Trust

 Greetings good citizen, no matter who you are or what ideology you subscribe to your continued survival relies on trust. If you can't trust yourself (to make rational decisions based on facts) how can you trust someone else to make those choices for you? 

Sounds dumb that anyone would admit to being that 'weak-willed/minded but many of you form your beliefs based on the rants of some shill paid to say what they themselves don't believe. They are reading a script.

Sounds sinister when you strip away the pretense but back to your inoperative Bull Shit meter, the one you don't trust because the nitwit on the radio sure sounds like HE believes it. [And it's almost always a he, only recently have females been recruited to provide 'depth' to their self-serving arguments.]

Who would do such a thing? 

The swindlers that rely on your not connecting the dots.

Naturally, they don't refer to themselves as criminals, they are life's 'winners' and if it takes a degree of deception to keep their swindle from being scrutinized there is plenty of pie ($) to share with the cooperative

The 'Rabbit Hole' is deep because they have been building on top of lie number one for a long time. Here's the rub; the lie all of this is based on is right under your nose and never far from your thoughts yet you don't see it for the fraud that it is.

Worse, because you have been trained to believe it doesn't even occur to you to question the greatest lie there is. Some of you [and only some, that's how deeply you rely on trust] have 'questioned' this substance and the multiple contradictions it presents daily but you keep your suspicions to yourself because this whole shit-show is glued together by 'go along to get along.'

That phrase was coined to protect the lie.

Why does nobody expose the lie? Because without trust society cannot exist.

I would say even the densest of you know which lie I'm talking about but no, that is not the case. A significant portion of the human population has discarded the ability to think for itself because they can't reconcile the lie or what life would be like if it were exposed.

What currently passes for 'civilization' would collapse if the truth were, um, 'recognized' which is why the simple-minded will refuse to believe the lie isn't true.

Not because the lie works but because their entire life is a lie.

Too many of you bet your daily survival on MONEY and MONEY is a LIE. It has no value nor does it have any meaning. 

The problem money solves is the one where (the illusion of) prosperity creates peace, a false peace but peace nonetheless

There are better answers than money but the fraudsters (desperately) adhere to the devil they worked so hard to promote. They (foolishly) tied their personal success to the success of the money fraud.

Where does this leave YOU, oh hapless one?

It leaves you sinking in a quagmire of lies. Worse since every lie needs a dozen more to prop it up your mind is so overwhelmed it shuts down and rationality is rendered moot, irrelevant.

Worse, since critical thinking skills are something you are born with most of you are scratching your head if you've read this far, dumb is a terrible thing. [Remember dumb is the belief in things that aren't true...and if you are forced to trust dumb people you're kind of skunked, aren't you?]

If you don't know what to make of the puzzle the fraud you're living presents and the people around you can't figure it out either well, who do you trust?

That would be the liars paid by the fraudsters, wouldn't it?

The lies are unraveling before you fearful eyes and the nitwit in chief can't put the genie back in the bottle. Will the fraudsters pull the plug and let civilization collapse in the chaos of contradictions they have woven?

The trouble with the 'crazy train' is you CAN'T get off.

Either you stop it or it crashes and burns (taking the dupes/stooges with it.)

Where do you begin? Starts with the lie and accepting the truth. One thing hasn't changed, job one is SURVIVAL and we all live better cooperating and sharing what there is [it would be much better if it were shared EQUITABLY but one trainwreck at a time, eh?]

You can only TRUST those who admit the fraud, that all money is 'funny'. [The concept is useful but misapplied!]

That's square one. If you can't admit we only have one planet that we all must share please move to the front of the train/as close as you can to the point of impact.

If you're not part of the solution it makes you part of the problem.

For those slow on the uptake, you might notice that the truth is closely interwoven with trust and who is worthy of such a gift.

If you trust fraudsters you will squander your future making them comfortable.

I will once again sign off with the declaration that I don't pen these missives for the dumb.

Thank you for letting me inside your head,

Gegner

Galt

 Greetings good citizen, the deeper we are sucked into this quagmire of mindlessness it becomes increasingly apparent that we will fail to stop it because we have failed to identify the problem.

