The Dystopian Nightmare
Wine is a huge deal in Santa Barbara County in Central California. People come from all over the state to taste our Syrahs, Chardonnays and Pinot Noirs, and it is predicted that, by virtue of our unique terroir/micro-climates, that we’ll eventually supersede Napa and Sonoma as the Mecca of wine in the United States.
Now to the question at hand. It’s probably a huge fruit-forward Zinfandel, as these bad boys can carry an alcohol content of more than 16%, and who wants to go through this sober?
The thing about nightmares, however, is that they end. It’s possible that the U.S. will return to where it was before the 2016 elections. Racism was bad. Telling the truth was good. Authoritarian heads of state were bad. Strengthening relations with our allies was good. Environmental devastation was bad. A strong and well-educated middle class was good.
We can get back there, and maybe we just will.
Craig,
Well that’s certainly an improvement! At last, you have an excuse for standing around your cracker barrel, fantasizing about the “golden era” of an Obama fueled illusory greatness and real poverty, decay,indecision and economic failure.
You can blame the wine for your delusions!
You were indeed intoxicated during the Obama years. Drunk on sanctimony, self-righteous symbolism and corruption.
It was and era where the US lost battles against everyone, primarily Communist China, and signed “grand symbolic” agreements that meant nothing, but cost the US $ trillions.
An era when hypocritical, sanctimonious speeches and cowardly appeasement replaced resolute policy. An era which saw US power and influence diminish as US institutions decayed internally.
It was an era which saw the control of government pass from elected official to a cabal of bureaucrats, billionaires and Washington careerist insiders.
How shocking it must be for you to realize the huge success of the 2016 vintage! True the younger fruit is more vibrant, certainly more brash and rougher, but full of confidence and flavor.
How upsetting for you to experience the 2016 vintage is so very American. A great American vintage, not an effete copy of old decaying ideals, with a weak and insipid pretense of former greatness.
I can understand why the 2016 vintage must be horrifying strong to the effete gathering around your cracker barrel.