"It's not my cross!"

Remember the Monty Python movie "Life of Brian?" It has an unforgettable scene in which a hapless group of Christian martyrs are marched by Roman soldiers to their crucifixion, forcing them to carry their own cross. One heartbroken Jew rushes up to help one of the condemned, saying: "Let me help you with your burden brother!". As soon as the weight of the cross is on his shoulder, the helped Jew ducks out from under it and scurries away, leaving the 'good Samaritan' under it. He complains, in vain, to the Roman soldier: "It's not my cross!"

That's how I feel about the upcoming American election. The Trump era has been poisoning my days with the never ending bizarre news coming in staccato-like fashion, like machine-gun fire and I was sick of hearing about the unbelievable stupidity and depravity that my species was descending to. Until, one day, I had enough and cried to the heaven: "It's not my cross!" - I am not even an American, Sure, some of it will spill over here, after all we are neighbours, but I am still safe! (Of course I do remember the Anschluss!)

We here, in Canada, will be facing an election too, not sure when, but it's coming. A while ago I posted a blog, called "Vote for or vote against?" where I explained why I don't vote strategically any more. See at: https://www.goodreads.com/author_blog...

So, I joined the Green Party of Canada because they are the only ones who make perfect sense, demanding social and racial justice, universal basic income, serious action against climate change, ecological responsibility and fair voting system. They even asked me for recommendation regarding policy initiative and I wrote the following:

"Sustainable change will only happen from the bottom up, not by the top-down approach popular with people in power (that's why they are in power). Encourage initiatives for distributed energy solutions (solar) and community gardening. Obsession with BIG projects won't do it. Unless citizens take personal responsibility for conservation, avoiding waste, respect for the environment and other lifeforms, it will continue spiraling down toward extinction at an accelerating rate. Good luck!!"

They don't have the chance of a snowball in hell, but what the heck, they are the only sane voice in the middle of this insanity, so someone has to help them with their burden, because what happens in this country is my cross!