Dumb

Greetings good citizen, like the poor, the less intelligent have always been with us.

It is a fact of life that our society has filters to prevent the, er, incompetent from positions of responsibility...

[How 'bout that Electoral College nobody seems able to dump, eh?]

(Y'all think we might need better filters?) Yeah, some filters suck on purpose, ain't that right Jeff?

Don't mean to point fingers but this is all Zack's fault, not that Zack is the sharpest tool in the shed either. Zack is also the origin of the term SNAFU. (Ironically, that was one of Zack's intentional accomplishments...)

His survival often hinged on his ability to confuse the none too swift.

(Y'all think we might need better filters?)

Again it is 'assumed' the effectiveness issue was addressed by the people that designed the system...but no, just look at the sloppy workmanship of the current system...but how much can you expect from men whose first unverifiable qualification was being both 'good & true'?

This lead to the assumption that God was their system operator, that the almighty would 'filter' the unworthy from positions they were either too incompetent to handle or too untrustworthy to be left unsupervised with, ain't that right Jeff?

ASP outlaws cash and cash substitutes, your money is for you and there is no mechanism for transferring money between individuals. [in fact money is NEVER transferred between anybody!]

You work and your 'pay' is added to your account, when you spend, it is erased, nobody 'gets' it...because MN doesn't have a cash register! [Only Zack the swindler believes otherwise.]

Why 'bother' with money if nobody gets it? Why work if all you have to do is hang out at the store and demand your share...and if nobody works your 'share' will be precisely zero. That's why.

Zack is the original 'work is for chumps' guy. This makes Zack a criminal for helping himself to what doesn't belong to him but it seems the justice system is unable to parse the difference between Zack and their bosses, the owners of all, who only claim to own what belongs to all of us.

In this Zack made himself the feckless'es leader. He made himself one of them because they couldn't prove their claim was and stronger than Zacks...and Zack promised to kill anyone that tried what he himself had successfully pulled off, giving him a 'use' to the original thieves.

Criminals all.

How ironic that only the 'undumb' know this? It is one of 'life's filters' which is both a blessing and a curse. Don't need to be 'real smart' to figure this one out so it's curious why so many pretend it's not true...probably that Spirit in the Sky thing that keeps belief in magical thinking alive.

[Are you there God? It's Jeff!]

Um, I'm sure you are wondering where this is headed because it is already all over the map and we are into the what, 7th paragraph?

Look at it as the demarcation line. People under the 'dumb' line don't know they are there and they also don't (fully) appreciate just how dumb they are.

Conversely, there are many who are bright enough to be aware the puzzle is 'as presented'. Of the 'aware' only a small percentage has any clue at all what is amiss...Zack isn't particularly forthcoming that way.

[The 'crux' of Zack's swindle is centered on the 'purpose of money', if you KNEW what money was for YOU wouldn't be getting swindled...or be impoverished for that matter!]

Yeah, unfortunate a majority of you flunk the 'what's the purpose of money' test, but it is one of life's filters...and most are on the wrong side of it.

What does this tell us about those who know but don't don't do anything?

Remember why I end these where I do, Head.

Gegner