The big rant
Getting to the core. To blame. To point. To infer that there is a cause for mans great dysfunction. To even claim that man is dysfunctional may be some sort of sin to some. But no. Humanity seems to lack in general understanding of what it is. I know, I’ve probably said that before. Probably will again. But on observation, humanity lacks in humanity. Why we strive for self-satisfaction in favor of group satisfaction.
Looking at our history, we have done great things as groups. Raised pyramids on several continents. Built large temples to honor any number of deified beings and energies. Amassed ourselves into great armies to destroy one-another.
Confusingly, these marvels where all led in some way by a small group of elitists who believe that they are somehow better than the majority of their species. On occasion, believing to be a different, thus superior species of hominid.
This is the crux of today’s theme.
The world around us, the very planet we live on, looks like a mass marketplace for consumerism. Billboards, movies, television, commercials and even clothing are used to sell more and more stuff. And things that most people don’t even need but instead want. Want like I wanted all the crap I saw while watching Saturday morning cartoons. Wanting this and wanting that. One thing after the other. How many plastic things does Mattel have to sell? And that’s just one.
I remember seeing footage (it happened before I was conceived) of John F. Kennedy speaking to America. Speaking of a dream to get us to the moon. In less than a decade we had accomplished the feat. Martin Luther King spoke of a dream to unite humanity in peace.
Yet, since their deaths we have accomplished little more than the improvement of technologies that conquer our minds and divide us from each other. Be they weapons, phones, computers or televisions.
