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Perception, Inception and the Trojan Horse Money Meme - Part Two of Four
Perception, Inception and the Trojan Horse Money Meme
Chapter Two of Four
Perception Deception
By
Cognitive Dissonance
The intent of this essay is not to convince the reader of anything other than the need to expand our depth perception of the consensus reality. Consider this essay as an invitation to think free of constraints. Chapters One (here) and Two (here) explore our distorted and manipulated perception of reality while Chapter Three (here) examines the concept of Inception or the implanting of thought or belief memes into our individual minds and our collective culture. Chapter Four (here) discusses a basic roadmap to the expansion of our perceived reality.
This I Can Do, That I Cannot.
We might not think about it this way, but early on in our collective conditioning we are taught the difference between real and not. Yet the line of demarcation between the two is blurry at times. My GI Joe make-believe soldier with the Kung Fu grip was most assuredly real, but my invisible make-believe friend was not. This confused me as a child because from my point of view I didn’t need a physical object to focus my imagination, thus my invisible friend was just as real as the GI Joe.
Actually my friend was more real to me because he was extremely flexible and changeable like ‘real’ people, whereas GI Joe (I called him GI Jack just to be different which infuriated my brother) was always just a plastic solider with a useless hand. Unless, of course, I borrowed some female doll clothes from my sister’s collection for some gender bending. But that’s another story.
Essentially the only difference between the two was that one had a physical presence in the real world. I could project my imagination upon the physical GI-Joe and that was considered OK or ‘real’ simply because my imagination had a physical receptacle or focus, thus grounding me and my imagination in the real world. But projecting my imagination upon a non physical entity was not OK or real because……why exactly? What is it with this narrow minded obsession with all things physically ‘real’ in relation to my non physical consciousness?
What are we afraid of discovering here? Why confine my limitless imagination to those things that are considered grounded in the real world? Why do we insist that only those things that have a physical presence are real? Do we need a physical presence to embody or reflect our projected consciousness in order for both the object and our consciousness to be considered real? Or is a physical presence not made real unless it is embodied by or projected by our consciousness?
We are assured that everything on the outside is real and all that comes from within is not. We tell each other that by studying hard we will make our individual reality ‘better’ through more valuable work, but that working on the inner journey is a waste of time and just plain crazy. And because this is a widely shared belief, for the most part we buy into this meme to the detriment of our inner peace and awareness. But as I will continue to illustrate, in many instances it’s not ‘real’ until we believe that it is real. Does our belief create reality or does reality cause us to believe?
The obvious inference here is that without that education our experienced reality will not be as pleasant as it would be with the higher more specialized training. Likewise, many cultures believe that by finding a soul mate or life partner we will experience a richer, fuller life than if we remain single and ostensibly unhappy. There are countless other examples, but this all begs a question. Are we happier or not, better off or not, simply because this condition is real or because we change our reality to match our conditioned expectations and those with whom we share our reality?
Living Inside the Placebo Effect As a reminder, we ended Chapter One discussing the placebo effect and the ‘will’ to live. Essentially a random 5% to 10% of the population appears to be able to ‘heal’ or ‘feel better’ simply because we believe we are receiving drugs or other types of treatment that will help us. This is believed in spite of the fact that we are not being ‘drugged’ or treated in the pharmacological or medical sense, but rather only psychologically. In addition, when modern medicine has nothing left to offer us we are often reminded by the doctor that it all comes down to the patient’s ‘will to live’, as if to say our ‘will’ is a physical force to be reckoned with. In other words it seems that when we perceive something so strongly that we believe it is ‘real’, we then appear to create a physical reality that mimics our belief. And furthermore, that the active ingredient in this reality creation is the degree or intensity of our belief. If we hold doubt or reservation the creative force is weak or nonexistent. If our belief is strong and unquestioning, whether by subterfuge or honest origin, the creative force is more powerful. So, are we happy or sad because we are in fact happy or sad or because we believe being happy or sad is what we should be experiencing and thus we act in a manner that fulfills our belief and expectation? I’ve often wondered if we create our own reality via the placebo effect with near 100% efficacy. If you think this through, so much of our day is spent interacting with people, places and things which we never question or doubt. We completely and universally accept as ‘real’ everything around us and brush off any outliers with little to no thought. This is the Gold standard in faith and belief, completely accepting at face value and without examination or reservation what we see, hear or touch. In fact, we would consider anyone who does question ‘reality’ to be mentally ill and unstable. Yet we live in a world where so many individuals and entities are furiously creating alternative realities right in front of our eyes. This is accomplished with substantial help from the control system and various authorities, public myth keepers and other wizards and warlocks. This dream weaving or reality creation appears to be real only because it is accepted as real by the majority, not because it actually is real. So how can something not real co-exist with something that is real? Do we create our own physical reality simply by the strength of our belief which is often measured by our force of will?
