Nice meditation, @velimir on the current state of affairs. As a Muslim, immigrant and poet in Trump's America I, sometimes struggle to remain hopeful as well as useful, trying to create art that counters this prevailing despair.

Looking back to the home I left, in Egypt, I'm afraid I do not see inspired leadership or vision there, either. Which is doubly disappointing after the promise of our Arab Spring...

But, as you note (and Shakespear concurs) such is the way of our world.

The upside, I remind myself on optimistic days, is that nothing lasts and we are in a transitional period - which also means there is the potential for great change and a real re-evaluation of all values (as Nietzsche put it).

Perhaps, all the ignorant, hateful noise we are witnessing on the world stage and in the sidelines, viewed in this context, is the last loud gasp of the old world as creators of the New One quietly march ahead, forging a more evolved reality.

Fingers & eyes crossed,
Yahia