I'm sorry I must go
from this living room lair
I know it seems selfish
I know life ain't fair
but the street has my friends
disheveled brave mongrels
who will always love the woman
with the wind in her hair
Friday, December 16, 2011
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Kyoto: The Flaw of Economy, and the threat of good people.
Canada is a fat farm like most places today that have had their governments usurped / undermined by rich bankers and their bed friends. One thing I find funny about Canadians is that they are quick to accuse the U.S. of many world crimes that Canada is also participating in. Canada like the rest of the world has a leader like Stephen Harper that presses the "whatever's good for the economy" button over and over in response to engineered economic downturn orchestrated to pull off a global neocon heist for centralized power. Then he is applauded in the privately owned media. We are pulling out of Kyoto because it's BAD FOR THE ECONOMY, we fight in wars killing for western greed and resources because it's GOOD FOR THE ECONOMY! is there a pattern here? Who is Harper serving? Certainly not the interests of the people.
But this agenda is being played out across the world. Harper has read out loud the same speech as other world leaders as seen in this clip http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uf9Ywi0ljnA Maybe it's time to re-examine what economy is.
"Correcting the massive dysfunction that economic globalization has created will not be easy. The starting point must be a clear recognition that this dysfunction is inherent in a globalized economic system. We should also be clear that this system was put in place through intentional policy choices orchestrated by the powerful and well organized economic interests that have benefited from it. We can just as well put in place policies that result in a sharing of the benefits of technological change, and return both economic and political power to the local communities where people live and work."
Economy and profit in a capitalist system thrives on exploitation, of a product or people, so is it any surprise that we are in this mess? Some people think that capitalism was created in the image of man and his need to exploit nature which is a popular defense but I've never believed this. If it is true that capitalism is conceived to entice or even quell the bad parts of human nature and our need to exploit, then surely another system can be arranged to bring out the good. Why not have a new enlightenment? Most people agree that man has shared some embarrassing moments historically, mostly brought on by confusion, and lack of proper education / enlightenment, when rich bankers can influence war by throwing money hear and there building monsters and terrorists (ex. Hitler)for the sake of keeping people stupid. This is why I've never believed this popular myth that man is innately bad, when such an ideology is so useful for governance. Whenever people have started to feel good about themselves and gathered strength, governments have sought to lure them back into war, and mental depression for the simple reason that strong people are not easily governed. Weak, depressed, malleable people are flexible to governance and tyrannical rule. This is why the idea that people are good, is such a threat in the public sphere, and conceived to be so ludicrous today.. but it is possible. There have been glaring moments in history where people have been happy long enough to see light, and open an attention span large enough to see truth. Today we lack the mental capacity to understand our manipulation, due to fear and engineered ignorance through propaganda, and education softened by private interests. You shouldn't have to strain your brain to understand, when the core of our society is built on exploitation for survival. Simply said, our driving purposes when we wake up everyday to go to work, and the very things that animate us are very bad. We must re-define economy to be less exploitative, to a reward for good. Good, does not have to be just a novelty, it can be put to practical use. It can be our motive. Until we can take a step backward, we can't make the smallest of steps forward like the modest kyoto initiative.
"You could strike sparks anywhere. There was a fantastic universal sense that whatever we were doing was right, that we were winning. . . ."
-H.S.T.
"Correcting the massive dysfunction that economic globalization has created will not be easy. The starting point must be a clear recognition that this dysfunction is inherent in a globalized economic system. We should also be clear that this system was put in place through intentional policy choices orchestrated by the powerful and well organized economic interests that have benefited from it. We can just as well put in place policies that result in a sharing of the benefits of technological change, and return both economic and political power to the local communities where people live and work."
Economy and profit in a capitalist system thrives on exploitation, of a product or people, so is it any surprise that we are in this mess? Some people think that capitalism was created in the image of man and his need to exploit nature which is a popular defense but I've never believed this. If it is true that capitalism is conceived to entice or even quell the bad parts of human nature and our need to exploit, then surely another system can be arranged to bring out the good. Why not have a new enlightenment? Most people agree that man has shared some embarrassing moments historically, mostly brought on by confusion, and lack of proper education / enlightenment, when rich bankers can influence war by throwing money hear and there building monsters and terrorists (ex. Hitler)for the sake of keeping people stupid. This is why I've never believed this popular myth that man is innately bad, when such an ideology is so useful for governance. Whenever people have started to feel good about themselves and gathered strength, governments have sought to lure them back into war, and mental depression for the simple reason that strong people are not easily governed. Weak, depressed, malleable people are flexible to governance and tyrannical rule. This is why the idea that people are good, is such a threat in the public sphere, and conceived to be so ludicrous today.. but it is possible. There have been glaring moments in history where people have been happy long enough to see light, and open an attention span large enough to see truth. Today we lack the mental capacity to understand our manipulation, due to fear and engineered ignorance through propaganda, and education softened by private interests. You shouldn't have to strain your brain to understand, when the core of our society is built on exploitation for survival. Simply said, our driving purposes when we wake up everyday to go to work, and the very things that animate us are very bad. We must re-define economy to be less exploitative, to a reward for good. Good, does not have to be just a novelty, it can be put to practical use. It can be our motive. Until we can take a step backward, we can't make the smallest of steps forward like the modest kyoto initiative.
"You could strike sparks anywhere. There was a fantastic universal sense that whatever we were doing was right, that we were winning. . . ."
-H.S.T.
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