A Reality Not Realized
Our consumer culture has conditioned many to believe happiness can only be found in certain consumer goods. Yet one third of the population is taking mood and/or perception altering drugs (pain killers, anti-psychotics etc) and two thirds use legal or illegal mood altering compounds such as alcohol, caffeine, nicotine, cocaine, ecstasy, even food. This doesn’t sound like happy little consumers to me.
All those advertisements appear to be selling me a dream or a belief, not reality. Maybe what they’re really selling me are expectations or what I like to call deception perceptions. Perhaps I’m being emotionally managed rather than just being sold physical goods and services. I suspect those objects are symbols of an altered reality that those in power are desperate for us to believe are real. And the failure of that sales promotion is presenting as a self medicating population yearning to escape from the insanity. Many years ago I learned about the power of a belief not realized and I suspect this is why so many of us are waiting around to die.
Sixteen years ago I received a phone call from a client who I had worked with for over five years. She was ecstatic and talked so quickly I could barely understand her. She was on her way to the lottery headquarters where she would claim her half of the top prize of $11 million and wanted to know what she should do. I gave her some instructions and told her to stop by when she was done. Three hours later she and her husband came in and she looked like she’d been run over by a truck. Somehow she had made a mistake and had misread one number, missing the top prize.
But her near miss did qualify her for the full second place payout, still a very respectable half million dollars. While I assured her that because of her windfall she could accelerate her retirement by 5 years and never work another day starting today, she was distraught and inconsolable. This formerly happy and loving individual never recovered emotionally, divorcing two years later and dying a broken and bitter woman within the decade.
What happened here? Her experienced reality was clearly influenced by her emotional state and her perception of an alternative reality ‘missed’ as much as by the money she actually won and her early retirement. So which reality was the real reality? She was physically and mentally ‘healthy’ up to the point where she failed to realize an alternative reality that wasn’t ‘real’ to begin with. She had never actually won half of the top prize, but instead had only thought she had. When her imagined reality failed to materialize in the ‘real’ world she crumbled.
How did her emotional state affect her body to the point where it seems to have killed her? Did she lose the will to live? How can it be our ‘will’ if we aren’t actually aware we’re utilizing it on a daily basis? And if we can lose our will to live, can we gain more of it simply by force of our will? I’m not just playing with words here. While science does recognize an emotional and physical connection between the body and the mind, the death certificate listed the cause of her death as myocardial infarction. On second thought I guess they were right. She did die from a broken heart.
Making our Reality Fresh Every Day
Are we currently experiencing a financial depression because many of us are out of work and the financial system is collapsing? Or is all of this happening because we believe we’re experiencing a financial depression or collapse? This isn’t a play on words, but a serious examination of what ‘makes’ reality ‘real’. While many claim they never saw the banking collapse coming, the collective doubt within many people about the wisdom of liar, no doc and walking dead/zombie loans was steadily rising until it peaked in 2008.
I’m not talking about ‘official’ pronouncements by the political and financial wizards that Happy Days were here again, which we repeatedly heard during the real estate run up and collapse, but about what was and still is going on in the collective gut of the population. Contrary to popular belief there is a common sense of understanding among the people, often referred to as the collective consciousness. But the wizards convince us to ignore it. Actually seduce is a better word to use here because it exposes our active participation in the process.
By ignoring the inner warning bells and our gut instinct, the insanity builds to levels higher than if it were to burn off naturally. The average Joe knew deep down inside that something was seriously wrong even as s/he piled on more and more debt. The banking magicians and government enablers told us what we wanted to hear to help quell the growing inner doubt. Sounds like moral hazard for the average Joe, doesn’t it? And the same thing is happening again in ever quickening cycles.
