Zen Pencils by Gavin Aung Than for November 28, 2022

Or, and hear me out here, we could turn Twitter into 4Chan for $44 billion.

Bad timing considering the people committing atrocities are using that ‘Z’ symbol and all that money “spent on weapons and defense” would allow those behind that ‘’Z" to continue killing people who never wanted that war. Gavin, in another world, Bill hicks might have been right. Today unfortunately, he’s just naive.

I’ve been waiting for that since 1952. We were promised a new world. The dawn of the atomic age….dawn of the space age. The Age of Aquarius. So much good was promised…..a few delivered. Most did not. Now we’ve backed up undoing all the good that was laid back then. I just hope we pull out of it. We are alone….this is all we have…..we kill it….there is no place left to go.

In April 1953 president Eisenhower delivered a speech in the same vein. This was after the death of Stalin, and he was trying to convince the USSR not to engage in an arms race. We can see how that worked out.

Yeah, dream on

For context, Bill Hicks, a comedian who left this world far too soon: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0382805/bio

if only

The last couple of wars could have been more effectively and economically handled by cluster bombs that scattered $100 bills.

Another great strip, but 10 years old and may already be outdated. I worry that a greater problem in 2022 is the wealthy and powerful taking an “It’s just a ride” attitude, one which concludes that the common person’s problems are not so serious and addressing them is pointless worrying.

I miss Bill. RIP.

From where would this revolution start? For it is a revolution.

Bill Hicks was right about everything.

How long has humanity been trying to turn swords into plowshares and spears into pruning hooks. I hope we succeed some day.