Thursday, July 18, 2019

captain marvel and the stolen narrative


As in the Chinese proverb, from chaos so to can we accomplish something on climate change. Trump and his cohorts can perhaps swallow the bitter pill of banning fossil fuels if they are generously compensated, we the earth, have no choice but to bribe the likes of Trump and the energy companies into converting to 100 % renewables. I see this as our best hope. There is no need for much more dialogue or debate if the ban is set within a reasonable amount of time. Complete conversion to renewables would be an economic boom. Let the lawless take some credit for the change and we might all get what we want; a sustainable planet.    
As such is the perversion we live, fearing democratic leadership as inept in the face of a constitutional crisis. Where’s the gusto for impeachment and for banning fossil fuels?
The specter of Mueller’s eyes when he finally addressed the public, trembled within, afraid to go beyond his own narrow mandate of confirmed intelligence. The same shame was seen later on Pelosi’s face, her denouncing words, neglecting to mention the truth based on law over politics, daunted. Like Captain Marvel, the greatest superhero film ever made, she was spawn likewise inept by a confused system, albeit partisanly corrupt.
We’ve strayed so long from the truth that its absence strangles us in so many ways. Our democracy and justice are aloof in a world nauseated by mounting evidence of lawlessness. Our nation still stuck in a one-party rule thanks much in part to Senator McConnell. Lacking the common sense to energize our economy with renewable energy, and going so far as to neglect much needed bank and investment regulations, ignoring the threat of their collapse again.
The real division of conservative verses progressive, traditional elitism verses reason-based democracy is not framing the debate as it should. The fact trump has not been impeached despite the well over 20 charges he could face is absurdly cowardly, and of course outwardly corrupt. Even the noble effort of Green’s resolution over his fitness for office; was disgracefully voted against.
The freedom Carol Danvers finds inspires us all to use the power we already have within. Brie Larson, just like in her role on the epic film Short Term 12, captures the innocence of Captain Marvel, a true Galahad of our times mired only in the mission before her, in its absolute purist deeds, despite all the killing.
The progressive side also struggles with practical change for the greater good. Any protest without a demand for specific legislative change wastes valuable time. The left’s distain from endorsing and supporting democratic dissent in places like Venezuela and Cuba are shockingly deaf to what should be at the core of every liberal talking point, human rights, dignity and justice. Here lies the theme of Captain Marvel through her direct logic she is able to help the oppressed, seeing them for the first time, a redemption out of awareness.
If this nation doesn’t impeach trump our best bet would be the election of an honest savior like Bernie Sanders or Elizabeth Warren who could win if they get the vote out on the ground to people struggling, perhaps pretending the hood is Iowa or New Hampshire. I want to see Cornel West walking the ghetto for voters and being Bernie and Warren’s intro man at events?! BOTH!!  Acting like, you guessed it, Captain Marvel. Danvers like our current state of affairs is held hostage by an absolute acceptance of fabricated reality. Someday there will be laws to prevent such mendacity on so many levels. In Danvers, her world’s truth is hidden from her, and then it is violently revealed in a suspended virtual state by the good guys.
The narrative has been glossed over for time and stolen, unable to act on certain truths inherent in law. The media is panicking to make sense of Trump’s mountains of detail and spur of the moment breakers like officials claiming not to trust the president, as congress wastes precious pre electoral season time, best reserved for impeachments. Pelosi seems to not see the urgency of now, merely moving forward with hearings, ignoring the simplicity of the argument; namely the amount of charges you can list even just from the Mueller report and for God sakes just vote on it. The politics are insulting in its erroneous jest. Perhaps we’ve strayed so long from truth-based reality that a shadow has cast on Pelosi blinding her to the importance of the subject being on paper. She is acting as if there are no other investigations when she says a senate vote would unjustly exonerate him. The media likewise ignores all the sealed investigations and some of the massive money trails. The recent news that Barr has stopped an SDNY investigation and the idea he may be hindering more of them makes the action of the House that much more important. The truth must be written on paper even if it is dismissed by McConnell.
Not since Rogue One has a rebel film given me this much joy even in the face of such aching despair. The film’s similarity to current affairs may well be coincidental but even just alone, its sheer magnificence, is a beacon in so many ways, Captain Marvel in its complexity and chic style sits on top as the most important and entertaining picture of the genre; a powerhouse not willing to accept a stolen narrative.


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