Dystopia & Wellness

 

The image above might be a best case scenario. There's still wildlife, and the people don't look ravaged. If enough people wise up, maybe we can have that. Otherwise, things might look more like this:

Something I saw at a forum set off this whole train of thought:

"I've been reading longer than most of them have been alive."

It was in response to an article somebody linked to. Another of those "tArOt dOeSn'T pReDiCt tHe fUtUrE iT's a tOoL fOr SeLf rEfLeCtIon! " dribble pieces. (NPR, you really should know better.)

https://www.npr.org/2022/02/01/1077397838/how-to-get-into-reading-tarot-cards-with-michelle-tea

There's a lot of garbage like that going around. I posted about it here:
https://fatekeepson.blogspot.com/2021/12/media-misrepresentation.html

And yes, that's one of the things that's maddening about these wellness readers. We had already been reading professionally for years when these little snotnoses were still shitting yellow, and they have the unmitigated gall and stupidity to tell us we're doing it all wrong.

It makes me wonder if it's a generational thing. And I loathe the whole "Gen X vs. Millennials vs. Boomers etc." thing. It's stupid. No generation is a monolith. But it might have some relevance here. I know the younger people don't have much of a future to look forward to. Of course ours was no great shakes either, but at that age we didn't KNOW. We thought the pollution was going to get cleaned up, race relations were improving, grievances would be addressed, etc. They're probably expecting a Max Max dystopia with gangs roving through the ruins killing people for potable water. And I can agree that's a very distinct possibility.

But they need to blame corporations, oligarchs, political lobbying, fascism, "replacement theory", etc. and stop attempting to use fortunetellers as punching bags to get their frustrations out. And even with what's coming down the pike, they can still ask the cards the same things people have always asked: "Will he ask me out?" "Will I get the job?" etc.

Not wanting to ponder the future is no reason to gut cartomancy or insult us.