“Magnified, sanctified - be thy holy name. Villified, crucified - in the human frame. A million candles for the help that never came. You want it darker, we killed the flame.” - Leonard Cohen, You want it darker.

It reminds me a lot of when reactionary forces overturn revolutionary nations, or when revisionism overtakes countries. I think of a million places, but I shall name them not as it would matter not when we have to live this World where the Reaction has for now taken charge. But it means not they have won and the revolution not. And not all Reaction are the same and allied in one holy alliance, but they could if prompted.

Yet equally it reminds me of the nations where revolutions that failed to secure its life then allowed the Reaction a cakewalk to step in. However, the Reaction could’ve been stopped if people didn’t standby and say it didn’t affect them since they weren’t “x” type of person. Equally, when the remains of revolutionary forces can only focus on defending what is currently existing to stop the Reaction, then the Reaction has an assured route to victory.

Of course my language acts vague and broad, fill in the blanks and force context into it. The internet shall hath my head if they doth hear mespeak ill of some of its current heros, which most belong to the Reaction. But hineni hineni.