Nothing is as absurd as Russian gas continuing to cross Ukraine to customers in Europe while Russia and Ukraine are at war. Both Russia and Ukraine benefit financially and the rest of Europe manages to stay warm in winter while Moscow attempts to destroy Ukraine’s energy grid. Moscow literally pays a transit fee to Kiev, while Europe helps fund Russia’s attack on Ukraine while simultaneously deploring it vehemently. We here in this country refuse to replace Russian energy with our own because we want to save the climate from more CO2. Everybody is convinced that they are right and the other is wrong and “things are complicated.” And the killing goes on non-stop. Now, Putin says he is ready to talk to Trump and Trump believes that he can stop the war in 24 hours.
I’m on Trump’s side in all of this blather, but I see a more profound problem than the absurd war between Kiev and Moscow. Human stupidity layered on top of inadequate intelligence. The same people that are smart enough to invent nuclear weapons are capable of engaging in activities like the war in Ukraine, Gaza, Somalia, Libya, Syria, and on and on, even as they understand that we are inching toward a conflict that will fundamentally change the world that we live in and the air that we breath. The difference between the dinosaurs and us, is that we can see it coming and we choose to pretend that we can not. My guess is that humans will continue to exist, but we will be different in the same way that we are different from apes. Even though I am definitely curious, I don’t want anything to do with the transition. Gender confusion is hard enough for me to get used to.
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