The strong survive and the weak perish [or at least that's how the dumb perceive it.] Being binary in a complex world marks you as a victim ripe to be exploited because you can't process complex systems and become suspicious at the wrong time about the wrong thing.

Temper that with Incorrect = Dead, [stupid kills.]

This is why your inability to analyze condemns you to perpetual victimhood. You think you are winning when you are actually being played for a chump.

Go, Galt! 

At the cornerstone of modern conservatism is the Randist version of the "Law of the Jungle" which dictates that the strong survive (mostly as slaves) and the weak perish.

What the followers of John Galt fail to realize is there can only be one Galt. Everyone and everything works for him. This is the teaching of the Christian Bible, everyone (including Eve) who isn't Adam is superfluous.

Go, Galt!

This is the truth but the binary, knowing they aren't the one, rejects this truth, preferring to believe every (good) man is 'John'.

Kill or be killed is the law of nature and nature favors the strong, it also favors the many against the individual but that doesn't stop the binary from choosing individualism.

Go, Galt!

All you rugged individual types who are sick of the weak parasites leeching you dry were going to leave them behind and build a paradise where the hard-working could build a life free from the tyranny of being forced to support those who couldn't take care of themselves.

But wait a minute? This isn't new, it's so old that Ayn Rand is dead and nobody ever did get around to Going Galt and we can only wonder...why?

Do you know 'why'?

We need to look no further than the Self-Promoter-in-Chief for the true reason why Going Galt never got off the ground. What does Fat Donny and John Galt have in common? They don't do anything. Most of the complaining morons out there are more concerned with feelings than reality because they, like Fat Donny, are FAILURES who don't DO anything!

All they know how to do is complain and blame others for opportunities they never had.

You live in a society run by thieves. The only thing the thieves have to do to keep you 'docile' is make certain the shelves of the grocery store don't go barren and the rest is all your fault.

The thieves TAKE, making is for chumps who have to punch a clock and work all day, you know, the Galts who do all the heavy lifting around here.

Worse, 'real jobs' that actually produce something are rare, most of capitalist society is comprised of 'make work' [like banking and insurance] Then there is the educational system and the entertainment sectors which both specialize in pedaling ignorance. Fat stupid and happy not to lift a finger.

What do you suppose is the fly in this crazy ointment? Why are these pampered parasites so worried? Well, if the people who actually DO the work start looking for fair treatment then the idle complainers will have to do something and they are good at nothing...

Then everyone will know how hollow their constant complaining really was.

Feeling is not thinking and you can't solve a problem by complaining about it considering all the complainer knows is they are unhappy with the choices life offered them.

The greatest irony is there is no lack of things that need doing! Everybody could have 'meaningful/useful' work if we made some elemental changes to the badly broken system.

But you can't fix anything until you agree on what is broken.

Sounds simple enough but the first barrier that derails all efforts at changing/challenging the status quo is the question the non-thinkers always have poised on the tips of their tongues...and that question is, "Who is paying for this? (and by extension, WHERE is that money coming from?)

Considering money is a 'legal fiction' and all money is 'willed' [Green Lantern-like] into existence the truly thick start objecting saying you can't pay for something with nothing when in fact they do it all the time. [Deficit spending, it's not just for governments!]

If the collective WE didn't will things into existence there would be NOTHING! We would still be chasing down our next meal with a stick and beating it to death, starvation would return as the leading cause of death. [This is the 'reality' the John Galt conservo-whackos routinely ignore and why nobody has EVER 'gone Galt' despite the concept having millions of disciples.]

Did I mention the high correlation between stupidity and death?

Stupid remains the number one cause of preventable death.

Don't believe dumb things and we all have to learn to get along, nobody but YOU and the lies of the thieving liars are holding you back.

Probably more 'truth' than you can handle. If you are looking for sunshine and lollipops read a child's book.

Reality is for adults.

Thanks once again for letting me inside your head.

