure, I would vote for a Republican if he/she were the right choice, but at present the GOP has abdicated any right to claim decency, caring, concern for the little people, anything, in fact, other than their deranged support of their demented, ignorant, egotistical, sociopathic and oh so dangerous President.
    So what's the matter with people today? Nothing that  a wakeup call cannot restart. Nothing that clear thinking will not help. Nothing is permanent yet, though it is amazing - and demoralizing - to go back over these past four years and understand the permanent harm that Trump has done to us as Americans, as citizens of the world.
     Robin Williams shouted, " Goood moooorning, America!". Time to wake us up again. Someone. Anyone. Perhaps a copying of the Mexican example and have a day without women so that benighted men, the cowards of American society, will realize our importance. Perhaps a scenario of what our future could be, should be if we continue on this path. Something. Anything, but time to wake up America!!!! It is well past morning time, closer to sunset, and the sun is waning.