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There Will Be No Moving On From This
The calendar will turn over, but only radical change will prevent 2021 from being another dark year.
The propaganda began weeks ago. In a swirl of optimism, magical thinking, empty promises and dissociation. Same as it always does, but this time with added oomph. “Cheers to a better 2021.” LOL.
Advertisers, media, politicians, corporations, entertainers, self-help ‘gurus’ … they want you to forget. Forget about what you just saw. About the disease and the 1.6 million around the globe who died. The 1 in 17 Americans who were infected with COVID-19. The 60 million who filed for unemployment. The explosion and erosion of American society and, to a lesser yet still worrying extent, of the global fabric. It’s time to “move on” and “leave that energy in 2020.” C’mon, man. Who are we kidding?
They want us to forget about the Trump years. About the way wealth was siphoned from the middle class all the way up to the wealthiest CEOs and oligarchs. About the kids in the camps. The genocide. The unrest. And, my god, the racism. They’ll claim that 2021 is our time to shine. That we are winning. We are not. We’re losing worse than ever.
