Main. I think the rule is this post needs to say main? Or be accompanied by a materialist analysis of yesterday’s events? I usually stick to badposting so idk. Has anyone read the book “Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues”? It seems a bit lib in parts, but is an interesting lens to look at history through. Essentially, that Earths development (historic and prehistoric) is largely driven by microcosms rather than people.

I’m in the chapter right now talking about the Roman empires rapid transition from Paganism to Christianity after a plague which their gods “failed to protect them from”. At which point they disposed of their gods, metaphorically and physically (temples, statues, etc). This seems similar to a potential trajectory for a certain country/world once enough people decide that the gods (billionaires, ceos, etc) of the religion (capitalism) will not save them from the blights to come (literal blights, climate change and its effects, etc. ), and decide to abandon them metaphorically and physically (pew pew), and move on to the next god (not sure on this- perhaps an exceedingly charismatic council of furries?).

Anyway I feel like there’s a strange current with the attempted trump assassinations, pelosi hammering, yesterdays whoopsy daisy where a legally concealed firearm accidentally discharged at which point the projectiles reportedly entered a ceo who didn’t have supplemental projectile coverage (his fault really) and then he rode off on a bike (carbon neutral, and partly subsidized by Citibank (accomplice much?)).

Idk I just overheard two strangers (to each other and me) talking about absurd healthcare costs for family members and their insurances failure to cover them.