Malaise

Post-election malaise is everywhere. The world is in a bad place and for the time being we are in the doldrums in this golden age of stupidity. 

Right-wing bravado has been emboldened and comment sections of political videos filled with such imbecilic statements as to have one reeling. I am used to the ignorance by now but it doesn't make it easier to digest. 

Sylvie was sharing her despondency with me this morning. Despite the fact that both our lives as retirees are relatively stable, we feel the unease as we settle in for 4 years of chaos and corruption that will test whether institutions withstand an onslaught by dogmatic lunatics 

This is not the end of the American experiment but perhaps the last gasps of empire before its weight as global power cedes way to its need to lick its self-inflicted wounds; the wounds first opened up during the start of a globalization effort which left so many behind.