“The American people may be undergoing a psychotic episode, but they are fundamentally sensible.” This is, indeed, optimistic. Makes me smile in the moment. I don’t know whether it’s true.
“The American people may be undergoing a psychotic episode, but they are fundamentally sensible.” This is, indeed, optimistic. Makes me smile in the moment. I don’t know whether it’s true.
The quote reminds me of a moment when I was working in a short-term mental-health facility. A man who was quite psychotic when he entered the facility was just beginning to respond to antipsychotic medicine, and it wasn’t a smooth transition. After some delusional discourse he talked lucidly with me for a few minutes, then shook his head and changed his expression, saying,”What the hell was that all about?” and lapsed right back into his delusional system, which was still intact and more compelling.
I zeroed in on that nugget too. I love this country, but let's face it, America has been going through not just periodic psychotic episodes but more or less sustained craziness for 400 years. This is why The Crazy One, in his multifarious manifestations, is revered as a national saint when he deigns to appear and grace us.
“The American people may be undergoing a psychotic episode, but they are fundamentally sensible.” This is, indeed, optimistic. Makes me smile in the moment. I don’t know whether it’s true.
The quote reminds me of a moment when I was working in a short-term mental-health facility. A man who was quite psychotic when he entered the facility was just beginning to respond to antipsychotic medicine, and it wasn’t a smooth transition. After some delusional discourse he talked lucidly with me for a few minutes, then shook his head and changed his expression, saying,”What the hell was that all about?” and lapsed right back into his delusional system, which was still intact and more compelling.
Kinda like when Biden has a moment of clarity and everyone is like “where did that come from”?
No.
I zeroed in on that nugget too. I love this country, but let's face it, America has been going through not just periodic psychotic episodes but more or less sustained craziness for 400 years. This is why The Crazy One, in his multifarious manifestations, is revered as a national saint when he deigns to appear and grace us.
https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300105179/hellfire-nation
(don't let the Yale Press imprint put you off, rubes.)