were I the benevolent dictator of Australia...

I thought I had it. As a 20-something year old, I had a suite of thoughts. Constructs. Packages. They were my lens through which I saw, made sense of - and talked about - the world. In the most unimaginably cruel way, like a cheap plastic tarp is ripped continuously while strapped to a senselessly speeding B double, my certainty crumbled. It hadn't waned, at least not seemed to. It simply ceased to be, as if overnight. But it was brutal. At the time, in the madness, I could hardly make sense...

Am I even more conservative than the current US Supreme Court? I don't agree with the pro-choice lobby because I don't believe life itself should be a free choice; but given that my views are politically nonviable/out of reach (probably...), abortive ease-of-access should win the day. Under my government, procreation would become a restricted responsibility. The Inverted Handmaid's Tale. The ultimate cosmic Catch 22 is existential unwantedness. Think about it. If you're alive, you didn't choos...