Last Daze

"It's the end of the world as we know it..." - R.E.M.

What.

Were you looking for something meaningful? Did you have some kind of expectation that life was going to be fair?

It's not.

The bad guys win. A lot. Most of the time, even. And when they die, their minions carry on their unholy work.

And there is no shortage of more bad guys.

The reason for this, is that greed is a survival characteristic. Those who collect the most stuff (and keep anyone else from getting any of it) can pass their genes on to more offspring, as well as their stuff when they die. Thus the cycle of greed continues.

Greed has universal appeal. Everyone can see the benefits of greed. Recruiting minions is not a big deal. Bad guys rarely need to advertise

When good guys die, more people show up at the funeral, and everyone cries. But the funeral is much more modest, the casket isn't solid gold, and no one has the balls to carry on their holy work in their stead. Good guys have no minions because they do the work that no one else wants to do, and they prefer to do it themselves. That's why they are good guys.

If you think this is a recruiting ad for more good guys, you're wrong.

I wish I was a bad guy. The pay is awesome. They get laid all the fucking time. And everyone wants to be like them, or at least have their stuff.

But I can't. I'm a good guy. I do the work nobody else wants to do, and I do it alone because I can't ask anyone to make the sacrifices I have to make to do the work that needs to be done.

The work sucks. Thankless doesn't even begin to describe it. It also doesn't pay very well. And you have to take a lot of showers just to feel clean again.

Do I sleep well? Sometimes. Most of the time I lie awake wondering if I'm doing enough. The answer is no, of course, because there is always more to do than one man can ever do in a lifetime.

But, sometimes, the bad guys don't win. When the bad guys don't win, everyone else wins. They aren't usually aware of it, but they do.

And when that happens, I sleep fine.

Thanks.