The Pelosi problem is an institutional
problem. The variance of these you will find all across the world. Where the
powerful entrenched group act as mediators of common people ticking all the boxes
to posture as liberal, caring and value driven. They work on pointers to appear
to be not only by the side of common people but also torchbearers of better egalitarian
world. They snarl at bigotry and extremism
while showing well-rehearsed signs of being upset with human rights violations
and abuse. They assume these with much self-obsessed relish without ever having
to put their skin in any game. Now the problem starts when the reality start to
strike and their cozy world is in line of attack. The benign mediators of institutions
turn out to be well entrenched status quoists worrying about their little world
into which they have stuffed their unsettling big egos. Very soon all the
cunningness is shifted to protect their own turf, least bothered about paradoxical
shifts or blatant hypocrisies. Such deviousness needs special attention and a
deeper look. This becomes crucial as the world is shifting towards extreme
views devoid of any facts or humane value system while religion, nation or other
atavistic bonds are being used to segregate, brutalize and silence people. Myths
of omnipotence of pristine past is played to allay fears as also pointing to glorious
future from these regressive references. These are not surprisingly attracting
a lot of people, hence a tilt in democracy towards demagogues, rabble rousers and revivalists.
People are getting immensely insecure because of cascading urgencies, some exaggerations
of media (it’s more psychological where people are constantly looking for
excitement and are bombarded with information/titillation all the time hence lack
deeper understanding. They move from moment to moment in high roller coaster
leaving them frustrated and alienated from their reality. Never were humans
exposed to so much that was devoid from their immediate needs of their
existential reality or context), but most due to dwindling resources, degrading surroundings and constant exposure to rather violent, insular world with dire predictions.
The world of perceptions and exaggerations
that market unleashed has been orchestrating the crescendos called news as entertainment.
The unreal is becoming real. A semi-literate reality star is now a dangerous reality that is holding the
most powerful office in the world. These are being nurtured and served all across the
world as pointers of success and eminence. The crass and crude are attention holders hence
eyeballs for money churning. Meanwhile people desperately seek sane options and resistance that
put humane context in basic arbitration, but, alas, the traditional spaces are occupied by Pelosi problems. Pelosis are regrettable relics who live in sanitized
bubble, senses dulled from the reality, pampered by power and luxury they have
difficulty in letting go their easy ways. They seem delectably immune to the imminent
disasters and grave concerns in their negotiated charms. They live in grand illusions
of being ace negotiators and compelling raconteur wherein there is nobody to negotiate
nor listen. They give the hint of old world order –the make believes of role
plays and orchestrated outrages, in an increasingly chaotic world that is achievable if we rally around them. The reality they refuse to acknowledge is that the world has well moved past them and is heading to the precipice hence needs
immediate intervention and appropriate actions. This vacuum is sought to be
filled by street protests across the world. Many of these genuine voices and concerns are
being silenced by entrenched powerful groups. There have been some breaches in
recent times like brilliant articulate youngsters working against climate complacency.
Meanwhile the manipulators work on fakes and myths to continue their onslaught on
reality with market attuned skills to grab and capitalize on any opportunity
with whatever means and wherewithal. This heuristic transactional market muck mind is what is
Trump all about. Pelosi becomes a conduit and enthusiastic enabler who then cleverly
positions to be compared as better. The problem is world doesn’t need better, or indeed best, they need leaders to understand, to take immediate appropriate actions and be acutely aware of gravity of fast changing and emerging realities.
