A Brief Glimpse Of The Future

You know that vague, persistent fear that it’s all gone wrong, that we’ve pretty much dug a hole so big that even if we had the ability to get ourselves out of it — itself a doubtful proposition — our petty grievances and broken institutions would prevent us from acting in such a way to do so? That terrible feeling of resignation that we’ve used up all our luck, even the dumb kind that has bailed us out so many times before, and now we’re really going to have to pay — physically, emotionally, spiritually — for all of the bad faith and reckless exuberance that we always assumed came without consequences? The sense that everything is going to fall apart and all we can do is stand back and watch it with our hands over our open mouths? Well, you are absolutely right to have that feeling, because that is exactly what’s happening. But at least the weekend weather looks good.

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