I’ve never understood war. Killing people for peace just doesn’t make sense to me. Sure, I get territorial disputes and bad leaders who need to be deposed and, in this case, potential nuclear buildup from an unstable regime. But to me (and Marvin Gaye), war is not the answer.
Have you ever had to deal with people who had a conflict about some issue and you had to mediate between them before they came to blows? Welcome to my world where for 25 years I have refereed this equation with an even simpler equation, drama class starts at 12:35 and nobody wins in a fight.
The drama class is kind of a joke because our school
day ends at 12:35 (Get it?) but nobody wins in a fight is how it works in education because when fights happen, they rarely end with the fight. Especially now when 10 people are recording the altercation to insure that it never dies. Also fights usually require at least a day of inquiry and restorative justice so it affects all parties involved.
The world is a big classroom, filled with bullies, pacifists, and a whole lot of people who just want to have a nice day. But world conflict means 1.5 million dead in Ukraine and 4.5 million dead in the Middle East in the last 20 years. BTW, that’s the population of Colorado, gone.
Solutions? Not really possible with the personalities involved today. MLK, Gandhi, John Lennon, Mother Teresa, Bob Marley, all just memories of a time when things were different. Priorities were different, life was different.
Plumpynut is my new favorite thing. It’s a high nutrition food, created to alleviate hunger and disease, costs 35 cents per serving and can cure hunger.
War in Ukraine, 400 billion=12,000,000,000 servings of Plumpynut. Middle East, 5.8 Trillion=17,600,000,000,000 servings of Plumpynut. Trump’s birthday party, 48 million=144,000,000 servings of Plumpynut. And just for fun, Bezos’ wedding, 20 million (lowest estimate)=60,000,000 servings of Plumpynut. You see where I’m going with this, feed people or feed hate.
The good news? The democratic socialists are coming and I’m not talking just Bernie and AOC and Beto, Mamdani in New York, Jackson in Maine, Cooke in Wisconsin, they’re popping out all over and this is only the beginning. Because there are more lovers than haters, more rational people promoting rational ideas like people over profits.
And are you supporting the No Kings movement? Well, get on board because the next one is on the fourth of July (my favorite holiday) where America takes back its independence from an oppressive leader, just like we did in 1777.
Celebrate this year with a constitutional refresher course. Understand what the Constitution really stands for: liberty, justice, freedom from oppression, a balance of power, issues which have become undervalued. Domestic tranquility, yeah, not really feeling that these days.
And if you hate war, say it out loud, tell your friends, teach it to your kids because it’s kinda outdated and nobody really wins in a fight.
Oh, and more plumpynut, always.
Little fish, big pond 