Friends, allow me to make a suggestion... one that goes back to two specific points in our history as a Nation; the writing of the Bill of Rights, and the Presidency of Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
The history of our planet has shown that when money stays in one family for a few generations, they start to think that they're BETTER than everyone else! When they get this bullshit, inflated sense of superiority (otherwise known as "Affluenza"), they get it in their heads that they can just buy the government out from underneath us, because they're somehow more deserving of rights than the rest of us clods.
We saw it during Slavery... we saw it during the robber-baron era... we saw it during the Great Depression... and we've seen it at it's worst in the last 40 years.
With the levels of corruption that we've seen at all these times, the time has come to say "Enough is enough" and realize that this is a cycle that will only continue, unless it's addressed as the human rights issue that it is!
Therefore, without further ado, here is my solution to the problem of the tyranny of the wealthy!
I hope you agree, and that you take this to heart as a way to improve our Nation.
If they won't play nice, then we have to MAKE THEM play nice!
text:
WE THE PEOPLE of the United States, having formed a great union, deem these Amendments to the Constitution to be necessary. As the first Bill of Rights addressed the right to be free from tyranny by the government, it has since shown necessary to also address the tyranny of the wealthy upon the poor.
1. Every man and woman of working age has a right to a job that pays them a living wage.
2. Every man, woman, and child has a right to health care, a home, healthy food and clean water.
3. No executive position shall pay more than one-hundred times the annual salary of the lowest-paid position under their charge. Executive wage increases must be voted on by the workforce.
4. No corporate entity may use legal representation of greater expense than that of the person suing them.
5. All workers have a right to arbitration for unjust firings.
6. Privately-run enterprises that are deemed to be “predatory” can be shut down and their assets seized by the United States Government.
7. The right of the people to be free from persecution by their employers for what they say and express themselves in their private lives.
8. The right of the people to know what information is gathered about them by corporate or non-profit entities.
9. The right of the people to be free from Corporate Monopolism.
10. The top twenty percent of the wealthiest individuals and businesses may not lobby Government at any level.
Well, there you go... was it everything you were hoping for? Does this look like 10 things that will address the problems that we currently face? Is this radical enough? Is this TOO radical? You tell me...
Allow me to put the views presented in this piece into context. This may sound strange, but some of the best advice I've ever heard came from the movie, “Team America: World Police”.
(transcript)
“I hurt people... I'm a dick!”
“Well, bein' a dick ain't so bad. See, there are three kinds of people; Dicks, Pussies, and Assholes! Pussies think everyone can get along, and Dicks just wanna fuck all the time without thinkin' it through; but then, you got your Assholes, Chuck. And all the Assholes want is to SHIT ALL OVER EVERYTHING! So, Pussies may get mad at Dicks once in a while, because Pussies get fucked by Dicks; but Dicks ALSO fuck Assholes, Chuck! And if they didn't fuck the Assholes, you know what you'd get? You'd get your DICK AND YOUR PUSSY ALL COVERED IN SHIT!”
in the grounds of the modern political climate, as I see it.
I'm going to start with the obvious one...
Republicans are Assholes. There's no other way to put it. They ONLY care about the rich, and fall just short of a mantra of “FUCK THE POOR!” They think that they're superior to everyone else because of their religion, their position in society, and their... well... whiteness.
Yes... I'm just going to say it...
The Republican Party has become a White Supremacist Party, regardless of whether or not they realize it or want to admit it! I don't hear anybody denouncing it... not anymore... I don't hear any calls for decency in the party... all I hear coming from them is,
“If you're not JUST LIKE US, then you don't deserve rights! You can't vote! You can't get any help from the government (unless you're rich)! No Faggots allowed! No non-Christians allowed! No Mexicans allowed! No Darkies allowed (exceptions made for Uncle Toms)!
You must express Nationalistic sentiment at all times! If you're not wearing at least one article of clothing or jewelry with the American flag on it, you're ANTI-AMERICAN! Dissent is treason!
ONLY OUR religion matters! All other religions are PHONY! You MUST worship OUR religion, or you're not an American!”
Theocratic White Supremacists are Assholes! Republicans are Theocratic White Supremacists, so that makes them Assholes!
Next group:
Democrats are Pussies.
