A Sermon

[Bhode_Sativa]

I'm not sure what to do with all of my thoughts to get them to the most appropriate audience, where I can influence the most people, but I figured I'd share with you all, and ask for ideas.  I've never set up websites, but I'm learning what I can.  Also, I don't mind intelligent criticism.  I hope to post more, but I spend most of my time reading what I've found peripherally off this site and others about the state of the world. 


Capitalism.  The American Way.  A ,ÄúSurvival of the Fittest,Äù struggle for dominance in the financial arena, the modern Coliseum.  The people who inherit the earth are the ones who can own it.  It,Äôs a simple con, really.  Just convince somebody that something has value, and get something better out of them in trade.  They have made the biggest game in town ,ÄúLet,Äôs see who can own more stuff.,Äù  It may just have been a natural convergence of the Alpha Males of the hairless ape.  But then I remember that there are people who are trained by right of birth to expect to influence the world.  There are people who are prepared from pre-conception to uphold the ideals of the privileged class. 

Inherent human tendency is to justify superiority over anyone whose experience in life is different than your own.  It,Äôs reinforced by the natural desire to support the school one is assigned to, to cheer for the home team.  But every interaction in people,Äôs lives is based on me against you, or us against them.  The dangerous thing is how people have risen from successive generations to own 90% of everything in America, and unrelentingly plot to own the rest of the world.  People make it their sole mission in life to part other people from their paychecks.  Every advertisement that we come across as a matter of courseα, hundreds of times a day, and rising, is the result of greedy people trying to make money.  Every new product screams that it will make your life better, easier, more comfortable.  The cost is deferred on ,ÄúNo Payments, No Interest ,Äòtil Three Years From Now!,Äù  ,ÄúAct now to lock in this GREAT interest rate!,Äù

There is always a cost to pay, sometime.

Every day there are more people adding their voices to the symphony of intelligent thought.  Scientists who have spent their lives in pursuit of all knowledge in a given field have come from many specialties to tell the world about the consequences of global warming, pollution, fossil fuel use, the rainforest, and the list goes on.  THE PLANET IS DYING!  Every year there are more people trying to live like Americans.  Every culture that emulates the piss poor behavior of Consumerist America helps to drag the furthest edge of the future a step closer to the present.  The US produces a quarter of the world,Äôs garbage.  We only have five percent of the population.  Ruthless business practices have produced fledgling industries in other countries where government oversight might be lacking.  All the time, the people who make the money instil Their particular brand of ethic upon the indigenous population, setting a horrendous example of ,ÄúBusiness as Usual.,Äù 

The American people do not realize the severity of the situation.  Like all people, they are concerned with what concerns them, taking care of the kids, trying to afford all the stuff they,Äôve been sold, and the never ending quest to get the work done.  Joe Everyman thinks that because his life ain,Äôt so bad, as a matter of fact, then it,Äôs just going to stay that way.  He thinks that Tsunamis and Hurricanes happen to somebody else.  He thinks that it,Äôs a shame that gas prices keep going up, coincidentally along with record profits.  But mainly he thinks that it,Äôs his God given right. 

The American people have been sold the worst kind of propaganda.  The lie is that they have the right to not care about anything but comfort.  They have been told from birth that if you work hard enough you can live a life of luxury.  That if you don,Äôt work at all, you still deserve enough to get by.  And the quality of what we need to ,Äújust get by,Äù is in reality a level of comfort that would seem unimaginable to the rest of the world.  The entire nation has gone to sleep.  I don,Äôt know if it was the effect of ever increasing technology, the dividends of creative minds, or if there was a Lullaby playing in the background to the tune of the Star Spangled Banner.  What I DO knαow is that the people in America need to open their eyes and realize that when the World Community protects themselves against the direction that Our Elected Leaders are taking the planet, they are not the threat they,Äôll appear.  Joe Everyman will need to understand that voices of rationality have to prevail against the propaganda.  Difficult decisions are ahead for more than just America, but I feel that if there is a world wide understanding of Wise Courses of Action, then the outcome will be favorable.

[East Coast Hustle]

you're preaching to the choir, but you appear to know that already.

other than that, I like your writing style.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

[Dr. Cow Ass]

I thought TGRR would like that one.

