I look on every day as our most serious problems have nothing done about them. Activism won’t shift that.…

I look on every day as our most serious problems have nothing done about them. Activism won’t shift that. Somebody called me cynical for continually pointing this out. To me cynical is pretending all of these daily team sports solve anything. 1/3

Surely it’s obvious that the magnitude of the problems we face with an ongoing pandemic, climate change, housing, ageing populations etc. are never going to be fixed by popularity contests (elections)? Surely? Who seriously thinks electing people will fix this? 2/3

Being the grown up in the room is reading history. Looking at how this same pattern has repeated throughout history. Everything will need to collapse before anything is done. There’s no joy for me in that. But a calm of recognition at least. /end