Gegner

Sportsball

 Greetings good citizen, the schism that divides societies around the globe is being driven by the corporate-owned media's reframing of the decision-making process into an 'us vs. them' equation

Thanks to the stupidity that is conservatism, the clueless that routinely fail to think or consider the facts. Under the current environment, those who disdain thinking for feeling would object to being characterized as incapable of deciding but it is this lack that is being exploited by the opportunists who routinely deceive those who dislike/have a limited capacity for either reason or logic, often falling back on that useful ruse 'common sense' which is whatever excuse the exploiters fed them to confuse their sensibilities.

That paragraph alone is too difficult for the typical conservative to parse, again shining a blinding white light on the root of the problem.

What root is that you might ask?

We let stupid people participate in the decision-making process. [full stop: this is not hatred, it is TRUTH!]

We would not allow the incompetent to perform complex medical procedures or repairs on critical equipment so it only stands to REASON that we shouldn't permit people who neither know (or care) what is important participate in the decision-making process.

While we all know people who are ardent (often vocal) Trump supporters, we also know, by observation, that those individuals are RARE. If you're THAT DUMB Darwin eliminates you, chronic stupidity is almost always fatal.]

The self-serving have no interest in living in a rational society because a rational society would modify the commerce system to reflect reality. [Can't recognize reality? Chances are you're simply misinformed and not fatally stupid although the feckless opportunists push the line as hard as they can!]

At some remote corner of your mind, you recognize that you are routinely fed ridiculous to make what you are forced to accept seem 'reasonable' or the least worse compromise.

Let's return to today's title, shall we?

What do sports have to do with politics?

Our DUMB conservatives believe [because they are INCAPABLE of 'thinking' (about ANYTHING!)] that the parties are 'teams' and all they care about is beating the other team!

People unable to register the difference between a 'party' and a 'team' are TOO STUPID to be allowed to VOTE!

Humanity can't afford the participation of the easily manipulated, our very survival hangs in the balance.

Thanks to the few who are still capable of rational thought for allowing me to visit and communicate with your mind (your feelings are the last thing anybody should be worried/concerned with given the circumstances.)

Gegner

Epiphany

 Greetings good citizen, I belabor the obvious when I opine that the main objective of ALL life is SURVIVAL.  One need not be particularly bright to understand that your need to survive is used to get you to cooperate with the ruling class's objectives.

An epiphany is an eye-opening experience. Some of you believe many dumb things and one of them is that Democracy is devoid of 'rulers'. This is a lie.

We seem to understand that the ones with the money have the guns and the ones with the guns make the rules. Everybody gets that.

What separates the kids from the adults is the fact that money is a legal construct with no basis in reality. You are being held hostage to a 'legal fiction' and the law won't 'help' you.

So we erase money from the equation, leaving the guns.

Ready to have your eyes opened wider? Of course not, your misunderstanding of how the WORLD works is entirely intentional. You have been spoonfed all of your prejudices and hatred so you will cooperate with your own endless sacrifice.

One planet, finite resources so you'd think the need to share what there is would be the only rational way forward but no, that is branded as foolish, even utopian!

Fighting is synonymous with survival. If you are to survive you MUST fight. In this reality, the ones with the guns have a decided advantage. A man with a gun can make short work of many unarmed men, women, or children.

So much so that we (our non-existent 'rulers') allocate a certain percentage of our population to defend the section of land the rulers have claimed as 'theirs'. [Don't care what you've been taught or what paper you hold, this land ain't your land, it's THEIRS!]

While it is foolish to believe we (as a species) can survive an all-out war, the foundation of the commerce system is the military and the para-military police force that utilizes military tactics and equipment to fight 'dissidence'. [Read  any resistance to the 'natural order of things']

The 'make work' military exists to support capitalism. Just as the make work police departments of the world are just an extension of this 'comply or die' squandering of resources.

Guess what else is a make-work program? Yup, education. It's not about making YOU smarter, it's all about compliance and teaching YOU NOT TO QUESTION!

The cesspool we call society is a self-serving lie crafted by those who pretend they don't exist [right under our noses no less!]

Whoever controls the media controls the majority's worldview.

Those who have inherited' the planet's resources see no need to share or allow change. They tell themselves if they question their 'gifts' that they don't deserve them and that anyone else, put in the identical position, would NOT surrender what they have been given to preserve for future, more worthy generations.

