Jonathan used the word decadent to describe our society in a podcast this week. The word says a lot. When I read about crises in the world, death and destruction, and then I parse the news of the day, and reflect on the news of yesterday, so much of it seems like utter nonsense. We’re a decadent people, and I have time believing that an…
Jonathan used the word decadent to describe our society in a podcast this week. The word says a lot. When I read about crises in the world, death and destruction, and then I parse the news of the day, and reflect on the news of yesterday, so much of it seems like utter nonsense. We’re a decadent people, and I have time believing that anything but a catastrophe of biblical proportions will shake us out of the decline. I think the Joan didion part shook this screed out of me.
Jonathan used the word decadent to describe our society in a podcast this week. The word says a lot. When I read about crises in the world, death and destruction, and then I parse the news of the day, and reflect on the news of yesterday, so much of it seems like utter nonsense. We’re a decadent people, and I have time believing that anything but a catastrophe of biblical proportions will shake us out of the decline. I think the Joan didion part shook this screed out of me.