“We’re wonderfully, marvelously human. We have hearts, we have empathy, we have love, we have consciousness. That they could be this cold, evil and manipulating is something we’re catching on to at an exponentially accelerating rate. We’re getting it.” – Z Gardner
Have you ever wondered about all these rousing freedom fighting movies and “outnumbered little guy gets back” scenarios? Don’t they seem counter-productive to the cause of the contained, control world we’re being shoe-horned into? In a world of manipulation and social engineering, why would heavily promoted dramas about rebellion against totalitarian control, and even specifically against a mechanistic, fascist future, be so prevalent?
Think about how you feel after one such moving media event. Spent.
You might identify with Braveheart or Leonidas and the 300, and every sinew in your body is pulsing with a drive to Get Back at The Man. You feel vindicated in your convictions. “Yes, it’s always been this way and it’s so right to stand up to such obvious oppression and fight to the finish! I so relate and feel that!”
But do you see that actually happening? Why do you think the droids of Orwell’s 1984 were encouraged to participate in the “2 minutes of hate” against the staged enemy of the day? Think maybe they knew this innate craving to rebel had to be vented? Sure don’t want it directed at the ‘elite’ now, do we?
Syphoning the Spirit
This is how religion works, or erudite phony intellectualism and the like for that matter. They seem as self expression and empowerment, nicely encapsulated in an innocuous little bundle of self absorbtion with zero empowerment. Baked in their belief systems, they won’t hurt anybody; there’s too much self loathing and ‘original sin’ think going on. Continue reading
The difference between black magic and white magic is that black magic infringes upon the free will of individuals and is the misuse of tools that were intended to assist in