The entire basis for the Fed’s daily POMO spell casting is simplicity itself. The financial wizards and political warlocks are pumping massive amounts of computer generated money into a financial system that’s based entirely upon the willingness of the people to participate in it (surrender to it) in order for it to be sustained. In effect people must suspend disbelief and believe in the currency and the financial and political wizards to keep the balloon inflating. Have you ever really thought about the juice, the power, behind the term ‘moral suasion’ with regard to the Fed?
This sounds more like (science) fiction than ‘reality’ to me. In fact it appears to be very similar to watching a television program. To apply critical or logical thought to our ‘real’ time soap opera reality show would ruin the whole thing. In fact maybe that’s where we get our conditioning and training from, which in turn prepares us to live in our ‘real’ 3D world. You know, that fully immersive 50” flat screen LCD 3D surround sound real world simulator called our TV.
The masters of the universe are trying to restore ‘confidence’ in a make believe financial system through reality distortion techniques. And they expend considerable time and effort to convince us our economic world is ‘real’. They understand better than anyone else that it is our belief that makes it real, not their machinations. By artificially inflating the financial markets, thus demonstrating to the masses that the stock market and economy is improving, they are trying to signal that the economy is getting better to evoke a specific, call it positive, placebo effect response in the masses.
This in turn (we are told) will improve the population’s attitude and thus the behavior of the masses. We will then begin to act as if the depression has ended. Confidence restored, the now invigorated consumer spends even more money we don’t have, but we will earn in the future from our work, thus ending the depression. This then assures everyone there will be enough work for all to continue the process. And they claim this is reality. Actually it sounds more like mass hypnotism or a collective trance to me.
If when reading the various Fed speeches and economist position papers you were to strike out all the numerical mumbo jumbo, what it all comes down to is a massive psychological operation being perpetrated upon not only the American people but the global village. The masters of the universe are essentially admitting that continued economic growth is entirely dependent upon the perception of you and me that ‘reality’ (as measured and thus validated by GDP and all that economic mumbo jumbo) can be altered simply by wanting it to be so. In other words, they recognize that our reality flows from our perception and/or belief and not the other way around.
To Be (Real) or Not To Be (Real), That Is The Question
One can point to shelves of books full of all the theory and history you wish in order to ‘prove’ that by doing this or that the economy will improve. But every reading I apply to economic theory tells me it is all about manipulation of public perception in order to create a different reality. The numbers and history are simply trotted out in order to ‘prove’ to us that their psychological operation is actually well researched economic policy, thus giving us a reason to believe it is ‘real’. It is belief that moves the economic mountain, not reality.
Even the term ‘depression’ is based upon an emotional condition or perceived reality. In fact before the 1900’s depressions and recessions were called ‘panics’, an even more severe form of emotional expression. While the financial wizards assure us it’s all quantifiable and thus ‘real’, it all sounds like warlock black magic or wizardry spell casting when seen from a distance. And in many ways it is.
Does the reader remember a well known economic warlock telling us a while back that our economic problems were caused by a collective psychological depression and that if only we would straighten up and fly right all would be fine? While he was roundly derided here on Zero Hedge as well as in dozens of other publications and blogs I contend that in many respects he was speaking the truth. He was telling us that our perception and belief creates our shared reality.
Read the last few paragraphs again and show me anything ‘real’ other than our reactions to various promoted perceptions and beliefs. It sounds to me like emotion, which drives perception and belief, is creating reality and not the other way around. Our economy, our financial system, is ‘real’ solely because we believe it is real. Withdraw our belief, our consent to continue to participate, and we collapse this portion of our shared reality faster than residual winter snow piles on a warm spring day.
In effect we influence our experienced reality by our consensual participation in the only reality we ‘know’ via education, marriage, work, money usage, voting, religious worship, whatever. All these actions require our consent, regardless of whether it’s ‘real’ or fake consent, consensual or commanded. I emphasize fake or commanded consent because whether we agree to participate, or are forced to participate, we still believe what we are participating in is ‘real’.
For example, while we may not agree to the corruption that is a part of the financial and political system, and we may actively push back by buying precious metals or removing deposits from too-big-to-fail banks, we still believe what we are experiencing is real. In fact direct resistance is actually a signal or sign that we have bought into the consensus reality because we would only actively oppose something we believe to be real. We don’t actively oppose ghosts because we don’t believe they are real.
