and then i pin down the cause of my unhappiness ...

[maelorin]

in a recent reply to a comment, i managed to sum up what's really pissing me off at the moment.

much is happening at the moment that disturbs me deeply ... i can't help feeling like i'm stuck at a railway siding, watching events unfold in quiet desperation, with a sense of growing dread that while i'm not the only one who's concerned about an impending train-wreck, i find myself excluded and unable to do anything about what i see coming.

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[paigedayspring.livejournal.com]

Ye gods, I know that feeling.

[verdigriis.livejournal.com]

You know, I suspect even politicians/academics/senior lawyers are starting to feel this way. The fun thing about society's current madness is that the crazy people have done everything they can to discredit everyone.

But anyway, I am with you ont he helpless spectator thing.

Waiting for the train-wreck

[(Anonymous)]

That's the thing, isn't it? It is like watching a car accident that can't be avoided, or a train about to hit something at full speed - you know it's going to happen, it's obvious that it is going to happen, and there's nothing you or anyone else in the world can do to prevent it.
It's like watching the AWB saga unfold. After 20 years or so of Hawke-Keating-Howard political pragmatism, the "whatever-it-takes" paradigm has taken firm hold, so we are not surprised that a public company will pay AUD300M to secure a couple of billion dollars worth of sales and that the highly paid executives of that public company cannot see a problem in what they have been doing.
We are not surprised that a procession of ministers and politicians have adopted the "Sgt Schultz" position in respect of the revelations from the Cole inquiry.
The same with the inevitable and unending pay rises given to CEOs and other upper management of public companies by compliant boards. Will those CEOs and other million plus salary earners pay back what they earned if the public company makes a loss or goes downhill? Of course not. Being a CEO of a public company is a low personal risk occupation. If you make a mistake, you still walk away with all of your prizes (just ask Frank Cicutto ex National Bank, or Andrew Lindberg ex AWB). And we now expect that to happen - we won't be surprised if Andrew Lindberg gets some obscene termination payout.
Are we surprised at the on-going beatification of Kerry Packer, a master of whatever-it-takes?
We now regard such things as inevitable.
So when an apparent moderate in the current government decides to jump on the muslim-phobia band-wagon, are we surprised?
We expect such things, just like an imminent train-wreck.
Darn it - now you've made me depressed (or more depressed).
mary

[motokomaharet.livejournal.com]

I have hugs on offer...


HUGS!!!

Re: Waiting for the train-wreck

[maelorin]

my job is done here.





or something.

[velvetink.livejournal.com]

hugs and I still think your idea for a think tank is a great one, wish there was some start up money around for you to get it happening.