Reading and writing here, I am reminded of Nietzsche and his famous observation: "When you stare into the abyss, the abyss stares back at you."
Frankly, I think a glance now and then is heathy but it can become an obsession. Looking long and hard at unsettling topics affects different people differently. Some are influenced adversely, others are not.
On this Locals we look at plenty of 'scary' possibilities, worrisome events, and interpretations of events. We post reports or viewpoints that may or may not be accurate with the assumption that we all can handle it without being drawn off-centre or being harmed. Not everyone can.
Some people who walk confidently across the living room or down the street without ever falling could not walk along a solid steel beam hundreds of feet above the pavement without panicking and falling. Some people can stand calmly on the edge of a cliff, and some cannot.
I am reminded of Nathaniel Hawthorn's cautionary story, Young Goodman Brown:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Young_Goodman_Brown:
Rebel News is heading to Brazil to expose the UN’s climate hypocrisy!
As 50,000+ bureaucrats, lobbyists and politicians jet into Belém to tell you to “cut back,” we’re sending Sheila Gunn Reid and Kian Simone to show the luxury, the VIP perks — and Canada’s role — that the UN doesn’t want you to see.
https://www.rebelnews.com/rebel_news_is_heading_to_brazil_to_expose_the_uns_climate_hypocrisy
Canada Has Gone Woke and It's About to Go Broke...
Not just Climate Alarmism and Gender Nonsense anymore.In a nation once defined by hard work, innovation, and shared prosperity, Canada is sleepwalking into fiscal and social ruin under the banner of performative “reconciliation.” We’ve seen the warning signs globally: companies like Bud Light hemorrhaging $1.4 billion in sales after its ill-fated Dylan Mulvaney campaign alienated core customers; Jaguar’s cringeworthy 2024 rebrand pushing electric cars and “inclusivity” that bombed so hard it was scrapped amid plummeting stock; Harley-Davidson retreating from DEI mandates after backlash from riders who just wanted motorcycles, not lectures. These weren’t isolated fumbles, they were self-inflicted wounds from chasing social justice optics at the expense of reality. Now, Canada is the latest casualty, with “woke” poli...
https://sheldonyakiwchuk.substack.com/p/canada-has-gone-woke-and-its-about
