In "Forbidden Planet" the towering achievement of the doomed alien race, the Krell, was enhancing their brain power to an almost infinite degree........to the point where whatever they could think of, they could give it form and substance by the power of their minds alone......
In doing so, they unwittingly unleashed the Id.......the primitive beast th.......at lived deep inside themselves........and wiped themselves out in out in one apocalyptic night.
Here in the United States, pretty much the same thing is going on.......except instead of one night, we're doing it in slow motion......in agonizing degrees.......
Aided and abetted by Twitter, Facebook and ridiculously easy access to guns, the Id shows its odious, gruesome face in public more every day, every week......
Mass shootings fueled by hate, attempted bombings fueled by a demented would-be dictator who takes his Id out for an early morning stroll on Twitter each day.........
And increasingly, a populace ruled by unbridled hatred, division, a willingness to swallow utter nonsense as gospel truth.........
The phrase we keep hearing, over and over again......"we're better than this...."
Are we?
At this point in time, we're starting to wonder.
Meanwhile, the Id continues its triumphant march across our landscape. And we wonder if we're better than the Krell…….
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