{∅, {∅}, {∅, {∅}}} : Rage Against the Meat Grinder

Holden,

Thank you for the quotes and the links. I hope your neighbor is leaving you in peace.
Being born on this Earth is like being born in a coffin.

Up to now I have not read Hard-boiled detective fiction. I am a very ignorant person.

The reality overcomes fiction. Murders, kidnappings, famines, wars, pandemic, and even your neighbor or your colleague could stab you just for nothing. Millions of people just kill as they drink a can of beer.

As you say we live in “Woke” times and so all of this has been swept under the carpet. But the filth will not disappear because the filth is inside each one of us.

The nights are about thousand times better than the days. They are quieter.

From the point of view of the Cathars “Any hell that existed was here on this material earth. To confound the Bad God it was necessary to abstain from all earthly temptations and to strengthen the inner spirit by prayer. It was a persuasive argument and it seemed to provide a rational explanation for all the misfortunes of the world.”

I read a sort of biography of Dostoevsky. Just minutes before his execution he said that “It’s not possible that we’ll be executed”, then Tsar Nicholas granted the prisoners a last minute reprieve. Instead of facing a firing squad they would be exiled to Siberia.

After this experience Dostoevsky said that life is everywhere even in a world of death and executioners. He wrote to his brother that “life is a gift, life is happiness.” “I will be reborn for the better,” he wrote. It turned out that the execution was just a display by the Tsar to showcase his power.

Stay safe.