This is the 'natural order of things' that they have been trained to never question.

This is a dangerous fiction that can't be permitted to continue. 

Knowledge is power. The more people that are aware of the fiction the quicker we can put a stop to the squandering of resources vital to the survival of 'our' species.

Those who put themselves first have already rejected their membership in the human race, self-dealing is the basest of crimes and the most common committed by the opportunistic mimics we (some of us) evolved from.

We have two tools that work to our advantage, without cooperation slavery is unworkable. The second is they have to sleep sometime. They're a paranoid bunch and live by the 'trust no-one' credo, worse they have no compunction about throwing those who resist them under a bus.

Know your friends and trust the one pointing the finger is a liar whose sole goal is to protect themselves.

Societies are built on trust. If you are proven untrustworthy you have rejected your membership in society and shall be banished/exiled and nobody wants that because alone we are all dead meat.

Epiphany A is the military is the 'crutch' of capitalism, it exists to prop up the most abusive 'jobs program' on the planet and B, the cops exist to protect capitalism by violently reminding anyone who doesn't toe the line the cost of questioning the predatory status quo.

They have to sleep sometime and people who chose self-preservation over the welfare of society deserve what's coming to them.

Thanks once again for letting me inside your head,

Gegner

Circles

 Greetings good citizen, the distractions are both endless and relentless. No sooner do they wave a red flag to your left than before your astonished eyes appears another one on your right, resulting in a perpetual state of outrage over the incompetence that permits such events to persist.

The infamous 'They' are doing their level best to keep you so pissed off that you don't know where to begin.

The problem with that strategy is you eventually begin to notice it is a distraction, like children pounding on a percussion instrument randomly, it's all reduced to 'noise'.

Equally as disturbing is the plethora of 'theories' seeking to answer the question 'what went wrong?'

The culprits remain in control of the narrative. Automation and globalization are both held up as 'organic', so much so that they were inevitable and happened all by themselves.

You are a lunatic if you believe (or even suspect) there was a conspiracy to put billions of workers out of jobs.

You are equally deranged if you believe we can ignore the consequences of the collapse of the bankrupt capitalist system.

Hear/understand this, at its heart, capitalism ignores equity as well as the need to share the means of survival.

The primary goal of ALL life is survival. A system based on fake competition creates a handful of fake winners and hoards of very real losers.

Ownership, the basis of capitalism, is tyranny. It is a falsehood to state that ownership is freedom when the exact opposite is true, ownership is death.

The individual has no need to own anything, they merely need the use of common items as they journey through this existence.

The infamous 'they' insist ownership is freedom but their argument is empty because the law permits the owner to share or hoard things that cannot belong to anyone.

Like Kings, owners claim their right is divine, not that any of them can produce the supreme being that granted them such absolute control.

Most of you accept that SOMEBODY needs to control/defend the resources necessary for survival and who better than the end-users?  the owners say the users are irresponsible and incapable of shepherding the resources crucial to survival but that claim is just as empty as their claim of divine provenance.

The needs of survival are unchanging. We have bowed too long to fake masters. Time to level the playing field because the primary purpose of life is survival and absent cooperation, we, as a species. shall NOT survive.

You are enraged by Trivia while ignoring the true outrage, the raping of the planet for the feckless enjoyment of the self-interested few.

Paychecks all around! True profit is a harmonious society working together to ensure the survival of our species and the species we rely on.

Life is holistic, capitalism is myopic, all it cares about is more for me.

We shall all perish so a few can prosper, briefly.

Thanks once again for letting me inside your head,

Gegner

Meritocracy

Greetings good citizen, I recently read a disturbing indictment of the concept known as 'meritocracy' and, given how society's psychopaths twist everything to their personal advantage, the criticism is not without warrant. 

One of the fundamental principles behind A Simple Plan is not 'merit-based' reward but the competency-based reward system.

It is true that most 'meritocracies' use nebulous measures of 'worthiness' [many hereditary] that take no account of competency but if you have to explain/defend the tiniest detail of every proposal it becomes very frustrating/tedious indeed.

