This lies on the raw edge of human nature and politics, how the "morbidly rich" actually think in their heart of hearts, their destructive delusions of what they have determined life should be — for themselves foremost, then everyone else as necessary baggage — failing forever to satisfy their ever-expanding, unquenchable desires. Violen…
This lies on the raw edge of human nature and politics, how the "morbidly rich" actually think in their heart of hearts, their destructive delusions of what they have determined life should be — for themselves foremost, then everyone else as necessary baggage — failing forever to satisfy their ever-expanding, unquenchable desires. Violent authoritarianism by the powerful and greedy living among us is an ugly fact of human existence from time immemorial, impossible to hide from the abundance of evidence produced by their own selfish actions throughout society, throughout history.
It's just who they are, who they want to be. Trump is the paragon of their twisted egos, their damaged souls. But a deep, black fear of emptiness is at the heart of their extreme selfishness, and their all-consuming desire to fill that horrible emptiness within, which, unfortunately, all their riches and power can never fill.
Yet, seeing is acting. For people to witness the simple, though still shocking truth of things on their little planet, this truly insane consolidation of wealth and power playing out in the real world — the obvious correlation between acute wealth disparity and the forces of anti-democracy — is the first and most critical step if we are to survive on this godforsaken rock whirling around in the void.
If not ripped out by the roots through our collective action of nonviolent, choiceless intelligence (whatever that is) by we the people ourselves (whoever we are), uncompromising fascism, a hideous infection of the mind and soul, will only erode society and nature even further than it already has, far down a deadend road. Selfishness and greed equal violence — in all its many physical and mental expressions, on distant battlefields, but also in our streets, in our schools, in our churches, at work, at play, at home, against each other, against nature, everywhere, constantly. A violent world has produced violent beings who must see themselves for what they truly are, in all their glory and in all their horror, to effect real change for the better.
An anonymous quote I once copied down from somewhere (paraphrased): "The truth is not something far away; it is very close, under every leaf, in every smile, in every tear, in the words, in the feelings and thoughts that one has. But it is so covered up that we have to work hard to uncover it. And see. To uncover is to discover what is false. And the moment you know what is false, when that drops away, the truth is there."
This lies on the raw edge of human nature and politics, how the "morbidly rich" actually think in their heart of hearts, their destructive delusions of what they have determined life should be — for themselves foremost, then everyone else as necessary baggage — failing forever to satisfy their ever-expanding, unquenchable desires. Violent authoritarianism by the powerful and greedy living among us is an ugly fact of human existence from time immemorial, impossible to hide from the abundance of evidence produced by their own selfish actions throughout society, throughout history.
It's just who they are, who they want to be. Trump is the paragon of their twisted egos, their damaged souls. But a deep, black fear of emptiness is at the heart of their extreme selfishness, and their all-consuming desire to fill that horrible emptiness within, which, unfortunately, all their riches and power can never fill.
Yet, seeing is acting. For people to witness the simple, though still shocking truth of things on their little planet, this truly insane consolidation of wealth and power playing out in the real world — the obvious correlation between acute wealth disparity and the forces of anti-democracy — is the first and most critical step if we are to survive on this godforsaken rock whirling around in the void.
If not ripped out by the roots through our collective action of nonviolent, choiceless intelligence (whatever that is) by we the people ourselves (whoever we are), uncompromising fascism, a hideous infection of the mind and soul, will only erode society and nature even further than it already has, far down a deadend road. Selfishness and greed equal violence — in all its many physical and mental expressions, on distant battlefields, but also in our streets, in our schools, in our churches, at work, at play, at home, against each other, against nature, everywhere, constantly. A violent world has produced violent beings who must see themselves for what they truly are, in all their glory and in all their horror, to effect real change for the better.
An anonymous quote I once copied down from somewhere (paraphrased): "The truth is not something far away; it is very close, under every leaf, in every smile, in every tear, in the words, in the feelings and thoughts that one has. But it is so covered up that we have to work hard to uncover it. And see. To uncover is to discover what is false. And the moment you know what is false, when that drops away, the truth is there."