America touts itself as the land of the free, but the number one freedom that you and I have is the freedom to enter into a subservient role in the workplace. Once you exercise this freedom you've lost all control over what you do, what is produced, and how it is produced. And in the end, the product doesn't belong to you. The only way you can avoid bosses and jobs is if you don't care about making a living. Which leads to the second freedom: the freedom to starve.
”
— Tom Morello from Rage Against The Machine
Life is a Death March
one step closer
moment by moment
the underlying earth
provides a heart beat
diminishing returns employee people
to use non renewable resources irresponsibly
de facto;
GROWTH
must occur for
growth
to continue
obvious but deadly
…
the system is not limited
by the very human quality of aging
it is in fact outside
the material world
and exists as a mental construct
or an abstract
…
pain and death are real
psychic or otherwise
…
people to consume,
used both ways …
as subject and object
consume the people
consume that “is”
…
the system
is replacing nature
as the means of our survival
unexamined we believe
…
capitalism means
the world
has more to give
we have more
to take…
…
abusive husbands
and addictions
have many friends
…
How can we take more than we can ever replace?
…
hope will come in the future
in the space of human goodness
which has not been a good bet
…
Evolutionist-continue to evolve and
develop the capacity to ensure survival
…
though it has become apparent our ability
to be concerned about future generations and the poor
is not keeping up with our quest for profit.
…
we are living longer shallower lives…
boo hoo as a rich white male I cannot complain
…
I don’t see many seniors at “Rage Against the Machine” benefits.
…
I am merely following my impulses
The propaganda machine
known as advertising
…
I have no accountability…
I blame
my father,
my mother
I too am in a daze
Bombarded by messages
I never wanted to hear
…
uninteresting jobs
concurrent people
and mainstream music.
…
the cost of advertising
per car sold is close to $700
the consumer picks up the tab…
do not sell cars at a loss is a rule
unless the government is subsidizing
…
make cars
like fashion
a new one
every few years
…
a new look,
a new suit,
plastic surgery…
changing our image
re-inventing ourselves
in the this
more and more
man-made environment.
…
as we get hungrier
i.e. the resources run out…
we hurry to take even more…
as if we can defy death…
I will have enough children
enough money
enough memorials of my existence
un-won vanity is a crime
un-won…?
a denial…
sure to decimate your ego
leave your business affairs
your face book page
unattended…
…
why decimate fish stocks to the point of being non renewable
not allowing children to witness this miracle…
smart phones and easter island
…
it is easy to kill it is hard to create…
art is simply an addition…
violence is subtraction…
a diminishing of other in the case of capital
with lowered cost of production and more efficiency.
(work harder get paid less)
…
an internal contradiction
cost of production
+ lower wages
+the harder the worker works
(-the better)
=the logic of capitalism
IF the worker is a machine that is fine
…
“human beings”
want to be rewarded (fairly)
ie not exploited
They feel cheated
when their wages are going down
are required to work harder
in the factory/ office/ field
…
it is a metric
most resent the concept of
“something for nothing”
which is the cry of this generation…
which was sung
by me long ago
…
I ask the clerk at Home Depot,
where i use to work
how things are
she resignedly replies
at least I have a job.
She is from Chile
it is better here than it is there…
though not for the reason
one might expect
…
not a more advanced nation
we are a more violent one…
Canada has looted South and Central America
for the last couple hundred years…
…
under the umbrella US imperialism…
for whatever reason we believe
in some sort of manifest destiny
…
deserve the spoils of conquer
until that attitude is tempered and
in fact reversed
there will be incredible suffering
both in nature and
with the oppressed
a dollar a day
in the first world:
the homeless
the sick without money
the unemployed
the working poor
the seniors
the safety net getting thinner and thinner
but not to worry as the times get worse
the games will get better
go canucks
PROFITABILITY IS THE OPPOSITE OF SUSTAINABILITY
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