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A Trinity of Evil
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A Trinity of Evil |
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WindWalker Senior Member
since 2001-10-12
Posts 1218 |
Seems to me Earth society is ruled by “Powers” – not the usual plethora of “forces” operated by human beings – something deeply nefarious, evil to the core; something that sucks the marrow of life from individuals thus keeping itself alive to wreak more havoc. What are these “Powers” then? Not Unknowns but quite familiar: Let’s take the very First to show up in history– Creators or life-givers: “God.” “Goddess.” Deity or deities; spirit beings, hence, organized religion. Ritualistic performance of meaninglessness leading to social paranoia and collective madness. The Second to appear, (consequence of the first) is the Law Maker; the Ruler; the Despot: Government and its bureaucratic assemblage. As with the First, this one also claims absolute right to life and death over others. It demands huge sacrifices for itself which it calls “taxes” and which no one (but its favourites - the rich) may refuse. It also determines the time, place and nature of wars. The Third obviously is Mammon. Money. Filthy Lucre. Credit would be His Most Venerable Name today. He’s Everybody’s Friend and in His name do people desecrate their planet of living things. In His name do people become mindless consumers in vain attempts to sate Him by sating themselves. This is the Evil Trinity that rules Earth; that controls the collective mind through the imposition of belief systems based on paranoia, fear and no substance. Don’t believe it: look around. |
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luvvbuzz Junior Member
since 2007-03-23
Posts 24 |
filthy lucre.... i love those words, they are quite sexy but dirty lol |
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secondhanddreampoet Member Ascendant
since 2006-11-07
Posts 6394a 'Universalist' ! |
THIS is truly an 'important' WRITE!.... [even for those who might 'take offense' from part(s) of it?!] [I generally abhor clichés, idioms, colloquial expressions, and the like....but, the one about individuals (and nations) who fail to learn from history are (truly) doomed to endlessly repeat its ‘mistakes’!....has serious merit, I believe!].. .My ‘dark’ and social-impact writes, of course, strike in that direction. [I owe that, and far, far more to my ancestors!]... Like much of Nature (as well as most human endeavor), Nations (and economies) are dynamic, open, complex systems delicately balanced on a point of ‘self-organized criticality’ at the very cusp (razor’s edge) of Chaos! [In my opinion, many current (ragingly mindless) societal (particularly political) trends are pushing the U.S. of ‘Amnesia’ [land of broken dreams and 'forgotten' promises...as some of my "Native" (true) American friends might put it?!] (perhaps) irrevocably over that edge into an Entropy watershed of devastating proportions]......at least the Roman Empire took a factor of 10 times longer to ‘fall apart’ (similarly) from within!...... one of the simplest (and most obvious) catastrophic ‘triggers’ is when the focus on the “good of the one” (‘me-ism’) totally eclipses concern for the “good of the many”!.......... |
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The Lady Member Rara Avis
since 2005-12-26
Posts 7634The Southwest |
thoughtful and well written as usual WindWalker |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
As always you hit the notes that ring true. Your Trinity sings the sad truths of the powers that corrupt the entire fabric of humanity. |
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secondhanddreampoet Member Ascendant
since 2006-11-07
Posts 6394a 'Universalist' ! |
I believe this is only the 3rd. time I have ever added a second comment/reply to the same 'write'..... But, I consider this piece of 'wordsmithing' to be rather especially significant! two additional tiny thoughts: 1. Spires reach for the stars but 'oft grasp only air 2. "religion" 'oft be for the 'mighty fine'; but, the truest 'church' is in the pine |
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