Greetings good citizen, not only do most people have widely differing definitions of 'success' but few would consider themselves successful by their own standards so divorced are we from our perceptions and our ability to achieve even the 'minimal' success of living indoors and eating more or less regularly.
Where have you set the bar for 'success: personal'?
Um, seriously because now the question becomes one of 'and you don't have a problem with that?'
You'd change things if you could but, alas, you don't know what to do nor do you know how to attack a problem that originates so far above your paygrade with our elected representatives having their hands full protecting us from beastiality and demon worship, they have zero time to deal with the genuine problems facing the typical voter and you have to ask yourself why THAT is?
[Whose backside do you think the feckless media has now? It sure ain't yours!]
But I digress (ever so slightly.)
The media, er, 'shows' us a rockstar lifestyle as the 'baseline' of a level of 'success' 99% of us will NEVER achieve [in reality, roughly 30% of the population at least THINKS they possess that kind of talent, sadly reality proves them mistaken regularly...and it crushes them when it does (but that's a separate issue.)
Talent, like truth and success is all 'relative'.
Probably why most of us consider ourselves 'failures'. [It's also how hacks can coin money writing 'self-help' books predicated on destroying cultural norms that would have gotten you pilloried in more savage times. I'm looking at you Stephen Covey!]
Adam Smith doesn't own the corner on 'greed is good',(or the unspoken belief that 'rules are for chumps') Smith/Covey have a following to this day, in case you are wondering how we landed on the subject of 'success' [and why most of you are 'failures' (even by your own standards) now you know.]
If you want to be a 'success' in our decidedly criminal society you either need to be born (very) rich or (very) talented, because the rich adore having people to hold up and say, look, ANYONE can do it if they put their minds to it!
A larger lie you won't hear [that doesn't involve Spirit in the Sky.]
How many of you have arrived full circle with the idea that your life is a lie and your existence is due their unwillingness to kill you outright because the rest would get 'the wrong idea' and once the bloodbath starts it will be damn near impossible to stop! [Because most people will correctly conclude that the 'rampage' is being driven by the flag hugging zealots who proclaim that nobody is 'patriotic enough' for their liking.
Can't 'argue' with crazy and that's why we call 'em 'Whackos!'
It is here that most of you should be considering just how we arrived at such a place, socially speaking considering social media didn't arrive before the conventions of civility were tossed out the window by the comply or die crowd.
Can't lock them up in the stocks or exile them [which ended when marauder bands of exiles began attacking the cities that banished them. Funny how failure to think things through often results in 'unintended consequences'.]
Now there is 'nowhere to run and nowhere to hide', what do we 'do' with those who fail to value the benefits of civil society?
Society is a 'symbiotic' relationship, it doesn't work when one takes what everyone else has to give while giving nothing back in return. Works for the taker but few others.
Can call a population exploited by the few a 'society' by any stretch of the imagination, and we won't 'survive' if we fail to 'live together'.
Until the population reached critical mass, the 'exploiters' didn't care about the lopsided outcomes their selfishness produced but now the numbers are damning [and as much as they'd like to, they CAN'T keep them hidden, despite making constant efforts to the contrary.]
Yes Virginia, if you knew the full extent of the predation the feckless visit on society just to stay 'on top' you'd lynch them all on sight.
They have no right to what they claim for themselves and their bills of sale are all from a God that they themselves created, how's that for 'fraud'?
You are forced to live a lie so 'a few' can be 'rich'.
What do you think 'success' would look like in a 'universal scale'? [Or are you incapable of conceiving of such a concept?]
Is 'success' global recognition and the, er, 'adoration' it brings or is being a valued member of your community enough?
Mr Covey thinks your sights are set too low if you'd 'settle' for a life of relative 'obscurity' but remember, right now if you live indoors and eat regularly [nevermind who calls the house at mealtimes looking for money you don't have] most of us consider ourselves a success!
You shouldn't be held hostage by others for your miserable existence and that's just the baseline.
But nothing will change if you fail to change it and that starts with 'voting' for people that have NOTHING in common with you!
The system needs to change and the new one needs to punish leadership that fails to put ALL of society at its center.
It also needs to be defended by the public and not by the military (that answers to them)...(now that's a change most of us could get behind.)
No more 'empires' society exists for humanity and not for the few that are taught they are 'exceptional' and that the 'rules of society' don't apply to them...in fact no rules do, which is beyond dangerous in a world capable of destroying itself.
Remember why I end these when I do, Head!
Gegner
Where have you set the bar for 'success: personal'?
Um, seriously because now the question becomes one of 'and you don't have a problem with that?'
