Welcome to the Third Degree: Tough, Brief, Weekly Interrogations on matters public and private that force thinking and response. This Sunday we target: Madness
Since Caesar was warned to beware the Ides of March, (actually a single day) but perished anyway, was it shared, id driven demons that did him in?
Was it a mistake of destiny or mutual madness generated by the quest and fear of power?
Does the Freudian ever grasping id, restrained, at times, by ego and superego (economics too if you think about it), speak volumes to basic human nature and unending conflict?
Will distraction of basketball this March cause disregard of a growing madness that leads to loss and lunacy?
Does the scurrying and protesting March Hare provide clue? Is there ever enough time for that all important date— ruthless societal sanity? When is it too late?
Do the roars of the lion and the coming of the lamb signal spring or sustained progressive psychosis aided by id driven inattention, indifference, and ignorance?
Do contenting Gods of the season find converts in faith or fury and is id motivated Mars just one of them?
For extra and chilling credit, what are the names of the two horses that pull his war chariot?
If accepted madness is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results, then what rescues inmates from self-erected asylums?
Despite the perils, can our survival driven id coupled with an idealism, without illusion, lead the way out?
Is there virtue in an id generated selfishness that expects, even demands, results, timely results?
Should that virtue be accompanied by a forward-looking discipline of self and others, especially the children (read 25 and under), and relentless effort?
Is all else nagging self-doubt and divisive madness in a too comfortable moment of American history that can evaporate faster than a WOKE bank? Beware the monthly occurring Ides; are we almost out of time?
Socrates reminds: “The unexamined life is not worth living. The answers and actions remain yours.
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