of the future.
T.S. Eliot, author of the great 20th century poem–The Waste Land, when asked about the future of our Civilization, said “Internecine fighting, people killing one another in the streets.” Civilization to him appeared a crumbling edifice destined to perish in the flames of war.
If you follow the news these days, I suspect you’d likely agree with Eliot’s view. People killing others and sometimes themselves in the streets. There is much to do with hate in this rather fragile time in Western civilization.
I also don’t think Eliot would disagree with Walt Kelly’s/Pogo’s summation: “We have met the enemy and he is us.”