PART 4: Clumsily Destructive Mud-People with Hearts of Gold

AN ANALYSIS OF OUR CURRENT STATE OF AFFAIRS AS MUD-PEOPLE

So that brings us, more or less, to today. As best as I can tell, the most accurate way in which to describe the state of humanity, given our history and our present conditions is the title to this little History of Humanity as laid out in this blog. I say that we are clumsily destructive mud-people with hearts of gold.

Here's why:

Clumsily, because we sort of do most things by accident. Some of our best good things were accidents: like penicillin. Also, some of our things that ended up being bad things were accidents, like the atomic bomb and AIDS.

Destructive, because we are in the incredible habit of destroying everything around us, including ourselves and each other (either turning each other back into plain-old-mud, or making each other feel like plain-old-mud which is just as bad sometimes). Open a history book for examples of the turning into plain-old-mud, and take a long look at poverty for examples of the making people feel like plain-old-mud.

Mud-People, because as I have stated earlier, we are animated mud according to our narrative of our own creation. Also, because my friend and roomate, Paul Sileo, uses this phrase to describe people he thinks are of lower moral and social understanding, who shop at Wal-Mart and seem to procreate with branches of their family tree. Sileo also uses an adjective form of the same idea, describing things as decidedly "mudly".

with Hearts of Gold, because in all of this mess, we do some really great things too. Overall, I think most of us mean really well at some point or another. We all want to be loved, and most of us try to do good things at least once in a while. Most people are not murderers, at least not directly or itentionally. We all mean so well, I think. This is the part of us that loves and laughs just enough.

As my primary evidence, and in order to support my claims I will now list some things that prove my point:
Mother Theresa, Hiroshima, a good joke, genocide, adoption, eating disorders, the wheel, global warming, holding hands, racism, happy families, hungry babies, etc. et. all. cont...

To be continued... (yes, yes... once more... sorry).