Not only do they think that everyone can just... get along... they don't understand the concept that
“Respect GRANTED is for respect EARNED!”
So they just let the Republicans get away with all their name-calling, lies, and absolute lunacy and stupidity; believing that they're acting like the “adult in the room.”
Here's the thing, though...
If they want to be the “adult in the room,” then their job, as the adults, is to discipline BRATTY TODDLERS, if their parents have left them in control! If their parents aren't around, then it becomes YOUR DUTY to see that their parents are informed as to their misbehavior! If their parents let them keep doing this destructive, antisocial behavior and throwing hissy-fits when they don't get their way, then you have to DISCIPLINE THE PARENTS!
Pussies WANT to be the “adult in the room”, but they're too chickenshit to act when they need to! All the time they should be ACTING, they sit there waving their finger, saying,
“Now, now... children... settle down... stop throwing things... that's not very nice... please behave... would you do it for your brother? No? Please calm down... if we work together, we can clean the house... I know you don't wanna help, but I need you to... that's not very nice; why would you say that about me... OUCH! NO BITING!... can we please focus on this? I know you want cookies, but you can't have any right now... settle down... settle down... gosh, why won't you settle down?... that's not very nice...”
All the time, the Pussies don't realize that the parents have given the toddlers COCAINE, and they'll NEVER settle down until they completely crash... and you can FORGET about a nap (for you OR them)!
So, if we have a proliferation of Pussies and Assholes in our Government, where the fuck are the Dicks?
There are a few Dicks... but nowhere near enough to ACTUALLY make a difference.
I would consider Dicks to be people like Alan Greyson, Elizabeth Warren, and Bernie Sanders... but of those three, only one has the unabashed balls to call things what they are.
Alan Greyson, during the Health “Care” Reform debate, brilliantly and honestly said,
“This is the Republican Party's plan for Health Care:
Step one is, DON'T GET SICK...
… but if you DO get sick...
… the Republican plan is to DIE QUICKLY!”
See what I mean?
Now THAT took balls! THAT'S the kind of Dick we need more of!
Slap the fuckers down... call them out and make them defend themselves! Make them prove you wrong! Say it STRONGLY! Say it LOUDLY! If you have to break a few arms and hurt some feelings, SO BE IT! If that's going to hurt someone's feelings, then maybe that's because YOU'RE RIGHT!
Here's what the Pussies don't realize...
You may not like that, but that doesn't make it any less true. We're violent, barbaric, meat-eating, gun-collecting, “shoot 'em if yer wronged”, cage-fighting worshipers of sadism and war. Our entertainment and our history is all you need to prove that fact. Bear in mind, the second we honkeys set foot on Plymouth Rock, we were a nation bent on white Christian privilege and war. The first things we did as a Nation were wipe out the Native Americans, bring slaves from Africa, burn witches, force Christian imperialism on the indigenous peoples who decided not to fight us, and then went to war with the country that largely funded our pilgrimage from Europe...
As for our entertainment, look at the most popular movies and television shows... most of the popular movies come with an R rating (and even the PG-13 movies can be pretty heavy-handed... consider “The Ring”). We produce a lot of movies that glorify our past wars and warriors. Television is FILLED with violent images and concepts, all across the spectrum of our viewership. What were the most popular toys when I was a kid? GI Joe. He Man. Transformers. We program war into our children from the earliest ages, and continue all through life. There should be no surprise that we grow into violent adults.
I'll never deny that I personally consume these things, myself... I watch some of the most violent horror and action movies out there... from Peter Jackson's early work, to James Wan's. I'm no stranger to disturbing imagery, and quite frankly, I enjoy it. What you have to consider is, in that regard, I'm part of a HUGE majority of Americans, who consume and enjoy violence just as I do.
So, if you sit there and cosmetically scrub every phrase to make it as “unoffensive” as possible, walk on eggshells to try and make people like you, and let the other side bully you without making noise about it, then you're only going to attract MORE PUSSIES LIKE YOU, and nothing will get done, because the Pussies are too afraid to take any truly effective ACTION! They'd rather sit there and get SHIT ON by the Assholes!
