Watching footage of those who did not evacuate makes me wonder about the pschology of the American nation. Of course one cannot generalise as Americans are as diverse as any other nation (probably more so). However it has long been an unsubstatated belief of mine that a country built on migrants, rather than one developed basically from indigenous roots (albeit with waves of migration), will have a different make up. Migrants whether recent or historical must have a something that has pushed or pulled them across huge distances into a strange culture? I suspect that t6he push factors are the greater whether poverty or political/racial/religeous/etc. “The land of the free” has long bee a misnomer but maybe is etched on their psyche? No government will tell me to evacuate ad leave my hard earned home. This also partly explains the unfathomable belief in Trumpism. Lower taxes and make the ddream come true – this has long been a false hope for many/most but like homophobia and racism lingers on in the gutters of society.
So those who decided not evacuate and trust in God – are basically fools by my standards – but who am I to judge? Religeon is the port of last chance for the poor and dispossessed? The rich will salve their egos and conscience with donations to a church or religion. When you have fuck all, and your life is shit, and society is stacked against you I guess religion can be a saviour. I may be jealous here- no superman (or woman!) is going to swoop down and make my life better! I suppose that most of the people I saw on YouTube will have survived and have their belief in God enhanced.
Taylor Swift gave $5 million to the disaster fund – can we enquire what Trump gave, or Musk? British press are trying to get Yvette Cooper in trouble for a) accepting Taylor Swift tickets (a nonsensical allegation) and b) for providing top level security (which after the Vienna Concerts were cancelled due to terrorism) is totally logical. Can anyone envisage the mayhem that would have ensued if the security was less than 100%. The royal family of grifters receive £90 million per year in security!
This is turning into a rant! Just about to read a book called ‘After the nation state’ by Matthew Horsman and Andrew Marshall. No doubt a rant will follow!