Just a question for anyone who's been following the 2024 Democratic National Convention: leaving aside the doublethink, hypocrisy and the sheer absurdity of it all, where exactly is this 'joy' we keep hearing so much about? 'Cos I've got to say, I'm not feeling it. And on a more practical level, I don't quite understand how it's going to jumpstart the US economy, resolve the situation at the border or deal with the fentanyl crisis. Will it reconcile the pro-life and pro-choice camps, or those who think biological sex is real and immutable with those who believe there's no such thing? Is it strong enough to end the carnage in Ukraine and Gaza, and perhaps make the world a safer, saner place? Or is this joy something only a select group of people who hold the 'correct' opinions and have bank balances equivalent to the GDP of Luxembourg are allowed to feel, while the rest of us, much like the workhouse orphans in
Oliver Twist, look on with empty stomachs and sad, slobbering mouths waiting for the bombs to fall?
The answer, my friends, is blowing in the wind. Possibly.