My advice to anyone who may be seeking to enter the CLUSTERFUCK we call our “Government,” here you go:
1. Don't be afraid of offending people who NEED TO be offended!
2. Call a bigot a bigot... a liar a liar... a Calvinist a Calvinist... a Theocrat a Theocrat... and an Asshole an Asshole!
3. Don't let the Pussies soften your words!
4. Use more “Emotional” words. For example, call it “WAGE THEFT” rather than “income inequality.” “Theft” promotes anger, while “inequality” promotes pity, which many barbaric Americans see as “whiny.”
5. Avoid using words that instil pity. Stick with words that trigger and promote anger and ire!
6. Make your own waves and ride them into shore!
7. Stand up for yourself!
8. Exploit their weaknesses! This means hit them in the 'stupid' button... they're not that smart... really... they're not.
9. Here's a valuable phrase: “How much were you paid to say that?” Ask this EVERY TIME they disparrage the poor, promote the oil industry, bash Obamacare, deny climate change, or mention “over-regulation”!
10. When they talk about Abortion or Gay Marriage, recite the first ten words of the First Amendment: “Congress shall pass no law respecting an establishment of religion!” Then, POINT OUT that these are the FIRST TEN WORDS of the FIRST Amendment, and that if they haven't read that, then they probably haven't read ANY of the Constitution (because they haven't)!
11. If they say they should be elected because they're a Christian, recite this part of Article 6 of the Constitution:
“No religious test shall ever be required for any office or public trust under the United States.”
Then, point out again that they haven't read the Constitution!
12. NEVER APOLOGIZE FOR BEING STRONGLY WORDED! Apologies are ammunition, just like irresponsible comments! If your opponent is offended that you would openly call him an Asshole for BEING an Asshole, then DOUBLE DOWN AND MAINTAIN COURSE! People WILL respect you for it!
These measures will net you a national audience, a lot of eyes, a lot of donations, and a lot of votes!
… or you could run as a Pussy, and forgo the people who WANT AND DESERVE a hard-headed, unabashedly blunt, unapologetically honest BADASS for their Representative or Senator, who, if they do these things, will speak for a lot more of America than JUST the Pussies (which is actually a MINORITY in America, but not in the Democratic Party).
Thanks to the Pussies being pussies, the Assholes are basically holding the nation at a standstill...
However, thanks to the Pussies, the Assholes aren't COMPLETELY shitting all over us...
… so, I guess...
The Pussies are causing constipation in the Assholes, but the Assholes are causing constipation in EVERYTHING!
“The best
laid plans of mice and men often go astray.”
-John Steinbeck
I don't want
to come off as a pessimist, but here's the thing...
I'm
frustrated. I'm pissed off. I feel disenfranchised. I feel
ignored.
… and
here's why...
I've written
letter after letter to politicians, and more than a few to political
parties. I keep telling them one thing. In a nutshell, it can be
boiled down to this:
Don't forget
about the stupid people.
… and here's
what I mean by that...
The great
George Carlin once said, “Imagine how stupid the average person
is... now, realize that half the people are even dumber than that!”
I've found this philosophy very useful in understanding the reasons
that things are so bad right now.
You've got a
bunch of evil, rich douchebags (like the Koch brothers) who
understand how stupid people are, and have a subordinate organization
(the Republican Party) to push their agenda and make it sound
reasonable to said “stupid people”.
On the other
side, you've got a bunch of people (the Democratic Party) who are so
smart, they're stupid as well. These people, however, aren't stupid
in the same way. Unlike the Republican stupid people, they possess
the ability of CRITICAL THINKING! Unfortunately, that means that
they think EVERYONE possesses the ability of critical thinking. As a
result, they expect that the Republicans will have a sudden bout of
rationality.
The fact of the
matter is, if they are not able to think critically, then they will
NEVER have that much-desired bout of rationality! The Democratic
Party wants to give the stupid people the “benefit of the doubt.” They think that people will suddenly just "wake up." They also, unfortunately, think that talking down to people is rude.
It's not
“talking down” to people, though, if you're talking to them in a
manner that they can relate to. If you talk over too many people's
heads, they'll be more offended. They're more likely to think you're
calling them stupid if you say things they are incapable of
understanding, than if you HUMBLE yourself to speak to them in a way
they can actually fucking relate to.
