Mechanical Alchemy

[P3nT4gR4m]

wait a minute, in fact this rant is pretty much the opposite of that apathy-rant you wrote a while ago! care to explain that?

Balance  :-D

[East Coast Hustle]

I agree new mediums such as youtube and other websites could serve as a crippling blow to the mass media, but the trick is turning the masses on to such an extreme, or at least different, type of program.

I disagree. I think the trick would be to keep any sort of "underground" medium from being co-opted by the CoN (and their money) the minute they sense a potential threat. All the truly successful "media revolutionaries" just get bought out. Who amog us is willing to turn down that kind of wealth in favor of continuing to advance our agenda in the face of increasingly stiff resistance to our attempts at "spreading the message"?

[P3nT4gR4m]

Who amog us is willing to turn down that kind of wealth in favor of continuing to advance our agenda in the face of increasingly stiff resistance to our attempts at "spreading the message"?

Me for one and prolly a whole bunch of others too.

[LMNO]

Bullshit.

[Messier Undertree]

 






Seriously, I like to think that I'd be all righteous and stuff, but honestly...

I just don't know.

[P3nT4gR4m]

Bullshit.

Theoretically perhaps. I'm already ludicrously wealthy. What do I need money for? Gave that shit up years ago.

[DJRubberducky]

Who amog us is willing to turn down that kind of wealth in favor of continuing to advance our agenda in the face of increasingly stiff resistance to our attempts at "spreading the message"?

Me for one and prolly a whole bunch of others too.

Oh, you say that now, but then you'll start arguing with yourself about how if you take the money, if you sign their contracts, whatever, you'll suddenly have the power to take your message to people you couldn't reach before.

If I were to somehow become this songwriting genius with reams of jailbreak lyrics, and someone were to promise me national exposure and decent compensation if I would just change one line here and a couple of words there, I know that it would be a very hard decision for me.  I would be sitting there quite honestly wondering if I'd finally found my way into the guts of the Machine, and if it might really be possible to still spread the message I want to spread while making the PTB happy.

Sitting where I am now, I "know better".  I know that if I were to try and strike such a compromise, it would require burying my true meanings under a layer or two of metaphor and poetry, which would make them completely inaccessible to 90% of my potential audience (and that's probably a low estimate).  But sitting where I am now, I am under no illusions of possible success.  Put me into that illusion and things get a lot less certain.

[LMNO]

Bullshit.

Theoretically perhaps. I'm already ludicrously wealthy. What do I need money for? Gave that shit up years ago.

Hey, I've got a paypal account.  Why don't you send me $500?

[P3nT4gR4m]

Bullshit.

Theoretically perhaps. I'm already ludicrously wealthy. What do I need money for? Gave that shit up years ago.

Hey, I've got a paypal account. Why don't you send me $500?

What bit didn't you get? I have no money. Don't need it. Wealth is material and spiritual. Sounds like you're still caught up in that paper collecting thing - get into crack, it's less addictive.

We all have our temptations and we all either overcome or succumb to them. I think it's fairly bizarre that so many of you can be convinced of how I would react to a large cash incentive without even really knowing me. Speak for yourselves guys.

Personally I had a shitload of cash at one point, big house, fast car, drugs on tap. Lost the lot and never felt motivated to get it back. Happier without. Also I don't really care about changing the world beyond the fact that I find the concept amusing right now. This aint a holy crusade I'm on.

[Cain]

Bits of paper help me get what I really need.  Unfortunately, most people I know aren't into the barter economy and hitting people until they give me what I want is distasteful.

[LMNO]

Bullshit.

Theoretically perhaps. I'm already ludicrously wealthy. What do I need money for? Gave that shit up years ago.

Hey, I've got a paypal account.  Why don't you send me $500?

Please to be using past tense if currently living like a bum.

[P3nT4gR4m]

Bits of paper help me get what I really need.  Unfortunately, most people I know aren't into the barter economy and hitting people until they give me what I want is distasteful.

I'm still involved in currency to that extent but that's a lifestyle choice. I'm more than capable of hunting, clothing and housing myself without having to resort to capitalism. The tricky bit for me is like pontoon - stick or twist. It's easy to earn enough to satisfy my needs but wants have a way of spiralling out of control. I try to limit myself to having nothing in the bank at the end of each month otherwise it becomes a real problem for me.

My point is I honestly feel that if I had a million dollars I would have a whole world of shit on my hands. This impression is based on how much worse my life was when I was earning about a 10th of that. It was an incredibly hollow existence. All I ever wanted was more. Now I have far less and all I ever seem to want is what I got.

[LMNO]

I'm still involved in currency to that extent but that's a lifestyle choice. I'm more than capable of hunting, clothing and housing myself without having to resort to capitalism.

O RLY?


SRSLY?




LMNO
-Here we go again...

[Cain]

So long as my basic needs are looked after, I'm pretty sorted.  Broadband access, a second drive for music, enough shelf space for books and being able to eat and sleep are pretty much all my needs.  It would be nice to have a 5 bedroom house and two cars, but I'm not going to work myself to a heart attack in pursuit of that.

That said, I'm not adverse to creating revolutionary groups to overthrow precarious regimes and being gratefully thanked by the populace with a state pension and lodgings for the rest of my natural life either.

[P3nT4gR4m]

I'm still involved in currency to that extent but that's a lifestyle choice. I'm more than capable of hunting, clothing and housing myself without having to resort to capitalism.

O RLY?


SRSLY?




LMNO
-Here we go again...

Is that so hard to believe?

So long as my basic needs are looked after, I'm pretty sorted. Broadband access, a second drive for music, enough shelf space for books and being able to eat and sleep are pretty much all my needs. It would be nice to have a 5 bedroom house and two cars, but I'm not going to work myself to a heart attack in pursuit of that.

That said, I'm not adverse to creating revolutionary groups to overthrow precarious regimes and being gratefully thanked by the populace with a state pension and lodgings for the rest of my natural life either.

Good Man - That's what I'd describe as wealthy.