How hard can it be, generating ex nihilo? Not sure how to generate ideas for poems. Not sure how to be generative. To motivate against ignorance, laziness, malfeasance. The steady state of satisfaction, all needs met, like a warm pool of soft seawater holding me up in its palms like a baby in amnio. Pure satiety. How far do I have to travel to find my way to satisfying that primal goal.
Pragmatism in politics feels like another way of saying we are ok with a total, fundamental lack of moral clarity and moral purpose to guide us. I don't understand how liberals/centrists (and even conservatives/republicans) fail to grasp the ethical argument for electing Bernie. I have hope that the clarity of the moment might sway some, but it's astonishing how deeply capitalist ideology has us in its grips, which is to say we desire a "return" a "status quo," and thus a continuation of injustice and malfunctioning and accommodation to the gods of capitalist profit over the needs of ordinary people. Biden's absurdly defeatist message gives mental relief while Sanders message is simply feared and cannot be accepted or tolerated. While what I hear and see in Sanders's campaign, or movement such as it is, is a plea to our fundamental goodness, a demand for systems of justice for all, and basic, common sense plans that will help the needy and, ultimate
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