We are told that we can’t change the overall (control) system and that we either conform to the shared understanding or we will be rejected by the collective to become scum on the streets, unwanted and ignored by our fellow reality projectors/projections. Only the masters of the universe, our so-called elite leadership, can make social policy and change the system. This belief is pounded into us as that portion of our experienced reality that is fixed and immovable. This is the illusion that maintains the consensus reality and the elites.
Don’t Think About Pink Elephants
So which is it? Can we change our reality or not? It seems to me that we’re experiencing a massive Cognitive Dissonance on a daily basis by believing there are some things we can change and some we cannot. Yet because it is a shared dissonance that’s considered an immutable part of reality, rarely do we attempt to change it let alone question it. That cob of corn, my two year old Camry and my mother-in-law can all be changed, albeit some easier than others. But the too-big-to-fail banks, the Fed, SEC, FINRA, the Ponzi, our fraudulent fiat currency, political system and corporations I cannot. You just can’t fight city hall after all, right?
But what about the ability of the powers that be and the elite to change what we consider to be unchangeable? They most certainly believe they can change reality on a massive scale and they regularly do so using propaganda, moral suasion, regulation and liberal doses of the heavy hand via various social control systems. When you think about this carefully how does the elite 2% control the other 98%? Force might work for a while, but eventually the beaten mule breaks down and dies. What’s needed over the long term is a self motivated mule that feeds clothes and disciplines itself with only the occasional need for a poke in the ribs to keep him on the straight and narrow.
In order to accomplish this, our perceptual environment must be carefully controlled, massaged and manipulated. Aberrant thought and non-conformity must be repressed or eliminated. In a control system that requires consent as the active ingredient, there is little room for deviant thought and malcontent’s spoiling the programming of the compliant majority. In this positive feedback loop the need for control and therefore consent (willing or commanded) must eventually grow exponentially. This is why we see both the Ponzi and government repression and coercion ramping up at a frightening pace. When consent is not willingly given, it must be commanded
So the question needs to be asked. Why is it that the vast majority of people reject as impossible the very process that’s applied quite effectively to them? While their ‘money’ and ‘power’ certainly gives them some leverage, not as much leverage as our 98 to 2 advantage. It is our conditioning and shared perception that somehow it is in our own self interest to remain isolated and narrow minded that stifles us, holding us back from utilizing the very same reality distortion techniques that control us. What else can explain the population’s embrace of a reality that is not in our own best interest, either collectively or individually, but is in the best interest of our controllers and abusers?
And In Turn They Are Both Manipulated
Stockholm Syndrome
We act as pawns and willing tools for the magician on stage who calls for volunteers from the audience. Regardless of whether we actually self select for direct magical manipulation or remain safely in our seats, we are all still part of the overall illusion. The magic act requires active and passive believing participants and observers in order to be successful. In fact the active participants, by their involvement, help convince the passive that what they are experiencing is real.
This is similar to the escape artist asking audience members to come on stage and check the chains and locks. The participants from the audience prove the illusion is not an illusion, but rather real by affirming the bindings are genuine. Because we allow ourselves to be seduced, often by our fellow trance members who in turn have been conditioned for decades in what is and is not real, we willing disarm ourselves and then become compliant and passive tools of those who abuse us because we believe it is all real and unchangeable.
A carefully reading and understanding of exactly what the Stockholm Syndrome is as well as the dynamics behind the abuser-abused codependency and bonding phenomenon help us to appreciate that an altered reality presented under controlled conditions can produce people willing to participate in their own demise and contrary to their own best interest.
We respond to the wizard’s manipulations because we’ve been conditioned all our lives to believe they are all powerful. Or more to the point that we are powerless, consequently we need them in order to survive. In reality the wizards are simply convincing us to distort our own reality because we believe they have the power and we don’t. Thus we hand over our ‘real’ power to them when told to do so primarily through the skilful use of fear via a multitude of fear based programs/memes by the hand of government and its various religious, corporate, individual and state (foreign and domestic) agents.
