After Shuntaro Tanikawa

Nothing new to report that I
haven’t read about before except for the intentionally lost
opportunities to act in good faith and in a
manner that grapples with the pandemic, the very
essence of an universal concern, which they made worthless
by a determination to be the 21st century version of the do nothing
party of the 19th century. It is all done in full view by detouring us down rabbit holes that
send us hither and yonder so they will not be held
culpable for their genius for the grift which they are so fond
of as it reminds us again of the 19 th century and the memories
of the Gilded Age where greed knew no boundaries and caused so much suffering for
so many people in the world. “Nothing new under sun” seems apt to me.