Sojourner,
I'm sure the "new aristocracy" (corporate executives, as you accurately point out, and their "regulator" gov't counterparts on the other sides of their revolving doors) approves of your acquiescence and acceptance of what they view as your proper role.
You have that right. Sometimes, though, when nobodies start making noise, the powers that be bestir themselves and take action (most often successfully) to suppress the noise, thereby providing evidence that they care.
Yes, it's a distressing realization, isn't it? But, my view is slightly different. I have a persistent urge to want to know what really happened, not just the official story of what happened, despite not being able to do anything about it. I mean, there's literally nothing of note happening in the universe that we humans can do anything about... right? But, surely you must agree that if some of us didn't have an intense desire to understand how the earth and the universe "really work," as opposed to how they're "officially supposed to work," our civilization (such as it is) would still be stuck somewhere prior to the middle ages.
Atta-boy... (for inspiration, or just a good and interesting read, see "Confessions of an Economic Hit Man," by John Perkins, 2004, 250 pp. [hardcover]).
Yes... along with the rest of us. But, they tend to be most effective.
—Custer
sojourner.q said:I too was once a "conspiracy theorist". But I traded that uniform in for one more comfortable...now, I wear the simple attire of a "nobody".
I'm sure the "new aristocracy" (corporate executives, as you accurately point out, and their "regulator" gov't counterparts on the other sides of their revolving doors) approves of your acquiescence and acceptance of what they view as your proper role.
sojourner.q said:For you see, I eventually realized that none of the powerful people I theorized about having all those conspiracies cared one whit what I thought.
You have that right. Sometimes, though, when nobodies start making noise, the powers that be bestir themselves and take action (most often successfully) to suppress the noise, thereby providing evidence that they care.
sojourner.q said:Here I was loosing sleep and precious moments of peaceful contemplation worrying about things I could never change!
Yes, it's a distressing realization, isn't it? But, my view is slightly different. I have a persistent urge to want to know what really happened, not just the official story of what happened, despite not being able to do anything about it. I mean, there's literally nothing of note happening in the universe that we humans can do anything about... right? But, surely you must agree that if some of us didn't have an intense desire to understand how the earth and the universe "really work," as opposed to how they're "officially supposed to work," our civilization (such as it is) would still be stuck somewhere prior to the middle ages.
sojourner.q said:However, being weak, just a nudge of temptation and I can fall right back into my habits of old...especially if the subject turns to the new royalty (sometimes known as international corporations).
Atta-boy... (for inspiration, or just a good and interesting read, see "Confessions of an Economic Hit Man," by John Perkins, 2004, 250 pp. [hardcover]).
sojourner.q said:Ah, but alas, it has always been some nobility conspiring...has it not?
Yes... along with the rest of us. But, they tend to be most effective.
—Custer