The Newly Irrelevant

 
  What is the essence of cool? I would think that it is going against the grain? A sort of James Dean persona, raging against the status quo, or in today's parlance, raging against the machine!
  But what if the machine itself is what changes? What if what was once the epitome of tolerance becomes the intolerant? The point here, may not be a point at all, but rather just an observation? But what has become apparent, is that what once was considered cutting edge, is now about as sharp as a month old cup of yogurt. What was once cool, like standing in defiance of the government, and those powerful influences that placed them in power, still is, it's just that the players have changed! You might say, and if you won't, then I will, that there has been a changing of the guard? That being, that what was once cool, has become normal and accepted, and therefore, what was cool, no longer is!
  Just what the hell am I talking about? The left came into acceptance, during the time of the Viet Nam war, when American's were supposed to die willingly to stop what was sold as the dreaded domino theory? The pitch being, that if the farming economy of Viet Nam was to become a communist state, could we be far behind? As of this writing, they are communist, and I believe that they are for the most part, still peasant farmers? Beyond that governmental miscalculation, was the corporate benefactors of war, who made outrageous profits on things like Agent Orange!
  The difference today, is that we face a viable threat to our freedom, from extremists who are hell bent on destroying our way of life, and replacing our freedom with something called Sharia law? And the fear from distant communists our now thriving right here in this country!
If you take the time to think about it objectively, everything has reversed itself, and all within a few decades! Things have become full circle, and what was once cool, and stood in defiance of the status quo, has become that status quo, and what was once relevant has become the irrelevant? In another way, the two sides have changed places, and the old left has become the new right? In accordance with this turnabout, it is the left who now falls back on the stale and staid points of view, and it is the right, who forwards a fresh point of view, and is in danger of becoming the new elitist intellectuals, which makes me wonder, if in a few decades, will they become the newly irrelevant?