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Red Robin Remembered

Charles Hayes

    “What are you going to replace it with?” That is what we are most often ask when we want to be rid of something. It’s like the electron-hole theory of electricity that says current flows two ways. One way to its use, leaving vacated spaces or holes that appear to flow the opposite way to its source. Each electron is replaced by a hole and vice versa. Except that electricity theory openly admits to being only a theory used to promote understanding. But consumerism is not a theory nor the “need” to replace things a benign desire. It is a consumption driven concept used to instill necessity and gain access to capital, or in short, dollars.
    Plain destruction without consideration for what will be missed is not right either as some who seek only an end would have us believe. But the powers that be, footed in a consumption based society, leave little room for negotiating what is needed and what is not. And nihilistic destruction requires not the support necessary to reach a defining standard of living that is reasonable and just. In a sense, consumerism and nihilism are alike, both having no path to moderation.
    It is not nihilism, however, that has the podium in society nor the desire to persuade us to waste and spend for things that we may or may not have, all touted as part of the “good” life. In fact one can throw together any claptrap object and entitle it, “For The Person Who Has Everything.” It will move.
    This missive and its implications will gain little traction in today’s society. Even the threat that the oceans will rise over many of our homes if we do not stop the wasteful use of our planet’s resources changes little. A few snickers, mostly from those in the highest positions of responsibility, will surely be heard. But when they suddenly retire to the higher peaks and the ocean is in the refrigerator and we brace against the surf on the front porch, their amusement will be a thing of the past. And when a book that poo poos global warming washes to our feet, how dare our anger be, to avoid the shame that is.

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