You'd change things if you could but, alas, you don't know what to do nor do you know how to attack a problem that originates so far above your paygrade with our elected representatives having their hands full protecting us from beastiality and demon worship, they have zero time to deal with the genuine problems facing the typical voter and you have to ask yourself why THAT is?
[Whose backside do you think the feckless media has now? It sure ain't yours!]
But I digress (ever so slightly.)
The media, er, 'shows' us a rockstar lifestyle as the 'baseline' of a level of 'success' 99% of us will NEVER achieve [in reality, roughly 30% of the population at least THINKS they possess that kind of talent, sadly reality proves them mistaken regularly...and it crushes them when it does (but that's a separate issue.)
Talent, like truth and success is all 'relative'.
Probably why most of us consider ourselves 'failures'. [It's also how hacks can coin money writing 'self-help' books predicated on destroying cultural norms that would have gotten you pilloried in more savage times. I'm looking at you Stephen Covey!]
Adam Smith doesn't own the corner on 'greed is good',(or the unspoken belief that 'rules are for chumps') Smith/Covey have a following to this day, in case you are wondering how we landed on the subject of 'success' [and why most of you are 'failures' (even by your own standards) now you know.]
If you want to be a 'success' in our decidedly criminal society you either need to be born (very) rich or (very) talented, because the rich adore having people to hold up and say, look, ANYONE can do it if they put their minds to it!
A larger lie you won't hear [that doesn't involve Spirit in the Sky.]
How many of you have arrived full circle with the idea that your life is a lie and your existence is due their unwillingness to kill you outright because the rest would get 'the wrong idea' and once the bloodbath starts it will be damn near impossible to stop! [Because most people will correctly conclude that the 'rampage' is being driven by the flag hugging zealots who proclaim that nobody is 'patriotic enough' for their liking.
Can't 'argue' with crazy and that's why we call 'em 'Whackos!'
It is here that most of you should be considering just how we arrived at such a place, socially speaking considering social media didn't arrive before the conventions of civility were tossed out the window by the comply or die crowd.
Can't lock them up in the stocks or exile them [which ended when marauder bands of exiles began attacking the cities that banished them. Funny how failure to think things through often results in 'unintended consequences'.]
Now there is 'nowhere to run and nowhere to hide', what do we 'do' with those who fail to value the benefits of civil society?
Society is a 'symbiotic' relationship, it doesn't work when one takes what everyone else has to give while giving nothing back in return. Works for the taker but few others.
Can call a population exploited by the few a 'society' by any stretch of the imagination, and we won't 'survive' if we fail to 'live together'.
Until the population reached critical mass, the 'exploiters' didn't care about the lopsided outcomes their selfishness produced but now the numbers are damning [and as much as they'd like to, they CAN'T keep them hidden, despite making constant efforts to the contrary.]
Yes Virginia, if you knew the full extent of the predation the feckless visit on society just to stay 'on top' you'd lynch them all on sight.
They have no right to what they claim for themselves and their bills of sale are all from a God that they themselves created, how's that for 'fraud'?
You are forced to live a lie so 'a few' can be 'rich'.
What do you think 'success' would look like in a 'universal scale'? [Or are you incapable of conceiving of such a concept?]
Is 'success' global recognition and the, er, 'adoration' it brings or is being a valued member of your community enough?
Mr Covey thinks your sights are set too low if you'd 'settle' for a life of relative 'obscurity' but remember, right now if you live indoors and eat regularly [nevermind who calls the house at mealtimes looking for money you don't have] most of us consider ourselves a success!
You shouldn't be held hostage by others for your miserable existence and that's just the baseline.
But nothing will change if you fail to change it and that starts with 'voting' for people that have NOTHING in common with you!
The system needs to change and the new one needs to punish leadership that fails to put ALL of society at its center.
It also needs to be defended by the public and not by the military (that answers to them)...(now that's a change most of us could get behind.)
No more 'empires' society exists for humanity and not for the few that are taught they are 'exceptional' and that the 'rules of society' don't apply to them...in fact no rules do, which is beyond dangerous in a world capable of destroying itself.
Remember why I end these when I do, Head!
Gegner
Where have you set the bar for 'success: personal'?
ReplyDeleteUm, seriously because now the question becomes one of 'and you don't have a problem with that?'
If you want to be a 'success' in our decidedly criminal society you either need to born (very) rich or (very) talented, because the rich adore having people to hold up and say, look, ANYONE can do it if they put their minds to it!
ReplyDeleteUntil the population reached critical mass, the 'exploiters' didn't care about the lopsided outcomes their selfishness produced but now the numbers are damning [and as much as they'd like to, they CAN'T keep them hidden, despite making constant efforts to the contrary.]
ReplyDeleteModern exile will not result in failure because exile will be 'inescapable'.
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