We've heard this before. But no one wants to pay attention. In the US the top economic one percent hold more wealth than all the the other ninety-nine percent combined. How is this possible? How could such a thing happen? That one percent, enjoying that which we've all been hoodwinked into believing about life in America -- a comfortable life -- are directly responsible for, likely, every ill which has befallen the rest of us living here.
Naturally, the news media only tell us what the power elite want us to know, but think about it. Why would so many news agencies go to such lengths to tell us that, say, unemployment in this country is low, when the truth goes farther than that. One example of this is that many who had been laid off have not had the opportunity to return to the field for which they'd trained & are working in another field -- making much less money -- because their unemployment benefits had run out.
Another example is a story which never runs in relation to the employment situation. Sure, there are stories on the news which concern homelessness, but do they ever tell us just how many people are homeless? Do they ever tell us that there are more homeless people due to their inability to get jobs which pay enough for them to pay their debt as well as keep a roof over their heads, let alone eat on a regular basis?
No. And it's unlikely, so long as those who have brought us, like a drug fiend in need of a fix, to need such things as the painfully slow, pointless, funny only to a few, gew-gaws of the Web -- I miss GopherSpace & ftp sites. How about the saturation marketing we're assaulted with everywhere? I listen to what is referred to as a non-commercial radio station KEXP which runs -- though, admittedly, infrequently -- commercials. Yeah, commercials. They call them something else, but they're still ads for rather expensive toys & properties by rich people who are only seeking to get richer. Not once have they run a free ad from a small business owner.
Again, I ask, why do we need all these toys? Why do we need the newest, most wonderful piece of crap which is no better than the previous one -- only looks more slick? Who the hell are we trying to impress? Those getting richer don't give a damn about us -- they just want our money. So they repackage their crap & call it new or innovative. They brainwash us from an early age to believe their claims. They have turned us all into consumer clones who can't live without the shiny non-necessities of today.
But I was talking about the top one percent, wasn't I? Those who have the beautiful life which we must not only believe we actually want, but that we can, through hard work, really attain. They have taken the American Dream -- which, like our constitution, was very different when this country began -- & twisted it into an absolute myth. They use gambling, call it a lottery, & make us all believe we can win & suddenly have the good life they enjoy by our hard work & hard-earned money every single day of their lives.
The only way out -- should any have the power to see through the lies -- is to physically get out. True, the country I'm intending to move to, Chile, has a huge gap between rich & poor. Sure, as here, people there are brainwashed into believing that this new toy or that new home will bring them a sense of contentedness & self-worth. But that's just the country which appears to suit me. There are numerous countries, called "third world", which aren't dirt poor or under the thumbs of dictators. Countries with far richer cultures than here. Places where we might really find that contented bliss.
We could stay & fight, just as many wish to do with the government. But I'm growing older. I've seen numerous administrations. As each leaves, another set of equally corrupt -- & rich -- politicians come to take their place. There's no end to it. And changing one's circumstances won't automatically mean that one will find a government which isn't corrupt. But we can stop the madness in respect to finding a government, the wealthy, & the blindest of marketing people we can, gratefully, ignore.
Just be sure to turn out the lights before you go -- we don't want the new tenants to have to pay the wealthy power companies for the electricity we'd wasted.
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