"No, Mr. Bond, I Expect You to Die"

A bitmoji cartoon of a brunette with grey
woman, pinching the bridge of her nose, as if
to stave off a headache.

You know, everything going on in and around my country right now would be funny in its over-the-top ridiculousness if it weren't so dangerous and scary. 

It's like my government is currently made up of a Bond Villain - or even one of the many many parodies of the same - and his lackeys. Except that most of them aren't as smart or as classy as Bond Villains.

But no, they have to take it and go full on HYDRA instead.

Yes, I am using various fandoms to illustrate my point here. The "OMG-it-went-woke" crowd doesn't have a monopoly on that, no matter how wrong I think they are, as the fandoms they bemoan (many different comics, Star Trek, Star Wars, Doctor Who, etc., ad nauseum) as being "suddenly woke" have always been that way. At least for the times in which they were written.

But the Bad Guys in these (HYDRA, for example, or The Master, or Nehemiah Scudder, or the Galactic Empire, or any of the assorted authoritarian/batshit people/organisations in much of science fiction) are not meant to be blueprints, you numpties.

These were meant as cautionary tales, much like fairy tales in their early incarnations. Or even in some religious works.

Don't stray from the path. Be honest. Have integrity. Be kind. Love thy neighbor.

It's not that hard to be decent. Unless you're never ever satisfied.