Deep inner suffering inevitably arises when the human person is reduced to performance, consumption, or a statistical datum. Many young people today live under the yoke of expectations to perform, immersed in an exasperated competitiveness that generates anxiety, fear of not measuring up, and disorientation.
This single scene from It's a Wonderful Life is so scary how much of a parallel it is to this. This entire film was a fucking warning, but boomers instead treated Mr. Potter like an idol.
† St. Padre Pio says:
"Be weary of anxiety. Often place your trust in Divine Providence and be assured that ~ heaven and earth shall pass away before the Lord shall fail to protect you."
If we want a country that’s safe for women and children we have to harden our hearts, and know what’s coming— Bill Maher and other “rational voices” (some malicious, some just exhausted from conflict) saying “can we all just go back to before the country LOST ITS MIND”
We cannot forget what we’re dealing with. These vipers exposed themselves because they thought they were winning (imagine dancing and singing cheerfully after a potentially-civil-war inciting political assassination, on an account with your face and real name and in many cases your employer listed right there in your bio)
We know what they look like when they’re winning—we’re about to learn what they look like when they’re losing. They’ll use every debate tactic, every gaslighting/emotional/relationship tactic, every appeal to logic and human decency—the same stuff that fell on deaf ears when you were getting YOUR LIVELIHOOD STRIPPED FROM YOU for refusing to take experimental medicine
The language used by @NickJFuentes in his speech is precisely what we need to remember. These people must be DEFEATED and DESTROYED. They’ve shown their true faces, we’ve seen the joyful bloodlust, it is the JUST thing to ensure that they are unemployable. If you dance on the grave of a peaceful Christian man, and mock his widow—you CANNOT be allowed to teach children, administer medicine, prepare food, handle important information/communications—essentially be trusted with any role above Amazon warehouse worker.
It feels like this anger can never be quenched but it inevitably will be, unlike the secret viciousness of our enemies, who hate God and themselves—when this happens, we must transition our collective mindset to one of fatherly/paternal responsibility. It is our job and ONLY our job, and our duty and responsibility to ensure that society is a safe and nurturing place for the weak and innocent, namely, women and children. This means that the freaks, outsiders, bad guys HAVE to be put in the crystal and trapped there forever, no matter how convincing their pleas for mercy may be. It’s on them to get right with God, but here in this realm they’ll be lucky if they can hold down a job at a mall kiosk
The “globalization of indifference” Pope Francis warned about now seems to have become a globalization of powerlessness. Faced with injustice and innocent suffering, we are more aware — but risk doing nothing, overcome with a feeling of helplessness. Yet history is saved by the humble, the just, and martyrs, in whom goodness shines and humanity endures and is reborn.
On this day in history in 2018, 28-year-old Richard Russell — remembered as "Sky King" — borrowed an airplane from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport for a joyride before crashing into a remote island.
Russell had worked as a ground crew member, partly so he could visit his family in Alaska more often. Though he had no formal flight training other than playing video games, he developed a deep fascination with aviation. On the evening of August 10th, he gained access to an aircraft and took off smoothly, only drawing attention once fellow employees realized something was wrong.
During his flight, Russell flew over Mount Rainier and the Olympic Mountains, did a barrel roll, and even requested GPS coordinates for a recently sighted orca and calf.
Air traffic controllers, two F-15 fighter jets, and a civilian pilot tried to persuade him to land, but their efforts were unsuccessful. When the plane eventually ran out of fuel, Russell guided it into Ketron Island. His death was ruled a suicide, possibly linked to past brain injuries from multiple concussions.
His family remembered him as “a faithful husband, a loving man, and a good friend… He was right in saying that there are so many people who loved him.” Rest in peace, Sky King.