The Drums of War and The Pipes of Peace

Leonardo Del Toro
3 min readJun 25, 2024

I walked through downtown L.A., and there was something wrong with this place. The same is noted everywhere in America—the neglect of life. A crazy guy surges behind me at high speed and swerves toward my car, forcing me to move rapidly to my left. He almost causes me to crash as he shows his finger through the closed window, proffering something inaudible. I think he said “fuck you”. Everyone is rushing; pour me another coffee.

A few individuals are crossing the street since the streets are empty. They are all staring at their phones, and I have to slow down to avoid running over a lady who suddenly stops moving to text someone. Hi, are you over there? Yes, I’m over here, replied the other person's text recipient from another phone in another city where downtown was empty, and the stores were also bordered up.

The image of a thin blond sprayed hair man shows up on the TV, vociferating words of hate while people applaud in adulation. The false prophet is born, and the masses worship him to their deaths. And he leads the world to destruction.

There was another war being started near Gaza, and we see the scenes of destruction everywhere. In another clip, we see floods and fires. People are fleeing for their lives. We need to shut our borders because we’re being invaded by immigrants looking for jobs and food. Serious man are…

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