Wednesday, October 28, 2015
Little Orlovian thought
Thinking along Orlovian parallel collapse lines.
Obama is Gorby. Last man in the dynasty, understanding that the system is fucked but wanting to stay alive.
I can understand and empathize. 50 years old, pretty wife, decent kids, tolerable mother-in-law. Do I want a life of perfect security, or do I want Fort Marcy Park? Should I try to expose everything, or should I just fiddle around the edges hoping to do a little good?
Easy choice, especially because the Fort Marcy choice would be so ferociously Rectified that my bravery would be turned upside down into treachery.
Yup, Gorby.
Well then, who's Yeltsin? Aha. One of the successors looks and acts a lot like Yeltsin, doesn't he? Not drunk but otherwise similar.
¶ 12:20 PM 
