Yesterday the New York Times devoted their prolific science section to the exploration of Mars. A current theme throughout was that our beautiful blue marble called Earth may have had a twin with an atmosphere, Oxygen, water and yes even life. There is a certain credible group of scientists that speculate further that life on Mars could have survived the disappearing atmosphere by hitching a ride on a comet to Earth.
We earthlings could very well have our Martian brethren walking among us reminiscent of a scene out of Men In Black.
After the mind exploded I realized everything made sense. While earthlings see gun violence in schools and want to rectify the situation by regulating guns, the Martians believe the answer is more people with guns. When jobs become scarce the earthlings believe there should be stimulus programs to spur employment. The Martians believe we should take more money out of the system and give it to the Martians that already have a lot and are working. When the earthlings want to do something about the complex issue of immigration the Martians want to ring our borders with yet more people with guns and put their head in the sands and make pretend it will go away. When our best scientists say we should do something about the climate crisis in order to save the planet The Martians want to give money and help the people who are causing global warming and exacerbate the problem (perhaps the Martians already have their eyes set on Saturn). When the earthlings want to help people pursue their hopes, dreams and health the Martians want to help earthlings in their incubation phase but once they are born want to throw them to the wild.
I will never understand Martians but at least now I’m starting to understand the situation.