And remember that because the vast majority of the population is passive and apathetic they are essentially out of the game and sidelined, thus they become the bulk of the believing herd that is easily manipulated. This means the 2% do not need to control the remaining 98%, but rather just 10% or at most 20% of the population. Tragically this 10%-20% consists of those who fully buy into the shared reality, i.e. the audience participants from the earlier example, and the evidence for this is that we actively participate using the only ‘real’ tools we are told are available.
Please come up on stage and confirm these chains (tools such as wealth, political power, corruption, influence) are real. To engage the master using the master’s tools in the master’s game under the master’s rules is worse than useless because it simply reinforces the master’s power to create the illusion. They run a rigged game in which only a fool or the insane would participate. Or those sufficiently hypnotized to believe what they are told is real.
In Chapter Three we will explore the Inception or implantation of the basic thought memes and beliefs that form our reality.
05-10-2011
Cognitive Dissonance
Wall Street Salutes Those Who Are About To Die.
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Continue to sprinkle the garden CD as I completely forget how many people put limits on life , time, death and live in the veil of ignorance.
Come to think of it many could use a 5" fire hose douche.
Great read CD - thanks.
I like to think that every containment globe has a flaw that can be exploited to enable an escape.
Sometimes it takes a while to find, then a while longer to open up.
Here's to the Flaw !
I will not obey. I will lead a cash/barter lifestyle. I am no longer a citizen of the US; just a free man who lives here. I will protect my family, and my freedom. I will think critically, ask questions, and draw my own conclusions. I will not go to prison, I will not submit to an unjust authority, and if it comes to it we'll just hold court wherever I happen to be. I no longer believe that the federal government abides by the Constitution, or serves the the will of the people. I believe that the compact for fair representation has been broken, and that the Federal government in association with parties not limited to the Fed/large multinational corps/both political parties/major media is now in a state of criminal tyranny. I am a peaceful man, I will not choose violence unless my family's freedom and well being are in direct peril, and I believe the tyrrany will end without cooperation. To the best of my ability I will not cooperate, come what may; GOD help us all.
good stuff crab cake. good stuff CD. That picture of Ronald scares the crap out of me
GI JOE
I think his first issues was the year of my birth. Did anyone catch the reissue of the 1st version with the large dog tag a few years back? I wish I had grabbed one. It came along with a little book filled with stories from grown men that ranged from coming out of the closet to sleeping with the new soul of their viet victim father. Holly shit. I wonder if people thought I was a little weird tearing up in Toyz R us.
I find that picture to be similar to the impulse we all have to look at an ugly car crash. You are both fascinated and horrified at the same time. The subliminal messaging in that picture is powerful. Cute baby painted as a clown. Aw, so sweet. A Ronald McDonald clown, oh my God.
BTW that picture was used exclusively in India and not at all in the USA. Those new Indian consumers needed some shock therapy.
looks like its working with all those farmers committing suicide
if you run, i will vote
Getting somewhat emotional reading this. Good words. I seem to witness society producing voids in men where substance should reside.
ohhh
thats good... :-)
(is it a quote? from?)
Crab this is a beautiful para and please I do not mean to offend but is it your original thought? If not who is responsible and if so, with your permission, it will be my pleasure to pass along this mantra to as many people as possible. Verbally, typed text it just does not matter.... Everyone that has the ability to take a breath should read these words to their own effect. /bow
know your enemy
Ole Crab Cake does not mince words. Never has.
He's always worth a good reading... and rereading.
Ooops! There you appeared as I was typing this... go figger.
Crab Cake wears it on his sleeve, blemishes and all. I don't care what anyone says, that takes huge courage. I can only hope I am half as brave when facing some of the demons he has attempted to slay.
Telling an audience sincerely and openly that you have failed, but that you will continue to try, then honestly trying again and again is the definition of bravery and humility. This is why his writing is always thought provoking and compelling and why I'm always delighted to see that he has commented. His comments are always a feast for my hungry eyes and the paragraph above is a perfect example.
Yeah. That's what I meant to say. Thanks.
Yep, no offense, just my rambling. Thoreau probably said it better, but that paragraph pretty well sums up where I'm at with this farce of a constitutional republic cum fascist oligarchy. You may do as you please with it. I hope it helps someone. Dealing with the pangs of depression, anger, guilt, cognitive dissonance, and helplessness is hard. That's why I have great respect for CD, and his work.
