Anger

November 8th

I have a lot of anger in me, anger towards my personal issues or things close to me, and also anger toward some random, rather vague things that happen beyond my control. Now anger can be productive — when I am in control of changes over things that make me angry. That includes things about me and things that directly affect my life and my well-being. But what can I do when I look around me or when I read the news and see constant violence, inequality based on ethnicity or gender, progressing destruction of the environment, the willing (or pretended) stupidy of the ruling political class, growing divide in societies around the world (that are cultivated by useful idiots on both ends of a political spectrum), the dumbing down of media and impossibility of any kind of rational discourse. Ideas are being created and shared as memes, big issues are being forgotten as soon as there is something new to fill the news cycle. I gave up hope for any kind of political/social change a long time ago. But still, I cannot let go of anger — we as people, as human beings are capable of mind-boggling achievements, of creating beauty around us, of selflessness sacrifice, and yet… we put ignorance, lack of self-awareness or any basic shame on a pedestal and treat it as an equal part of the fabric of our society.

That anger bothers me — I have no control over those things, I do not see any possibility of change for the better, and yet somehow I wish for a have comeuppance for those who are hell-bent on destroying the decency and equality in our society.