Here we go more flippin’ insanity. David Amess out for a nice afternoon with his constituents in a church of all places is stabbed and killed. Murdered because he was a politician. The nefarious act also brought back the horrible death of Jo Cox another MP murdered for her views on Brexit in 2016 (not to mention the fifty journalists killed in 2020) . What the hell?

Our politicians and journalists are icons for the preservation and enhancement democracy no matter what political colours they fly, but how safe are they? Out for a walk and boom.  Where did  our sense of decency, compromise and respect go? We live in a society where the discussion of ideas is good for everyone, right? Maybe we’ve always hated diverse values. Blue caveman hits orange caveman over the head because he used too much flint (or the sacred flint).  What? Can’t we have opposing political or religious beliefs anymore? Are we still living in caves, without Starbucks for millennia?

Perhaps the biggest loss in these assaults is the attack on our future. Who in their right mind is going to hold political office with a literal gun to the back of their head?  So much for bright youthful ideas and people running across the political stage with hope and enthusiasm. “Hey young fella, you wanna be in government?” “Are you nuts? ” Say hello to the same old white guys running government with a pack of secret service guys running behind them in cheap black suits. What happens when the old white guys move or pass on? We certainly won’t get the best and brightest young minds.

What is the cause of this horror? Hello unregulated social media. The only interest these guys have is money. Hey you want to get your anger out? Excellent, I have a place just for you. Join a group on a platform where you can vent your anger. Get a few more to join.  The platform doesn’t care about any misinformation ravaging  these groups like cancer nor do we give a shit about the fallout. We love it because more anger means more people joining these radical groups and that spells PROFIT. We need money. Our corporation can’t possibly exist on eighty-five billion dollars a year. My goodness, anything under sixty billion is like poverty. How can I possibly orbit the earth in my billion dollar space vehicle if I don’t have an astronomical cash flow?

On the positive side,  this may result in good. If the senseless loss of life gets people screaming and if enough people get pissed off at these money gouging enterprises, something will get done. It’s time to shout until our lungs burst.