The Situation Cannot be Fixed
We are still obsessed with recovery, with fixing things. But I think there comes a time when we have to realize that the situation cannot be fixed. The only solution is a personal one: we have to live in a world that we, and people like us, cannot fix.
This is not to say we should not support people who are trying to fix things, more power to them, but we should realize that they will probably fail. Some situations cannot be fixed.
This is the same attitude advocated by the Stoics. I have just ordered The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius: Selections Annotated and Explained from Amazon. I need all the help I can get in understanding the world’s wisdom, since my own is so feeble.
I am opposed to the belief, beloved by many liberals, that a solution, often a Marxist one, exists. All we have to do is polish it up a little. Then the great and mighty will fall.
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Comment:
You may be right. The more we try to “fix” things, the more creative the crooks get. There is a fact when it comes to the law. No one can be prosecuted until they actually break the law no matter what kind of threats they make. By then, the damage has been done. It is up to each of us to protect what is ours the best we can.