Nice rant. The scariest part is alot of people actually know(or come to realize) all of these things and they do nothing about it, as a matter of fact, they even continue their current course of living. The rich may say this is "survival of the fittest," but that's bullshit. There's no such thing as pride or ego among the animals, they compete only when their life depends on it and most of all, they take only what they need.

Now, lets see how we can solve this problem...

[Jenne]

Nicely said.  And CowDude is right...there are many who discover this shameful little secret and do fuckall.  Dulling yourself with teevee ftw.

[East Coast Hustle]

There's no such thing as pride or ego among the animals, they compete only when their life depends on it and most of all, they take only what they need.

this is factually inaccurate. Plenty of animals demonstrate what we would call "pride" or "ego". Most compete for mating rights and territory as well as for self-defense. And many animals either hoard things or kill more than they need to survive. Predatory instinct is not tied just to hunger.

[DJRubberducky]

Isn't it male lions who, upon assuming leadership of a pride, kill any recently born cubs so as to put the females back into heat?  That sort of "it's got to be MY genetic material" sentiment is echoed in humans a lot, too, though humans will dress it up in fancier language.

[Benaclypse]

Most everybody loves wealth when it's sustainable.  That's the only issue is creating a happy level of wealth without killing the host.  Problem is many people don't care about maintaining paradise for tomorrow and anon because they personally are going to die.  So who gives a fuck if the world ends in a century or two?  Not enough fuckers give a shit about the end of the world I'm afraid, and many seem to actually welcome its demise.  An evil manifest destiny.  Eternal paradise is refurbishable, but unlikely considering the general fatalist mindset of humes.

[Friar Puck]

Most everybody loves wealth when it's sustainable.  That's the only issue is creating a happy level of wealth without killing the host.  Problem is many people don't care about maintaining paradise for tomorrow and anon because they personally are going to die.  So who gives a fuck if the world ends in a century or two?  Not enough fuckers give a shit about the end of the world I'm afraid, and many seem to actually welcome its demise.  An evil manifest destiny.  Eternal paradise is refurbishable, but unlikely considering the general fatalist mindset of humes.

The student asked the master how to reply to smartnessL

Cheap are the volcanic science holes
After the launch the victors hunger, 1/3 progeny dishonors the drunk father
prepare for middleland crisis

[P3nT4gR4m]

Most everybody loves wealth when it's sustainable.  That's the only issue is creating a happy level of wealth without killing the host.  Problem is many people don't care about maintaining paradise for tomorrow and anon because they personally are going to die.  So who gives a fuck if the world ends in a century or two?  Not enough fuckers give a shit about the end of the world I'm afraid, and many seem to actually welcome its demise.  An evil manifest destiny.  Eternal paradise is refurbishable, but unlikely considering the general fatalist mindset of humes.

The student asked the master how to reply to smartnessL

Cheap are the volcanic science holes
After the launch the victors hunger, 1/3 progeny dishonors the drunk father
prepare for middleland crisis

Please to be more obscure - I came dangerously close to understanding what you said there and I wouldn't like that happening again.

[East Coast Hustle]

oh joy. more attempts at dada-ist nonsense.

[LMNO]

Most everybody loves wealth when it's sustainable.  That's the only issue is creating a happy level of wealth without killing the host.  Problem is many people don't care about maintaining paradise for tomorrow and anon because they personally are going to die.  So who gives a fuck if the world ends in a century or two?  Not enough fuckers give a shit about the end of the world I'm afraid, and many seem to actually welcome its demise.  An evil manifest destiny.  Eternal paradise is refurbishable, but unlikely considering the general fatalist mindset of humes.

The student asked the master how to reply to smartnessL

Cheap are the volcanic science holes
After the launch the victors hunger, 1/3 progeny dishonors the drunk father
prepare for middleland crisis

BoomKatKettle does this schtick better.


Just saying.

[Jenne]

Damn.  I miss that damned Kettle.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

It's hard to reconcile decent writing like this with the whiny shit and copy-cat bullshit that came later.

Maybe someone stole the real Bhode's moniker?

[P3nT4gR4m]

Maybe he was just having an off day. Benefit of the doubt and all that.