Ungainly, clumsy, awkward, without skill or grace, gawky, unwieldy, heavy-handed, inept, plundering, frivolous, bumbling, bungling, clownish, loud, insensitive, unaware, self-absorbed. To varying degrees, we are all many of these things often; most especially when we disconnect from reality. Reality is dispassionate and impersonal. Reality is serious and should be driven by fact. If opinion plays a part in defining reality it must be consensus, expert opinion substantiated by underlying facts. Unverifiable personal opinion, even if consensus and/or logical, is likely from a false premise, thus not reality. Today, in this country, it feels like a very large majority of us operate from a framework of unverifiable personal opinion, and if one accepts (as I do) that capitalism is a false premise, then we are all delusional.

All that said, I am not suggesting that one never unplug from reality. I do it for my sanity and so I can reasonably function in this world we have made.

That said, there are some, (perhaps many and perhaps a majority), of us who appear to be permanently unplugged. It is difficult for me to read or keep up with national news that overwhelmingly reflects this disconnect. It is difficult for me to reasonably function in a system, and alongside individuals, that is and who are constant reminders of our mass delusion.

That said, this disconnect is reality and I should pay closer attention to what is happening and I should learn and improve so I can work and contribute in ways that better reflect our reality.

That said, it is difficult…