Posts Tagged ‘capitalism’

#Politics is Theater for the Oligarchy

Posted: January 14, 2024 in Anarchy Journal Constitutional
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I am regularly around people not from America. I enjoy it. I enjoy different perspectives and experiences and perceptions and opinions.

One of my favorite things about regularly being around foreigners is their reactions when they see American political advertising aka campaign commercials. Which is common because election season in America never ends now, since it’s a set it and forget it emotional trigger and decisiveness tool for the unwashed masses.

After they see one or two
dozen
political ads in an hour, they’ll inevitably start asking the people around them what they think of politics, what they think of democracy, what they are thinking about the upcoming election, etc.

If/when they ask me, my answer is a sloppy version of the following; American politics is theater for the capitalist oligarchy and the military industrial complex to give the masses the illusion of choice, control and influence.

If I’m talking to a European, they quickly understand what I’m talking about. If it’s an Australian or South American, there is usually an explanation of what an oligarchy is and that the MIC is and how they are the shadow authoritarian government and have been for a minimum of half a century.

Any doubt or skepticism towards that can be directed towards the 2008 bank bailouts, 2020 TARP bailouts, the volume of assassinations of anti-war organizers in the 1960s, and of course the never ending wars we have never ending money for while homelessness and wealth inequality reach all time highs in the richest country in the history of the planet.

I remember in the 90’s when Jessie Ventura became governor of Minnesota as an independent. When asked why he was an independent he said that the only difference between a democrat and a republican is the speed at which their knees hit the ground when their donors walk into the room.

Those who would say that America is a democracy and isn’t a corporate captured, authoritarian state; would also openly admit how corrupt Washington is. They would call me a conspiracy theorist, and then complain about how nothing ever seems to get done in Washington. Drain the swamp! But we live in a direct democracy. What does duopoly mean anyways?!

As long as we’re blaming the rank and file voters of the opposite party, obsessing over pronouns, or thinking an ex billionaire game show host is to blame for all of our problems, then we certainly won’t have the mental capacity to comprehend the people who control the currency, the land, the bombs and the resources are the ones controlling the government and that the combination of the two controls our lives.

Because then we would have to admit that we aren’t free, we own nothing, we have no rights. And I know from repeated experience, that ignorance
is
bliss.

Capital #Climate Warming

Posted: January 11, 2024 in Frackishima
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When one has little to no life experience in the “real” world, that of the world outside of high school and home life; climate change seems like a no brainer issue. We know what’s wrong. We know what’s causing it. So let’s fix it. Or at least do something of substance about it.

One only needs to spend a minimal amount of time working in first world, developed nations to understand why little to anything gets done about climate change that isn’t performative at best.

The foundation of all developed countries is that of waste and pollution. Capitalism in the late stage form we’re currently living in, demands infinite growth with finite resources. Throw out your old thing and buy this new thing, for every thing, for every one, ever, forever.

There is so much pollution that even the most ardent activists can’t comprehend and would prefer to not think about, for the sake of being able to sleep or have relationships.

That is the scale of the problem. Not that it’s inconceivable, but it is so vast that a human being with emotions and a soul can’t handle taking in a full account of the negatives vs the positives.

How many cargo ships sink, spill, or lose their cargo in the ocean every year? How many of those ships are moving across the ocean every day? Even the ones that don’t spill anything, which is beyond commonplace, how much oil is polluting the ocean just in day to day business?

Now include airplanes. Now include cars. Now buses. Now boats. Now cargo trucks. Now private jets. We haven’t even gotten to non recyclable plastic or styrofoam yet.

We can change all of this. But not you and me. Sorry, too much wealth inequality. This change has to come at the top. Capitalism is the cancer killing the planet. To deny that is to deny the law of gravity. We at the bottom certainly can’t give up, we know that in our bones. But what we also need to know, admit aloud, and talk about publicly is that the narrative of personal responsibility in combating climate change only need apply to those who pull the levers of capitalism. Not our neighbors driving an SUV or using plastic bags at the grocery store.

The Defense #Budget is Morally Offensive

Posted: January 10, 2024 in Excess and Algorithms
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“They got money for war, but can’t feed the poor” Tupac Shakur

Anytime I mention the >$845 billion annual budget for the Military Industrial Complex I am always greeted by either confusion, deflection or anger.

Anger is the one that gives me that kind of self mutilating joy. Such sadness and disappointment at my fellow human that they feel the need to take up verbal defense of an entity that literally has more money than any other entity on Earth
for “defense”

What’s worse than an exploited worker in false class solidarity with billionaires? Military Industrial Complex bootlickers.

It’s not their fault. America is the most propagandized country in the history of the world and it’s not even close. Germany? North Korea? Wake up.

Have you looked at a screen ever? What is advertising? What are commercials? Who owns the news? Who owns the media? And why? Exactly.

It’s in our nature to think we’re the good guys. We’ll already justify our own actions to ourselves regardless of their external effects unless we suffer immediate negative repercussions.

You take that part of our nature and subject us to a literal non stop, inescapable propaganda machine in every home, public space, purse, and pocket and how can the masses in America not have the consciousness be corporate captured?

We know in our hearts poverty shouldn’t exist in the world with so much wealth. But what our eyes see and our ears hear, our mind believes. And those two senses are under a never ending attack of seduction by entities that want us to live like donkeys chasing the carrot to avoid the stick.

And if we’re too buys mentally, verbally, and physically fighting each other or buying things or working ourselves to the bone to avoid poverty, then we certainly can’t unite for the greater good of the 99%.

Late Stage Theory vs Reality

Posted: January 8, 2024 in Anarchy Journal Constitutional, Excess and Algorithms
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Exploited workers in false class solidarity with the billionaire class, seem to always want to use hypotheticals and theories to justify the poor living conditions of a vast majority of working age human beings.

Just the concept of, “earn a living” is a skewed paradigm of existence in a world with more than enough to go around for all humans to live comfortably.

Being able to live comfortable was the American Dream was it not? Wasn’t that the entire concept of the economic middle class?

It’s human nature for people to always want more and for others to always want to do less. Sure, but we default to an economic system of exploitation? Exploitation of ignorance. Exploitation of resources. Exploitation of labor. Exploitation of emotions.

But it’s the greatest economic system in history in the greatest country in history says the people currently reaping it’s benefits. And their bootlickers who confuse having a comma in their bank account and lots of shiny new adult toys to show off online. Just don’t dare ask them about their debt(s).

#Climate & #Capitalism Crises

Posted: January 4, 2024 in Anarchy Journal Constitutional, Excess and Algorithms, Frackishima
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The narrative and perception on climate change mirrors that of capitalist economies in so many ways.

Trying to manufacture consent to view the issue in a way that it can be achieved at the micro level, when in fact the only success at mass scale is at the macro level.

We love to embrace scientific change if it gives our favorite influencer or podcast host something to sell and/or talk about. We love science when it finds ways to improve products and services.

But putting science to use for the masses beyond medicine has been a no go for generations.

There is more than enough money, land, and resources to change the way life is lived on planet Earth so that the way we live is more sustainable and has less negative impact on the world we live in.

But we don’t do these factual, documented, measurable things because it would negatively disrupt the capitalist system and it’s beneficiaries.

No different then kings sending the serfs to war over personal disputes with other royal families. Just on a larger scale. The more things change, the more they stay the same.

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