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Extinction
Mar. 19th, 2014 08:21 amI posted this today on a forum I frequent, I thought the final thought was quite chilling and worth leaving here.
"That's the way government/aristocracy works...a bunch of people get paid by taxation to bicker and argue and accomplish very little if anything of substance - it appears more as a fictional show and distraction than it does anything real. Meanwhile, people work in the oil/gas industry and provide everyone with transportation heating and all the byproducts...people farm to feed other people...they work as doctors to heal people...they work on technology to improve quality of life...
All those people working are the same as say, spartan helots...less than human to the aristocracy...very rarely given the opportunity to be promoted into the ruling class. They provide all of the substance of the nation. The difference is of course that the spartan aristocracy were simply warriors and lived frugal lifestyles (spartans were forbidden from owning much of anything of value, and the currency was iron), while our aristocracy basically does nothing of value and hoards extensive amounts of wealth and property. As an example, much of the art that comes out of the aristocracy is utter trash and is perceived as such by the artistic community, but it has such financial backing and advertising that it becomes popular nonetheless.
Bertrand Russel I think put it pretty well when he said there's really no way to win a battle of opinions except through war. Nonviolence, protests, advocacy are all without function in the face of the vast resources and propaganda campaign of those whom control nearly all resources and wealth in the west, and conceivably, on the entire planet...and eventually, space as well.
At this stage in the game...however...we've had generations of people destroyed by propaganda and the numbers of those whom actually achieve awareness have dwindled to the point where even if we came together to fight, we would lose horribly - we would only expedite our own extinction. "
I find myself beginning to believe the final thought more and more. My entire life I've fought against what seems to be an inexhaustible degree of ignorance, lack of reasoning and rationality...blind nationalism, lack of compassion...immorality. If there were to be a civil war in the US, neither side would be level headed and having the best intentions. Neither side would be "good." And if those of us whom see this folly and this rigged system were to come together...our numbers would be so incredibly minute, we would never stand a chance. I truly believe that the point at which this nation and its people...and who knows, maybe even the world...could be salvaged...has been passed. I think we are in a decline of first world civilization, signaled by the same canary that sang for every other empire and great culture...the canary of decadence, immorality, greed, egoism and the admiration of ignorance, malice, lack of compassion and violence.
I've been on ten hour nights for four days straight now (I was on days prior to that and have worked for 11 days straight), with no end in sight for at least a month, most likely two. I'm tired, I'm broken, and my emotions are getting out of control. I feel unloved and undesirable. I want this to change, but if I've yet to meet a human that genuinely loved me face to face, I feel that the chances are slim to none...and yet, all the people I am not like continue on their merry way, ignoring my existence. At times I question whether or not there is any value to my life - I have friends, I have family, but i feel as though the larger world and the greater population really, in general, doesn't need or want someone around with my kind of thoughts, with my kind of mind, with my kind of perspective. Most especially, I feel like the opposite sex definitely doesn't want that...and is more concerned about status. Sweeping generalization and all, I know, but I can't shake that feeling..that 99% of the women I've known in life are precisely that...just like 99% of the population has absolutely no idea, nor do they care, that they are essentially slaves.
"That's the way government/aristocracy works...a bunch of people get paid by taxation to bicker and argue and accomplish very little if anything of substance - it appears more as a fictional show and distraction than it does anything real. Meanwhile, people work in the oil/gas industry and provide everyone with transportation heating and all the byproducts...people farm to feed other people...they work as doctors to heal people...they work on technology to improve quality of life...
All those people working are the same as say, spartan helots...less than human to the aristocracy...very rarely given the opportunity to be promoted into the ruling class. They provide all of the substance of the nation. The difference is of course that the spartan aristocracy were simply warriors and lived frugal lifestyles (spartans were forbidden from owning much of anything of value, and the currency was iron), while our aristocracy basically does nothing of value and hoards extensive amounts of wealth and property. As an example, much of the art that comes out of the aristocracy is utter trash and is perceived as such by the artistic community, but it has such financial backing and advertising that it becomes popular nonetheless.
Bertrand Russel I think put it pretty well when he said there's really no way to win a battle of opinions except through war. Nonviolence, protests, advocacy are all without function in the face of the vast resources and propaganda campaign of those whom control nearly all resources and wealth in the west, and conceivably, on the entire planet...and eventually, space as well.
At this stage in the game...however...we've had generations of people destroyed by propaganda and the numbers of those whom actually achieve awareness have dwindled to the point where even if we came together to fight, we would lose horribly - we would only expedite our own extinction. "
I find myself beginning to believe the final thought more and more. My entire life I've fought against what seems to be an inexhaustible degree of ignorance, lack of reasoning and rationality...blind nationalism, lack of compassion...immorality. If there were to be a civil war in the US, neither side would be level headed and having the best intentions. Neither side would be "good." And if those of us whom see this folly and this rigged system were to come together...our numbers would be so incredibly minute, we would never stand a chance. I truly believe that the point at which this nation and its people...and who knows, maybe even the world...could be salvaged...has been passed. I think we are in a decline of first world civilization, signaled by the same canary that sang for every other empire and great culture...the canary of decadence, immorality, greed, egoism and the admiration of ignorance, malice, lack of compassion and violence.
I've been on ten hour nights for four days straight now (I was on days prior to that and have worked for 11 days straight), with no end in sight for at least a month, most likely two. I'm tired, I'm broken, and my emotions are getting out of control. I feel unloved and undesirable. I want this to change, but if I've yet to meet a human that genuinely loved me face to face, I feel that the chances are slim to none...and yet, all the people I am not like continue on their merry way, ignoring my existence. At times I question whether or not there is any value to my life - I have friends, I have family, but i feel as though the larger world and the greater population really, in general, doesn't need or want someone around with my kind of thoughts, with my kind of mind, with my kind of perspective. Most especially, I feel like the opposite sex definitely doesn't want that...and is more concerned about status. Sweeping generalization and all, I know, but I can't shake that feeling..that 99% of the women I've known in life are precisely that...just like 99% of the population has absolutely no idea, nor do they care, that they are essentially slaves.
