The Descent into Madness

The rage is boiling over and the forces of chaos are feeding deeply and reproducing.

Peaceful demonstrations are infiltrated by agent provocateurs.

Legitimate police forces are infiltrated by sadists.

Democratically elected politicians are infiltrated by fascists who seek "total domination."

The nation shudders as these infiltrations are displayed in a tableaux of escalating street violence.

CVS drugstore, Target and other other retailers close up shop as the agent provocateurs threaten their business, leaving communities who depend upon them without.

Supply and distribution chains already shocked by covid-19 are shocked again by the escalating violence.

Meanwhile, workers at factories, warehouses, and farms become sick with the mysterious covid-19 disease, which has proven capacities for dormancy and/or re-infection.

Global and national food supply chains are at risk as workers in these spaces become ill.

Some private employers stop reporting infection rates. Data on infections are manipulated by some national, state, and local public authorities. Some would prefer to control information about the threat rather than the threat itself.

While the spectacle of escalating violence and totalitarianism transfix, our vital infrastructures - flawed as they are - are shutting down.....

Change must happen but this trajectory of escalating violence is a descent into madness, especially given it is headed by a mad man.