Labeling

Greetings good citizen, over the millenia certain things haven't changed and the most damning of those practices is 'labeling' because it identifies things as something more (or less) than what they truly are.

Someone (usually an incompetent) strives for the mantle of leadership and then uses the title to give themselves privileges they don't deserve. Thus it is we have become accustomed to asking one another 'what' we are [usually a combination of ethnicity and religious basis to see if a 'closer' relationship is possible because some cultures despise others for reasons that go way beyond the rational.

But we don't do that today, right?

Yes we do. Worse, the fires of 'racial superiority' and ethnic purity still burn brightly in certain circles and there is zero irony that most of those circles contain the privileged.

How do you answer the question 'What (who) are you?'

Usually the inquisitor offers to self-identify first because asking can be a turning point in a relationship...and it provides the questioned with context.

We should all be puzzled when a stranger asks us 'what' we are...because we 'are' the obvious answer, Human. This gets truly disturbing if the inquisitor is unable to determine your gender from your appearance and mannerisms. Your orientation is also (usually) easily discernible to the observant although in some cases not so much because humans are raging opportunists and will 'try' just about anything, given the right circumstances.

We all call ourselves hetero (in public) but in reality we are all 'anysexual' willing to get our freak on if the situation moves us.

Perhaps it is this basic lack of honesty that compels us to identify [through the filter of religion] who and what we 'are'...because a 'bad' label can literally 'ruin your life' by blocking doors that might otherwise open for you.

So yeah, we tend to be careful when we are handed life's 'curveballs' because we are deeply conditioned to respond to 'labels'.

Of the dozen or so remaining individuals pursuing the 'title' of POTUS, how many believe they can make a difference and how many are simply seeking the prestige that comes with the title because a quick reality check tells pretty much everyone that the job is being the figurehead for a brand that doesn't exist.

That's right good citizen, the labels Democrat or Republican only mean something to YOU...the people actually making the decisions you have to live with recognize neither of them because they all work for 'the Lords of Money.'

Don't think there are enough electrons to explain to the feeble just who those people are, they do what they do because they are paid to do it and that's the end of that.

How unfortunate for our species that the thinking process is incapable of arriving at obvious conclusions?

The jury is still out regarding our preference for fantasies or our inability to cope with life free of the deceptions we are fed by those who would exploit us.

You know its true...and that's why the deceivers can't sleep at night. How long will 'the illusion' hold?

Fewer questions are more fraught with fear.

I know I lost the simple when I pointed to the deceptions but often density is its own reward.

This leaves the rest of you...what's your major malfunction? Having too much fun playing 'go along to get along' that you lost sight of the boundaries?

The penalty for treason is death.

But to stand trial for treachery first you have to be found out...

Until next time, Head.

Gegner