Passionate intensity

A wild unsafe ride is this experience. We have had a moment of (largely unsteady) progress in our most recent history and even that at a horrible cost. Now there are atavistic forces, atavistic emotions rising again in our animal minds. Yes, we are not entitled to perfect pessism or perfect optimism but it seems so obvious that storm clouds are now gathering, that yet again there is a rough beast slouching towards Betlehem. There really is no real security for us here, and likely never will be.