Honesty is my worst character flaw. It has been nothing but a liability
growing up in this society. I am unable to schmooze and endear myself to
most of the populace because I am interested only in truth, not comforting lies.
I have to pretend that people who support
the ruling class--the monopoly of violence with guns and jails--are
anything but passive-aggressive oppressors. I have to grit my teeth and
deal with individuals who don't care about anything but themselves, and
who actually see that as a good thing. I have to humor petty disgusting
people who think that selfishness is a virtue and that having a lot of
money is an achievement regardless of how it's gotten.
The need for money makes me bottle my rage when people in the upper
class use derogatory terms to my face as if it is normal. I am "the
help" after all.
I have to sit back virtually powerless and
watch these people destroy the planet and exploit the defenseless. This
is called being "civilized". The entire Western culture is set up to
protect sociopaths who, oftentimes, feel they are good people because
they don't beat their wives--all the while keeping others down to uphold
their materialistic lifestyles.
Primitive tribes were generally egalitarian; that is, there were no
hierarchies. Then the Europeans conquered them and destroyed
equality--putting in place an immoral slave culture that assigns people
rank based on what they own. Possessing more means exploiting
more--turning the living into the dead. That is called progress.
There is no equality with capitalism. Once a creature has a price
its value is based on subjectivity. What a sick, twisted way to view the
Earth. Owning life. As if humans have any claim to the Earth. As if
they were here before the Earth. As if the Earth could not swallow them
where they stand.
The arrogance is astounding.
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