I could explain the nature of my winds of change problem,
but I estimate it would take a 2,000 word essay and that’s way too long for a
blog post. I could explain why events in the Shire at the weekend crushed the
will to live out of me (temporarily – the will to live is now back; now is the
time for sudden showers of dark rain and dull aches.) But I won’t because that
would take an even longer essay, the implication being that it isn’t quite what
regular visitors and interested parties might think.
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So what should I talk about? Should I fall back on the old
favourite, Trump? Should I state what is obvious to virtually everybody except
Trump supporters? OK, I’ll state the obvious:
Trump is pulling America
out of the Paris
climate deal. He says that American economic interests are more important than
trying to save the planet from increasing devastation. Maybe he thinks that America won’t
suffer the effects of climate change, or maybe he hopes that the worst of them
won’t happen in his lifetime so he doesn’t care. How should I know? You’d need
an electron microscope to even find Trump’s mind, let alone fathom how it
works.
What is fairly apparent at the moment, however, is that America’s
position as leader of the free world is looking increasingly untenable. I said
in an earlier post that putting America
first doesn’t sit in easy accord with making America great. Well, here you have
it. China’s
star, on the other hand, was given a boost today when they said they would
honour the agreement. But then, Chinese culture is underpinned by Taoist,
Buddhist and Confuscianist philosophy, and it has a long history on its side.
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