I increasingly think the last keeper of democracy in the U.S. will be a black woman. Everybody else seems afraid. The perennial complaints about Neville Chamberlain come to mind.
But still, best wishes for the New Year to you Jochen and to All. Eric > On Dec 26, 2023, at 4:39 AM, Jochen Fromm <j...@cas-group.net> wrote: > > Merry Christmas from Berlin! It must be Farolitos time now in Santa Fe, > right? Here in Berlin we have plenty of Christmas markets where you get hot > mulled wine. At Christmas Eve I was in the "American Church of Berlin" which > is over 120 years old. It was mostly empty though. > > While Donald Trump embodies the bad site of America - adultery, fraud, hate, > lies, greed and the rest of the mortal sins - the church classically > represents the good side of America: the selfless care for others, Christian > values and the feeling that everybody is welcome. > > It is sad to see churches slowly dying out like the old lighthouses at the > coast which showed ships the right way for centuries but are now turning into > mere tourist attractions. Will democracy die out together with the churches > too? > > This article about the last lighthouse keeper in the U.S. makes me wonder if > president Biden will be the last keeper of democracy in America before the > land falls into the darkness of a Trump dictatorship. What do you think? > https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/11/06/the-last-lighthouse-keeper-in-america > > -J. > -. --- - / ...- .- .-.. .. -.. / -- --- .-. ... . / -.-. --- -.. . > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Fridays 9a-12p Friday St. Johns Cafe / Thursdays 9a-12p Zoom > https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fbit.ly%2fvirtualfriam&c=E,1,MfR7QY5u51Gek4F9oRb_H-rpZMkBj6daRnKfn-mPdVfgv1KCKR3uwkL-6pQSk9QZ2o6DH1O9z4veyG1ABO5_B_QnwteY8TmVGT8xbDorDUIX8haTKmNsCIZz&typo=1 > to (un)subscribe > https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=http%3a%2f%2fredfish.com%2fmailman%2flistinfo%2ffriam_redfish.com&c=E,1,f2TWbvpGcjkqirB14icZsxL3RYnDEpqO0ZOQAX12e-05QcrhOncVBYD0HuGJtYyvLkyiAIfTPkEiLATEIIxAyoXbK0bwQgMG19N9ssSobFRcT6RdzdzLd6e5&typo=1 > FRIAM-COMIC > https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=http%3a%2f%2ffriam-comic.blogspot.com%2f&c=E,1,ZJNM_l7mA-1WkFb0SoV7NPNkMmK44OPkHcAKeX3APz3xso8KqnPtL9saQI5WJZzUc21pad08IvlPyhPbhPbJEIH34UgyQT74CxPKP6EBUouiHZD3&typo=1 > archives: 5/2017 thru present > https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fredfish.com%2fpipermail%2ffriam_redfish.com%2f&c=E,1,12Fs6Aum0-Kg-G8oQHsrc9kqev9gb8kgkm5D13AtyVXeM750k0n4RndfXRe3ddOq3WHNZkPYn56KNAFyyGYI2DA4Tc-7AOwh43bDgLKWjq09ow,,&typo=1 > 1/2003 thru 6/2021 http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/ -. --- - / ...- .- .-.. .. -.. / -- --- .-. ... . / -.-. --- -.. . FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Fridays 9a-12p Friday St. Johns Cafe / Thursdays 9a-12p Zoom https://bit.ly/virtualfriam to (un)subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ archives: 5/2017 thru present https://redfish.com/pipermail/friam_redfish.com/ 1/2003 thru 6/2021 http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/
