Is there any difference between this mob and a swarm of insects on a log? No; certainly not from a cosmic perspective. From the infinitude of space a man and a cockroach are the same in size and significance. But “God loveth all his children....” In other words, should we adopt a less cosmic view; ought we to consider each one of these creatures, swarming over the train like insects, as a human being full of inherent dignity, unique of character and born with inalienable rights.... blah, blah, blah.
Whether we ought to or not, the inescapable fact is that we will not. This Earth is at its breaking point thanks mostly to our unquenchable greed and unrestrained self proliferation. The Market Moloch which needs an endless supply of consumers to fuel its profit-driven production will, in the not too distant future, be incapable of feeding these same mouths. It will be unable to house them, to educate them, to care for their health, to give them employment (much less meaningful employment) -- in short to do anything to keep alive the myth of inherent human worth and dignity.
Our rulers will then simply give up trying. They will shelter themselves in eco-bubbles, guarded by well fed, de-sensitized goons, who will employ pest control tactics to keep the swarm in line while -- as a residual sign of humanity -- shoot blasts of synthetic food chips over their heads for them to hungrily scramble for.
More than Huxley and Orwell or even Stanislaus Lem, Harrison/Fleischer were prophetic geniuses. And what did the New Yorker have to say about Soylent Green? “This pompously prophetic thing of a film hasn't a brain in its beanbag. Where is democracy? Where is the popular vote? Where is women's lib? Where are the uprising poor, who would have suspected what was happening in a moment?”
Ha ha. Ah yes! the Uprising Poor would have rebelled against Chezzoh's at Walmarts! Women's Lib would have alerted us to the terminal systemics of capitalism! The ever vigilant and suspecting popular vote would have protected us from Reagan, Bush, Clinton, Blair, Bolsonaro, Modi, JinPing, Al Saud and, last but not least, Mitch McConnell.
God, Gentrified Liberals are idiots.
©barfo, 2020
Whether we ought to or not, the inescapable fact is that we will not. This Earth is at its breaking point thanks mostly to our unquenchable greed and unrestrained self proliferation. The Market Moloch which needs an endless supply of consumers to fuel its profit-driven production will, in the not too distant future, be incapable of feeding these same mouths. It will be unable to house them, to educate them, to care for their health, to give them employment (much less meaningful employment) -- in short to do anything to keep alive the myth of inherent human worth and dignity.
Our rulers will then simply give up trying. They will shelter themselves in eco-bubbles, guarded by well fed, de-sensitized goons, who will employ pest control tactics to keep the swarm in line while -- as a residual sign of humanity -- shoot blasts of synthetic food chips over their heads for them to hungrily scramble for.
More than Huxley and Orwell or even Stanislaus Lem, Harrison/Fleischer were prophetic geniuses. And what did the New Yorker have to say about Soylent Green? “This pompously prophetic thing of a film hasn't a brain in its beanbag. Where is democracy? Where is the popular vote? Where is women's lib? Where are the uprising poor, who would have suspected what was happening in a moment?”
Ha ha. Ah yes! the Uprising Poor would have rebelled against Chezzoh's at Walmarts! Women's Lib would have alerted us to the terminal systemics of capitalism! The ever vigilant and suspecting popular vote would have protected us from Reagan, Bush, Clinton, Blair, Bolsonaro, Modi, JinPing, Al Saud and, last but not least, Mitch McConnell.
God, Gentrified Liberals are idiots.
©barfo, 2020
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