My last post about the words "just business" is meant to point out the cover up that takes place continually by folks who are only motivated by greed and their own personal enrichment. Th activities that these two simple words can justify, indeed, sanction, in the minds of the oligarchs are limitless but the impetus behind the need for them are far fewer. Deceitful, conniving, duplicitous actions are warlike and the root cause of virtually all neglect, pain, exploitation, oppression, dislocation and abuse. This war has been taking place for centuries, but the escalation of it has reached a crescendo in modern times. There is a full scale blitz taking place in our day and age against the majority in many, if not all nations. We have heard it couched in a variety of contexts, but the aim is always the same, to bring more cash to the table and deplete every possible source of capital creating crisis management scenarios in rural areas, towns, cities and villages across the planet. The death of a thousand cuts is just as murderous as a bullet to the head, but once we allow the dogs of war to run wild in our communities, it will remain hard to know which slit or slice was responsible for our demise.
Whether we are conscious of it or not, there have been continuous brutal attacks on the fabric of our culture and society for decades. The wounds may never completely heal and systems that used to help create stability across generations remain in tatters. The very relationships and systems that we used to patch one another up, ameliorate traumas and soothe ragged nerves have been removed one by one by a series of attacks we hardly recognize because the attacks seem so far away and disparate. The teachers, for instance, in days of old had the ability to speak to parents as equals. In the early days of our nation, teachers were revered and valued as important members of society. In America for more than thirty years, both the authority of and respect for teachers has been undermined. In addition to other cost cutting measures, classrooms have swollen (in numbers of students) and responsibilities to people outside the classroom have skyrocketed. In very recent times, especially in the great state of Wisconsin teachers have been vilified as lazy rich folks who have summers off and who fail our students during the part of the year that they are in the classroom. Thirty years of undermining education has allowed uneducated people to believe this tripe.
Another wedge issue being driven into our communities is the us/them divide. Ask any "minority" what it feels like to be attacked in the media and you will find the same response. we have all been outnumbered from time to time, but that in and of itself is no reason to be beat up. Instead of understanding the fact that we are all one species who share many, if not all, the same thoughts, feelings and aspirations, we are fed the lie that "those people" are the problem, whoever those people happen to be at the moment. The only minority that you never see vilified are the oligarchs. Instead, we focus on their lavish lifestyles and opulent surroundings as a goal to be attained if we just subscribe to the theory that you must screw the other guy before he screws you and that exploitation of others is a hard and fast rule that leads, eventually to "success". The people who tell the truth about these fallacies are called disparaging names like idealists and Polly Annas and their truth is attacked as if it has the potential to cripple our society. The exact opposite is true. We are told that the lies being foisted upon us are true and that the truth is a lie, but science is teaching us that what we have been told by the oligarchs and their minions is just a sophisticated lie based on phrases like "just business" and "this is the sacrifice we all make for a just society."
There is mounting evidence that human beings are born to be creatures that desire to be helpful, friendly, supportive, compassionate and good-hearted, until they suffer neglect or abuse. These assaults create anti-social psychopathic tendencies that when latent only fester, leading to passive aggressive and sociopathic behaviors. Ultimately, those who strike out at the world around them are only trying to fix some unconscious sense of injustice. Sadly, the initial events that crippled us recede into the darkest parts of our memory and are either justified or forgotten rather than being dealt with honestly. Several types of therapy and many shamanistic practices delve into the thought creation that lies behind our ideas and ideals. This is part of the reason that the dogs of war feed so heavily on the mentally ill. If we ever come to realize the extent of the damage caused by the oppressors, we may just stop allowing them to cripple us in the name of their own self-aggrandizement.
In our own way, we need to learn how to foil those who would exploit us. We need to learn to keep the dogs of war from our larders, to keep them from abusing and neglecting our children and to protect one another from their nearly constant attacks. These dogs of war are always hungry and will always take more than they give, so whether they are nipping at our heels or disemboweling our institutions, their hunger and thirst for blood will never be slaked. We are the walking wounded and we need to help one another bind up our injuries, spread the healing salve of love amongst our families and communities and protect one another from further damage at the hands of powerful interests who take advantage of every opportunity they see to build their own empire at our expense. I offer a series of ten steps to a more just and sustainable future.
I will send you a hard copy for whatever price you charge for an hour of your labor plus postage to your location. To pay, you can use Paypal account: tnsaladino42@hotmail.com or use my account number to send an e-mail for my physical address. It may sound silly, but together we can do anything. Beating back the assaults, frauds and abuses of the uberwealthy will be easy if we do a few simple things to take our own lives and the fruits of our own labors back. Billions of people working in harmony will always vanquish the select few who operate in discord with Nature, the people of the Earth and one another. No matter how many dogs of war they foist upon us, if we stick together in defense of one another, things will certainly improve.
