I've become completely weary of power and influence. The effort and energy that goes into selling and influencing around the world is staggering. It all seems so pointless. The amount of complete bullshit that people spew in high-level meetings is incredible. Who are these people? Do they actually believe the irrelevant conclusions that they are expending so much energy skirting around, all in the name of diplomacy? It's not even the people who are in a position of status or power, it's the people who court them and buy into it all who are worse than the feeling of eating ice-cream+poutine on a boat . . . in stormy weather . . . when prone to sea-sickness . . . or something even worse than that.
The thought of having to be in this environment on a daily basis completely terrifies me. It would be a fate worse than daily listening to fingernails scratching down a blackboard. The courting is at its absolute worst when former colonial elites veil their wagging fingers in so-called cultural exchange missions to developing countries. It's not even the obscene amount of money that is spent on these missions that is nauseating, it's the pomp and contempt and, worst of all, the attempt to disguise it as a friendly exchange. It's f-ing unsolicited advice, wrapped in posh accents and stiff upper lips. It's so completely tiring.
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