Casandra
The Gift of Prophecy
Casandra was a princesses of Troy, and Apollo, son of Zeus, had his eye on her. He promised her the gift of prophesy on the condition she would join him and get jiggy with it.
But thinking she was smart, she scorned him after receiving the gift. Apollo, being a God, had his own little tricks however. On learning of the deception, modified the agreement by just a little bit. He added an addendum… that while she kept her powers to see into the future, unfortunately nobody would ever believe her.
She paid for her deception dearly, foreseeing disaster after disaster, like the fall of her beloved city, warning people continuously and being ignored for the benefit.
The Greeks were masters of story telling. Our forefathers embedded such beautiful knowledge of the world in stories that have lasted thousands of years.
Today, Vikid sat like Casandra, too tired to write poetically, with intelligence or whit, so he said it straight, he was talking about England.
You see, he had this knack of seeing ahead for quite some time. Call it a gift, call it interest, call it lunacy, he cared not. Some people are good in the markets, some people are good at business, others at sports, others at making friends and socializing.
Vikid was always different. He could see how societies moved, well into the future.
He declared Trump would be president in 2015. And people seriously laughed at him. He predicted it again in 2020 and though wrong, he thinks the election was stolen. He predicted it in 2024, again people laughed. But it came true.
He declared our situation in England as it is today in 1990 at the age of 11. And all his 11 year friends laughed at him.
Subsequently, through the years, when he shared information with friends and they got upset. So he stopped sharing it.
Often he got specifics wrong, but the direction is always right, it is the trend we have to pay attention to.
England is in big danger.
Read or watch, V for Vendetta, if you want it as comic relief.
The loss of a 1000 years of hard won institutions. We are facing the same dangers Iran faced in January 1979, by the same kinds of people, being supported by the same kinds of people. History, taking a lyrical rhyme.
If you really want to understand how, read Submission by Michel Houellebecq.
It also proper literature, so you can kill two birds with one stone. It’s enough to get the gist. But like Cassandra, Vikid did not expect the warning to be heeded. He just threw it out there for posterity, like the Greeks.
And that’s,