Observations at the End of the World

"The Yiddish Policemen's Union" predicted Trump's play for armageddon in Israel

One of my favorite books is Michael Chabon’s “The Yiddish Policemen’s Union” 📖 . It’s tightly packaged sci-fi detective thriller that coalesces a variety of my interests: Alaska, Judaism and chess. It’s also notable for having predicted Trump’s attack on Iran ( ⚠️ Spoilers ahead! ⚠️)

While the details don’t match exactly, the plot of Chabon’s Hugo and Nebula award-winning book is that a cabal of Jewish and American groups fly explosives and red heifers into Jerusalem in order to bring about the end times prophesied in Revelation, which is a great plot for a detective thriller, not so much actual historical events. So when I heard that US government is reportedly selling this war with Iran to its troops as a religious war being fought explicitly to trigger armageddon in the Holy Land I was flabbergasted.

Living in a time when the U.S. government is explicitly stating that it is actively trying to bring about the biblical end times is absolutely mind-blowing. The US has quickly adopted the guise of a theocratic government, the inevitable evolution of the cult that the GOP formed around Trump, which is a poisoned parody of the church itself: A demonic leader vomiting lies onto an ecstatic congregation writhing joyfully in his filth.

Honestly, I do hope that this is Armageddon, but in the most secular way possible. May these prayers for an end to Christianity be answered. May this be the end of this ancient, blood-soaked superstition and the beginning of something new and sustainable. May we see as a people that the literal embrace of ancient religions leads too often to hate, pain and bloodshed. May the jealousy, covetousness and violence of the 10 commandments finally fall away to be replaced rightly with the compassion of the beatitudes. May the people see the patterns of exploitation and violence in the rule of men in government and religions, tear them down and hold them accountable for their narcissism, their gluttony and their cruelty.

I know from experience that it’s foolish to bet against ignorance and selfishness of human beings, but my hope is that this new installment in the tiring pattern of never-ending war is a pulling-away of the veil for as many people as possible. That this superstitious violence can be seen by the whole world, and we can stop chasing the phantoms of ancient Abrahamic “prophecies” and start following the precepts of the revelatory figures in our traditions, like Jesus and Buddha.

The world is aching for enlightenment, for freedom from these oppressive, male regimes who exploit and spoil whatever they touch for their own gain. Armageddon, capitalism and AI are linked like never before with Peter Thiel giving lectures on the imminent approach of the anti-christ. They are all different tentacles of the same beast, clinging desperately to power, seeking to dominate and consume, panicking as their efforts become more and more obvious, and as the little fish they’ve kept separate for so long are waking up and organizing.

I hope this is a time where we finally see how these pathetic, desperate old men are sacrificing our friends, our families, our children and our futures for their own pitiful need for relevance and power, and choose ourselves and our communities over the hypocrisy and filthy lies of men who believe wrongly they are gods.