We live in interesting times, and as an Old, I must continually remind myself they are not the times I grew up in. So when I say that I have “mixed feelings about America” or something to that effect, I feel I’m pegging myself (pause) as the garden variety degenerate Marxist that I am (I dunno, sometimes), and yet due to the staggering devolution of “Conservative” “thought”, it may actually come off as someone who is still mad about the New Deal, or Alaska and Hawaii becoming states or any kind of social progress over the last century. No. I gotta insist that despite my continued devotion to physical media (and…blogging), I am not That Old. (Or, That Young, what can ya do.) Ａｌｓｏ，it’s been pointed out to me that I’ve made some statements over the years, maybe not that long ago even, about or involving “white people”…at one point I used the word “assimilation” positively. The context was always regarding foreigners in Japan. A person moves to Japan generally does so for a much different reason than moves to America, and they are very different countries. And I also have mixed feelings about Japan, it’s not perfect, but they get some things right (maintaining infrastructure, public transportation)…I’m not one of these dipshits who thinks they were on the right side of WWII. I think Japan is a good example of how we can move on from history into something better. (But as someone who has researched moving there, their immigration procedure could use some work. As could my resume and general lifestyle, we may someday meet in the middle.) Even the worst events in history are something we can move past and people’s attitudes can change. Until the ice caps melt, then we’re pretty fucked. But until then my record player will probably keep working.

Not sure it’s the greatest attitude tbh, but it’s what I’m going with.