Disappointed

The older I have gotten the more I have become disappointed with the way the world operates. If you analyze its inner workings you realize it runs on a combination of over focus on the inanely vapid, willful ignorance, malevolence and innocence which you thought could not exist in grown human beings. However, top that off with a sprinkling of goodness and philanthropy you did not think was possible, and it changes the entire dynamic.

All this to say that the world is an enigma and i am increasingly being left without a filter within its often irrational power structures.

Knowing all this, the appetite which some have for autocracy is better understood and when you factor in that many people are scared to death and gullible beyond comprehension, you can see the draw for facile solutions. It is why false prophets continue to appear and have their time in the sun before their charlatanism is discovered. If you love black and white thinking you are more susceptible than those who understand that nuance, subtlety and greys exist and form part of everything.