Do things within the borders but on the other side of the fence. Like...if a black business suit dress code is instituted in an office, my nature reaction would be to wear a black suit and tie. Nobody said which gender would be acceptable.
When a bum is giving that body language to ask for change just before asking. Ask for change before they ask to them.
Ask a six year old for a horse back ride before they do.
Somehow I think God has a better sense of humour than most people do. Why bother fighting, when LuLz are to be had. Although I sense you have a lot of reading to do to make sure you are properly defended if ever questioned on you actions of "why didn't you believe? Are you not of the body?"...well, whatever passes for that today.
Good luck and fortune favors the bold.
'tis the time to unleash the inner trickster for sure
The universe at large doing very interesting things and trickster are the only ones left with honesty sadly. Might as well honor the proper gods on this particular occasion.
"When a bum is giving that body language to ask for change just before asking. Ask for change before they ask to them."
I carry a can of green beans around in my vehicle for when I pull up at a light and they approach with a sign Hungry, Please Help or other signage variants.
Its about three years old now, starting to bulge a little, still no takers ;-)
"Its about three years old now, starting to bulge a little, still no takers ;-)"
I don't suppose you offer them a can-opener, do you?
I understand the point about having a bit of fun, but to get your kicks off of the dregs of our society seems a bit cruel to me.
Why not go fuck with ultra-rich people instead? Would that not be infinitely more fun?
Of course, you'll rarely see a bum walking around with a security detail, so I guess it is lower risk.
Do you see what I am saying though?
I lol'd for real that was great, funniest real thing I've heard today :)
just outside the downtown courthouse, there is a favorite spot. Two years ago, I was fighting with my ex-wife to get custody of my teenage daughter who was having trouble at home and was going to a second rate high school. Not sure what came over me one day but but I reached in my glove compartment and pulled out a silver dollar that my grandfather had given me at least twenty years ago. I explained what it was and the guy's exposure completely changed. I pulled on to the freeway and my ex called. My daughter moved in that week (I didn't junk you)
Davey,
My point was, I don't give charity to anyone who lies to me. I don't give charity for my emotional or physical relief, I give it for theirs.
Edit: I knew you didn't junk me and the junks don't bother me in the least. Take care.
You must give it away with no thought of ever receiving. This act of empathy is liberating and allows the mind to expand and create a new reality. What follows, if only on an existential level, is usually very rewarding.
Thank you for stopping by Crab Cake. You are consistent in your message and you walk the talk.
Please come back Wednesday and Thursday for the final two Chapters.
Thanks CD, and will do, I always read your stuff.
With regards to your article... The 2% control by fear. Fear of losing at their money game, fear of not being able to provide for your family, fear of enforcers, fear of death, fear of fear... It may be of little use to anyone, but my biggest turning point came when I let the fear melt away whenst it came. There is only now. I will do the best I can to live an honorable life as I can, and treat people the way I want to be treated. I pair this with two other realizations. One that I will die, and it could happen at any time; constantly living with this fact brings clarity. It's not if it's when, and how one chooses to live. Second that cause and effect, kharma, needs no executor. The only kharma one can effect is one's own.
My only goal in this life is to live and die well; the rest is just noise.
Fear is the little destroyer.
It destroys you little by little...
A sneak peek at chapter three. And I agree about the fear. It is the exclusive subject of a future article.
'I must not fear, fear is the mind killer' Keep repeating it find it helps :)
Thanks for the peak-a boo. Milestones
That is powerful stuff CD.
The Double-Edged Sword / Guillotine
So, the noose is getting tight around the throat of the Security Counsel empires, the legacy families behind them, and their throw-away dictators, as the banks liquidate the entire global economy to pretend they remain viable, and the clock continues to tick down on those absolute make-believe derivative products tying the closed system together. The churches continue to expound their false religions, false ministries, and false gods, in competition with the non-profit witches controlling the global HR network, who, at least to their credit, are pursuing their own imperative without bringing God into the equation. There still remain some highly qualified HR people out there that can help you if you are stuck in a ditch; seek them out and take whatever job they have, wherever it is, to get started again.
