Those of you who have read my writings know that I do not write for effect. I write to put down thoughts that have become "ripe" and need to be exposed. I also write to expose my thoughts to others in order that I do not stray too far from reality.

I have been writing less and less since Trump was elected. That is partly because I have a mixed set of reactions and don't want to sound too incoherent. Politics in this country is theater and bad theater at best.

Let me just let some thoughts hang out here for reaction from others. I read a lot and know my own view is an isolated one. A main theoretical thread for me comes from a maverick version of systems theory arising out of complex systems theory, for whatever that's worth.

Here's where I'm at.

The American empire seems to be being dismantled. That is good. The clumsiness and lack of vision surround these events is distressing at best.

Here in the US another collection of corrupt aspects of the empire's hold on the people is being dismantled with a misguided hope that private interests will oppress the people in a better way.

The willingness of so many politicians to play the corruption game has institutionalized the corruption and oppression. The idea that new people entering the corrupt system can change the system is laughable.

In order for real change to happen the system has to be brought down. Somewhere in the thoughts of Trump's favorite, Bannon, this has been expressed. There is no way a Nazi is capable of creating a sane system out of the rubble.

What is going to happen is totally unpredictable since it depends mostly on factors we do not understand. Our lack of understanding is a result of our having a world view shaped by the now collapsing system's illusions.

Hovering over all of this is the impending devastation which will result from unchecked Global Warming. The failure of science to see how rapidly this would accelerate is tightly coupled to the failure of reductionist thinking to deal with complex systems. This is the same thinking that made us blind to systems forces in politics.

I guess I have a special kind of arrogance to be so sure about these things but if you have read my book with Jim Coffman you will see how it al hangs together.

I have a special kind of madness living with what I have learned over my 81 years. Sorry if sharing it with you disturbs you.