Larry Beinhart
I write about politics a lot. We have entered a period in which election results horrify people. For example: You are a woman who has longed dreamed of a female president, a strong woman, like Hillary Clinton. Donald Trump gets elected. Or, you're someone who has come to believe that Donald Trump has been sent by God to save America from things like black presidents and transgender children going to the wrong bathroom. Then he loses to Joe Biden.
I also write about economics. One begins to study economics in the belief that it is rational and evidence based. Then, as you follow it, you find yourself deeper and deeper in a system that is theological ... and there is no way out.
Here's a standard one on domestic matters. A girl believes that marriage is such a special state that it will solve all her problems. Once married she discovers she still hates her job, is frequently depressed, has body issues, money issues, and a companion who lets her know that she is, indeed, inadequate. A man marries in the expectation that marriage is the McDonald's of needs, quick sex on a bun, respect, admiration, emotional support for his unspoken emotions. Married, he, of course, finds that those were just advertisements he'd made up in his own head. To each of those you could add, and so it ends in institutionalized depression or suicide or murder ... or another sad novel in which the author thinks that malaise and ennui need to be explored or that a given adultery is really extraordinary.
I also write about economics. One begins to study economics in the belief that it is rational and evidence based. Then, as you follow it, you find yourself deeper and deeper in a system that is theological ... and there is no way out.
Here's a standard one on domestic matters. A girl believes that marriage is such a special state that it will solve all her problems. Once married she discovers she still hates her job, is frequently depressed, has body issues, money issues, and a companion who lets her know that she is, indeed, inadequate. A man marries in the expectation that marriage is the McDonald's of needs, quick sex on a bun, respect, admiration, emotional support for his unspoken emotions. Married, he, of course, finds that those were just advertisements he'd made up in his own head. To each of those you could add, and so it ends in institutionalized depression or suicide or murder ... or another sad novel in which the author thinks that malaise and ennui need to be explored or that a given adultery is really extraordinary.
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