Oh North Korea, hear tales of a man
Who seeks refuge from the American plan
A soldier whose eyes are now open wide
Realizing he must seek a place to hide
He seeks peace and a place to call his own
In your country he hopes to call home

#northkorea #ussoldier #refuge #disillusionment #ode #poetry

https://abcnews.go.com/International/north-korea-us-soldier-seeks-refuge-after-becoming/story?id=102302162

We're re-watching the older #StarWars movies and just finished II: Attack of the Clones. While even as a teenager I realized that the Empire was clearly fascist and modeled after some combination of Rome and the Nazis (among others, perhaps), I'd never realized how horrible the younger #Kenobi was and what a #cult the #Jedi were -

"You can love only us - no family connections, no looking out for anyone not in our elite club, no feeling anything we don't teach you to feel - and if you show any individuality, we will belittle and chide you until you have no choice but to go apostate."

Seriously, I was rooting for Anakin by halfway through the film.

#disillusionment

A quotation from Clark, Kenneth:

«««««
It is lack of confidence, more than anything else, that kills a civilization. We can destroy ourselves by cynicism and disillusion, just as effectively as by bombs.
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Full quote, sourcing, notes:
https://wist.info/clark-kenneth/55630/

#quote #quotes #quotation #civilization #confidence #cynicism #disbelief #disillusionment #society

youthful Questions asked.
“Some day you will understand.”
Someday never comes.

#Haiku #Parenting #Observations #Mysteries #Disappointment #Disillusionment #Questions #CCR #HaikusAdaptedFromSong #Haikoot

Investigation deep
Distrust it did sow and keep
Supreme Court inquiry

#supremecourt #investigation #abortionopinion #disillusionment #haiku #poetry

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/21/us/supreme-court-investigation.html

#ImposterSyndrome is real, y’all. Young people might hope that this syndrome will fade away as a career progresses and reaches its height. What goes up must also fall, as we slide from our successes into a pool of #Ageism #Disillusionment and #Obsolescence. I can say that, as one who chose to break free from this into #EarlyRetirement and #StartAnew (thus, Mandy v2.0), I can feel the bondage of #ImposterSyndrome restrict me from looking back with pride. I still have hope. #Sisyphus

@gme @saramg sadly I’ve found this to be true as well in #HigherEducation where both students and administrate treat you instrumentally. #disillusionment