If there is no real money in Social Security, there is no end to the deficits, and the kids are refusing to pay, what else can Bernanke do? The boomers are in a catch-22 of their own making. They can’t retire and the longer they stay on, the madder the kids get. They helped unleash this monster, and it’s going to turn on them. Funny the ministers are expecting mercy, even as they continue their false ministries, entering into contracts with men to provide food, shelter and clothing in return for their passive participation. What men need is a real job with which to provide for their families, and the number of real jobs decreases exponentially by the day. Computers don’t have mercy, and the guillotine on the pendulum is getting closer and closer.
Think back among the presidents; how many of them were mama's boys?
nice to see ya again kevin
yeah, i've often wondered about that whole mama's boy thing...seems like Amrika has one giant Oedipus complex. perhaps this might have something to do with some unresolved issues with the British Crown ya think?
p.s. fuck the job, grow the food -- the plants are much more deserving and will be much more rewarding of the hard work.
Dont' feel too bad about the computers. They only follow instructions...written by complete financial morons rewritting the rules then given to completely annoyed computer programmers..probably interupted repeatedly to change nonsense like UI's or icons to make it look sexy...and that makes mistakes in the code. Which eventually runs like a piece of bear shit with attitude when running the "world's largest financial empire".
Fuckers wanted steak...as the Geek herd we can and do end up serving canned tuna then explain to the owner that what is served is a steak.
I think I read the friggin' Bible faster. Nice job, though, CD. I'm off to my sarcasm rehab session.
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Can you provide a four sentence synopsis?
"Have you ever been experienced?"
Let me help you.
Herp.
Derp.
lrn2rd.
wargabalaraallaall.
The puppet show is here.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-bV7qWnEDQ
That's about right...the rest requires you to read the postings the poster has thrown up here. It's all about imaginary friends. Well, it a bit more than that, but start there and rant later.
What the hell is written on the naked woman's ass?
If I squint I read "This End Up"
for good time call 416-....can't read the rest...
Hey, you're pretty swell at this stuff.
You know that Billy Idol song "Eyes Without a Face"... what do you think that was about?
Hand puppets that were maddly in love with their sock puppet cousins? Or it was Faust...it was one or the other. Half the same and much of the difference.
Hand puppets that were maddly in love with their sock puppet cousins? Or it was Faust...it was one or the other. Half the same and much of the difference.
Government is a head fuck is what you're trying to say ...couldn't agree more
the biggest sham institution in the world it basically replaces a violent dictatorship with a liberal construct of 'democracy' which is in truth no such thing. It's a monopoly power structure. Period.
It attracts all the useless and/or corrupt parasites of society who then use puppets (politicians) as mere fronts to ratchet that self-awarded power to pick societies pockets without any democratic right to say no or limit the monthly robbery from your wages
...it's no way to run anything except society into the ground (precisely what is happening world wide for the 284th time)
I actually believe that in another 500 years or so we will "get it" and realize we don't need governments at all. Maybe with the speed of information and some cultural evolution it could happen faster, but governments will not give up peaceably...anywhere on earth.
The biggest damn fiction we get sold is the oldest of maxims, "Men must be ruled." We get suckered into selling each other out, because even though we now WE, ourselves do not need to be ruled, that other guy does. So we cede power to a "ruler". 40k pages of tax rules and 80k pages of Federal register, 100k pages of state and local laws...hell, 100 pages of traffic laws...and we are all ensnared. We are all lawbreakers because we cannot possibly know all the laws. Yet, we do not consider ourselves immoral or criminal, but officially we are.
I wish I could live to see the evolution to the next level, but I'd have to live to an Old Testament age, lol! The USA was a really great nearly successful try at it, but we succumbed to the same old lies and weaknesses.
Well, ZG, shall we try for the 285th time?
we will NEVER "get it."
Let me answer that fiction with a question:
If men cannot be trusted to rule themselves, then why is it we trust them to rule others?
Also, If you can intentionaly use the placebo effect regularly to heal onself of the diseases of ageing, then why not live a Biblical lifespan?
I like the way you ask the question. I say it in more complicated terms in that the modern liberal-statist has a dual nature for men. People are dishonest and may cheat or steal or at least deceive you in the private sector. Take that same person and put them in government and they become angels with impeccable judgement and character fit to rule their fellow man.
The truth is more the opposite. Government and the power that comes with it tends to corrupt otherwise decent people.