death sentence through the internet

The other day,
a middle-aged friend received,
a death sentence through the internet.


The friend,
under-employed
or unemployed,
and not happy with that condition,
heard two wise men discussing him and everyone in his situation,
and the wise men said:
"Things won't get better,
not any time soon,
and they may not get better at all,
and before they'll get better,
there will have to be a movement,
an organized movement,
of many people."
--But,
there's no guarantee of anything.


And,
the friend was amazed
at the blandness and matter-of-fact quality of their pronouncement,
as if someone were counting paper clips,
and had said,
"There are 200 clips in this box,
and all those thousands of clips that don't fit,
well.....
they'll just have to go in the garbage."


"....unless those clips get together....."
(You get my point.)


The sheer absence of anything like an emotional reaction,
the economist bland and almost autistic,
the interviewer squirrelly and excited.....
"excited?"
---Yes,
in a squirrelly sort of way,
as if he were so excited to be discussing this deep issue,
the deep issue of misery and unhappiness,
and it's inevitability,
for now......


As if the mere thought that things could change in twenty or thirty years,
were somehow a piece of optimism.
But, hey, we will continue to follow this story.


Thanks a lot!