It is NOT possible to level the playing field by eliminating accountability or by ignoring outcomes yet the people responsible for the abject failure of the current system remain in control by doing both.

It is not a meaningless question to ask what percentage of the gun violence statistics are police related.

It is not possible to hand an individual a gun and a badge and instruct them to look out for trouble and for that individual not to be the one that causes the trouble they were sent to seek.

We often think we understand one another but that is an illusion. Communications have always been a major social stumbling block for humans because we are incapable of reading minds, much less seeing things from someone else's perspective. 

With that as a given, the job of law enforcement is foolhardy at best and disastrous most of the time.

The law belongs to the people who agree to abide by it. TECHNICALLY there is NO LAW. Society has CHOSEN to prohibit RANDOM VIOLENCE because of the endless nature of REVENGE, Killing one leads to the quest to bring the killer to justice with every individual killed screaming for the killer blood.

Your killing one of theirs because they killed one of yours does not lead to justice. It leads to dead bodies as far as the eye can see. The only way to stop a blood feud is to never start one.

I must be mindful of the feeble who easily lose the thread of a discussion. What does murder have to do with law enforcement and meritocracy?

The idiots running things defend their gross incompetence because they are 'uniquely qualified' to lead for a thousand reasons [sadly none of them rational.]

This is why MOST law enforcement gets on the force via nepotism while others literally brawl their way onto the force. [Fighting is the only thing they are good at and this is in direct conflict with the primary objective of a job that focuses on conflict resolution.]

So these incompetents who are instructed to keep an eye out for 'trouble', end up causing it instead.

[STOP]

When everybody is incompetent, nobody is 'right'. How's that for 'insoluble'? I once again point out that I don't pen these missives for dummies. The cognizant recognize that the problem is the endless shifting of the goalposts.

Anything goes is ever and always fatal.

A rudderless ship can't be steered [and will inevitably wreck.]

The befuddled are baffled but the competent know what needs to be done. The harrowing part of what lies ahead is that bravado can masquerade as loyalty and not show itself for what it is until it is too late.

The competent take notice. Education is key!

We can not permit the self-serving to continue to dictate what our children are taught because what you understand becomes what you believe!

If we are to rid ourselves of incompetent leadership we must demonstrate what competence can accomplish by sweeping aside the opposition and restoring justice.

 

Remember, without EQUALITY there can be no JUSTICE and without Justice there can be no PEACE!

Thanks once again for letting me inside your head and letting me get this off my chest!

Gegner

Common denominator

Greetings fellow humans, I belabor the obvious when I point out that the primary goal of all life is survival. Why you have been taught that this becomes secondary, [yes good citizen, the primary take away from the public educational system is not survival but OBEDIENCE.] Those ENTRUSTED with educating the public also ignore the primary axiom of communal living [TRUST]. Did your public education teach you that? Short answer, no. It is not a meaningless question to ask why you remain ignorant of this basic truth. TRUST is 'assumed' and we all know what happens when you 'ass u me'. We are trained to trust people in positions of authority but when those people prove untrustworthy, what happens? I'm not pointing at politicians or the criminally mis-educated brotherhood of the badge, I am pointing at educators who are constrained to follow a highly politicized syllabus, one that obliquely centers on the existence of an Almighty presence which no living being can prove exists. See a problem? If the basic focus of your program is a lie based on blind faith YOU are being DECEIVED. Somehow it is passed off that as long as everyone is being deceived equally that this is acceptable. This is acceptable (in the minds of the criminally insane) because the primary goal of the education system is OBEDIENCE. If the people 'running' society are 'untrustworty' it is in EVERYONE'S best interest to remove them from power/authority. Civilization CAN NOT 'survive' the self-interested. Is it possible to escape this circular trap? The ONLY way out is to break the circle and banish those who insist on maintaining it. Humanity has failed to watch its own back and now the exploiters dictate the terms of our existence. If we can't regain our common humanity and unite against the criminals among us, [those who pretend this world is THEIRS and theirs alone] we will exterminate ourselves. Thanks once again for letting me inside you head. Gegner