This dog of war was recently photographed in Northern Wisconsin. sadly, they are not always this easy to spot. As often happens, the folks who are doing the most heinous things hide behind their guns, their minions, and attempt to hide their faces from those they are hurting for profit. Corporate welfare whores are only interested in their next fix. As long as they can keep the money flowing in and hurting the rest of us, their position is secure. They have virtually all the lawyer guns and money they could hope for, but truth, no matter what they may say, is not on their side.
Whether we are conscious of it or not, there have been continuous brutal attacks on the fabric of our culture and society for decades. The wounds may never completely heal and systems that used to help create stability across generations remain in tatters. The very relationships and systems that we used to patch one another up, ameliorate traumas and soothe ragged nerves have been removed one by one by a series of attacks we hardly recognize because the attacks seem so far away and disparate. The teachers, for instance, in days of old had the ability to speak to parents as equals. In the early days of our nation, teachers were revered and valued as important members of society. In America for more than thirty years, both the authority of and respect for teachers has been undermined. In addition to other cost cutting measures, classrooms have swollen (in numbers of students) and responsibilities to people outside the classroom have skyrocketed. In very recent times, especially in the great state of Wisconsin teachers have been vilified as lazy rich folks who have summers off and who fail our students during the part of the year that they are in the classroom. Thirty years of undermining education has allowed uneducated people to believe this tripe.
Another wedge issue being driven into our communities is the us/them divide. Ask any "minority" what it feels like to be attacked in the media and you will find the same response. we have all been outnumbered from time to time, but that in and of itself is no reason to be beat up. Instead of understanding the fact that we are all one species who share many, if not all, the same thoughts, feelings and aspirations, we are fed the lie that "those people" are the problem, whoever those people happen to be at the moment. The only minority that you never see vilified are the oligarchs. Instead, we focus on their lavish lifestyles and opulent surroundings as a goal to be attained if we just subscribe to the theory that you must screw the other guy before he screws you and that exploitation of others is a hard and fast rule that leads, eventually to "success". The people who tell the truth about these fallacies are called disparaging names like idealists and Polly Annas and their truth is attacked as if it has the potential to cripple our society. The exact opposite is true. We are told that the lies being foisted upon us are true and that the truth is a lie, but science is teaching us that what we have been told by the oligarchs and their minions is just a sophisticated lie based on phrases like "just business" and "this is the sacrifice we all make for a just society."
There is mounting evidence that human beings are born to be creatures that desire to be helpful, friendly, supportive, compassionate and good-hearted, until they suffer neglect or abuse. These assaults create anti-social psychopathic tendencies that when latent only fester, leading to passive aggressive and sociopathic behaviors. Ultimately, those who strike out at the world around them are only trying to fix some unconscious sense of injustice. Sadly, the initial events that crippled us recede into the darkest parts of our memory and are either justified or forgotten rather than being dealt with honestly. Several types of therapy and many shamanistic practices delve into the thought creation that lies behind our ideas and ideals. This is part of the reason that the dogs of war feed so heavily on the mentally ill. If we ever come to realize the extent of the damage caused by the oppressors, we may just stop allowing them to cripple us in the name of their own self-aggrandizement.
In our own way, we need to learn how to foil those who would exploit us. We need to learn to keep the dogs of war from our larders, to keep them from abusing and neglecting our children and to protect one another from their nearly constant attacks. These dogs of war are always hungry and will always take more than they give, so whether they are nipping at our heels or disemboweling our institutions, their hunger and thirst for blood will never be slaked. We are the walking wounded and we need to help one another bind up our injuries, spread the healing salve of love amongst our families and communities and protect one another from further damage at the hands of powerful interests who take advantage of every opportunity they see to build their own empire at our expense. I offer a series of ten steps to a more just and sustainable future.
I will send you a hard copy for whatever price you charge for an hour of your labor plus postage to your location. To pay, you can use Paypal account: tnsaladino42@hotmail.com or use my account number to send an e-mail for my physical address. It may sound silly, but together we can do anything. Beating back the assaults, frauds and abuses of the uberwealthy will be easy if we do a few simple things to take our own lives and the fruits of our own labors back. Billions of people working in harmony will always vanquish the select few who operate in discord with Nature, the people of the Earth and one another. No matter how many dogs of war they foist upon us, if we stick together in defense of one another, things will certainly improve.
This dog of war was recently photographed in Northern Wisconsin. sadly, they are not always this easy to spot. As often happens, the folks who are doing the most heinous things hide behind their guns, their minions, and attempt to hide their faces from those they are hurting for profit. Corporate welfare whores are only interested in their next fix. As long as they can keep the money flowing in and hurting the rest of us, their position is secure. They have virtually all the lawyer guns and money they could hope for, but truth, no matter what they may say, is not on their side.
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