When I use to imagine "The End of the World," I never imagined it to look quite like this. I always thought that it would be a little more chaotic. You know, more desolation, smouldering ruins, moving from place to place in search of food, and fuel. Kind of like that movie, "Road Warrior." I thought that there would be bands of deformed mutants, survivors of a nuclear Holocaust, struggling to survive at any means necessary.
Instead, I find it "Business as Usual." (Where have I read that?) People just going about their lives, in hope that "This is just a phase," that the Earth is going through. You know, like a toddler or a teenager, just working things out. I guess the question is, what is there to do, really? Wait around? Sell everything, and climb the highest mountain? After all, we could be rioting in the streets, and looking for a New War to fight. Why not? It's not like we are going to just stop before we hit that proverbial wall of reality.
I thought that someone had the notion that we were progressively moving forward, or was that just an optical illusion of progress itself? Is it advancement, or are we just doing the same things differently, with the same results? Instead of technological progression, establishing a unified plateau of corporate intelligence within our civilization, I'd have to say that we are in an exponential downward spiral on the old "Stup-o-meter." Perhaps it's this present stage of History, that is preparing us for this approaching "Apocalyptic Chaos Scenario."
The more I turn on the TV, or read the News Papers, or On-line Reports, I am becoming more and more convinced of the presently emerging doom. We just can't go on like this! With this type of intellect, generational survival is unsustainable. We are approaching that proverbial wall of reality at an increasingly accelerated rate!
It's like that dream, where you are riding the bus home from some,take you nowhere job, and everyone is just staring out the window at a world that they just can't believe is their life. Then all of a sudden, the Bus Driver stops the bus, at what you think is just another stop, but instead he grabs his hat and jacket, flips everyone the bird, and walks off into the night. Sitting there, stranded, in the middle of, who knows what part of town, that moment of panic and contemplation sets in. "Should I walk, or should I stay on the bus, and wait to see what happens?" Then, before you can even finish your first thought, "Crazy Larry," The Transit Squatter, hops up, runs to the drivers seat, and jumps in, but instead of protest, the other riders begin to cheer him on, because they just don't know what else to do. The next thing you know, the bus is barrelling down the dark streets of this urban metropolis without meaning and purpose. Just some
chaotic existence of "I hope we survive this!"
Call me an Old Fashion Redneck, but I have to blame Socialism. I'm sorry, but what the heck is wrong with everyone? The World is going to Hell in a Hand-basket, and People are blaming "The Government!" A Hurricane hits, and "Bush doesn't care about Black People?" What?!?! Floods, Tsunamis, and Famine, and Volcanoes, and Earth Quakes, and Infectious Deceases! The Oceans are dying, for Pete Sake, and for some reason, beyond my comprehension, the Government is to blame? The Government? What is wrong with these people? Hello? Socialists! The Government is your friend. Now, let's kiss and make up.
Well, Dr. Frankenstein, how's that Monster Project working out for you? "Give us your money, we'll take care of you." Did anyone ever stop to ask, what happens when the money and the resources run out? You got Wall Street building an economy on imaginary capital, on one hand, and on the other, you have Social Democrats taking the last dime, from the average Joe, that poor sucker in between, all in the guise of "We are doing it for you." OK. "Where's my money. I need it now. Times are getting tough." What money? Whose going to be the first to point out the fact that, The Government IS the biggest Ponzi Scheme EVER? There IS no money, stupid. You've been had. "Oh - those poor suckers who handed everything to that Bernie Madoff." Poor suckers? Don't you see that we've done the same thing with Social Democracy? What, did you really believed that Money Grew on Trees? The Government isn't real! It's a fabricated existence, an industry of Big Management, that has created a false sense of hope, but now you are beginning to see the futility of your faith in it.
Our problem is, that we lost touch with an agricultural centred civilization. Our industrial lusts, homogenized our concept of reality. Thinking that we could exist in a world of chemicals, machines, and plastic wrap, we decided that mass production and textural consistency outweighed the value of good old fashion, love of the land. Am I wrong? Why don't you ask "Crazy Larry," as he runs the next red light! I mean look at these idiots, pulling the cord, and ringing the bell, as if we can stop the inevitable. "We're destroying the environment!" - "I'm not voting NDP anymore!" WHY? Because they let you down? Because none of this is real? IT never was real! Only your vain imagination, generated by false hopes in an imaginary Utopian existence, created this illusion. Just like that first credit card that you deem, "For Emergency Use Only." Can you remember that innocence, I mean, "Ignorance?"
I see people protesting, oblivious to how the system works. Some self-righteous Eco-Gurus proclaim to have the answers, inspiring semi-educated sycophants to stand around with signs for a cause. Fine, you go and walk around with your wood and paper protest signs produced by Big Lumber, while wearing your Big Cotton Jeans, and Big Gore-tex Jackets, and Big Leather shoes, using fuel from Big Oil to get to the protest, you bunch of hypocrites. All-the-While, the only reason that we have any money still flowing, in this wreck of an economy, is due to these major industries, as they slowly grind to a halt. When they do, we'll witness the same "Cause Seeking," minions, turn in panic to protest the unemployment, the famine, and the failure of all the amenities and services provided by the tax dollars that funded all these freedoms, that afforded their ability to protest. Ridiculous. Read the Manual!
While some are struggling to "literally" keep afloat, as our farm lands lay underwater, projecting a major food shortage in the coming year, "Had it too good for too long," Government "Workers," (and yes, I'm talking to you too Air Canada!), walk out of their jobs to protest irrelevant issues, in light of our overall immediate concerns. Take a look around you Union Employees, WE DON'T CARE! The reason that you are "suffering" (Give me a break - make more than the rest of us), is because you've put your faith into some agency that has even less power to produce an income for you, than your present employer! Seriously? Am I the only one doing the basic math here? I wasn't even great at math in school, but I can share what I did learn, with you. 1,000,000,000,000,000,000 X "0" = "FREAKIN' ZERO!!!"
This is NOT the Time, and I assure you, THIS is NOT the place. There are unemployed mobs of people out there that might just be willing enough to lynch you, in hopes of providing for their families, while you attempted to mumble the muffled words "Scab," as you are trampled underfoot. Do you see the rising waters out there? Say "Hello," I'd like to introduce you to a friend of mine. World, meet Reality.
My point is that it's time to get back to the basics. The Governments have proved to us, that they have no idea of what they are doing - "Crazy Larry!" They are not gods. They are mere men, and women that we have placed into position, by the mere chance that they made us less sick to our stomachs than the other liars that we could have placed into the same positions. If our fuel prices continue to climb, and our local food sources remain under water, we are going to have to "real-ize" that the Government is NOT going to save us. We will have to depend on doing whatever it takes to survive. True Socialism comes from the Heart, not from Legislation. Let's just hope that we work together, as a Community, to accomplish this goal, rather than become a band of deformed mutants, resembling that Happening that just occurred in Vancouver.
This is Billy Goetz saying, "And that's all that I have to say about That!"
Age is not a particularly interesting subject. Anyone can get old. All you have to do is live long enough.