Remember during
the 2008 elections, Republicans were referring to Democrats as
“elitist?”
That's what
they meant. “Elitism” means something different to Republicans
than it does to Democrats.
Democrats see
“elitism” as wealthy people talking down about poor people, as
rich "Affluenza cases" are want to do, and have been increasingly verbal about.
Republicans see
“elitism” as people who talk over their heads. Don't forget...
these are people who OPPOSE education! Remember this?:
They think that
education is “Liberal Indoctrination,” so they REJECT education
readily! Therefore, when someone is more intelligent than them, they
must be talking down to them like a snob! On top of that, if someone
is more educated than them, they must be a filthy, stinkin', no good,
Socialist, Fascist Liberal!
LET'S STOP
THERE FOR A MOMENT, AND I'LL POINT SOMETHING OUT:
Most people
WANT intelligent people leading them, don't they? After all, aren't smart people
going to make better decisions? You'd think so... right?
Most of US
would make that distinction, but when you see intelligence as the
ENEMY, you're not going to vote for intelligent people; you're going
to vote for people you believe to be more on YOUR level.
Let this serve
as evidence of my previously posed assertion as to the lack of
critical thinking skills of the people in the Republican Party. You
or I READILY see the blatant failure of logic in abject hatred of
intelligent people. Why do you think so many “facepalm” memes
are floating around social media?
Consider Ken
Ham, curator of the “Creation Museum.” He will never abandon his
beliefs, because he has absolutely NO way to weigh one set of facts
against another. Ergo, it really did nothing for Bill Nye to debate
him, other than giving people more ammunition to laugh at the
Creationists with. Very few positions will change.
NOW LET ME
STOP AGAIN AND POINT SOMETHING ELSE OUT:
This is a
perfect example of the stupidity of intelligent people. The notion
that debating indoctrinated people who completely lack reason might
actually accomplish something, depicts the inability of intelligent
people to realize HOW STUPID the stupid people are, and the lack of
understanding as to why.
How often do
you hear people ask, “Why don't they learn?” or “Why aren't
they getting this?”
These questions
often accompany facial expressions of pure confusion. The people
asking these questions (usually news commentators) sit there,
DUMBFOUNDED to the stupidity of things people say or do, never
realizing that they're reporting on people who have NO ABILITY to
change at this point!
ON A DAILY
BASIS, I see or hear a talk show host, or a journalist, or another
intellectual type person PULLING THEIR HAIR OUT because the person
they're debating simply has no ability to challenge their knowledge
or understanding, and the host completely fails to understand this
fact about them. It should be noted, however, that in the case of
politicians, they may be saying these things because they're PAID to
say these things, regardless of what they truly believe.
On social
media, if they feel they're being forced to challenge their beliefs,
they talk over the person they're debating, attempt to change the
topic, and ultimately resort to insults; many of which make no sense,
as the person using them has no concept as to their meaning, but
they've been told that these are BIG, BAD, DIRTY, LOW-DOWN things to
call people, like “Socialist,” “Marxist,” “Maoist,”
“Fascist,” and “Liberal.”
Think about
it... haven't you noticed these things, yourself? Haven't you
encountered people that are both incredibly stupid and incredibly
hard-headed? Haven't you encountered REALLY stupid people who
believe whole-heartedly that they're smarter than everyone else?
Too many
people are either too stupid to know they're stupid, or so smart,
they're stupid.
I realize I haven't written for a while. I've been trying to branch out my talents and techniques, to encompass a broader variety of mediums. I hope you've enjoyed my recent offerings.
So, dusting off the ol' cobwebs, I thought I'd share the most recent mental query loop I've been stuck in.
I'm often very
frustrated and conflicted between my beliefs, my thoughts, and
reality. Sure, I realize that EVERYONE has these conflicts... that's
what makes up half of our existence on this planet! Through a series
of questions, I will demonstrate my current prevailing enigma...
then, maybe someone ELSE can contemplate it as well, and I don't have
to suffer this alone.
Question #1:
Is it ever ok
to advocate for the death of someone (this includes capital
punishment and/or murder)?
Question #2:
There are
LEGITIMATE threats to society, due to lack of Psychological and/or
Psychiatric treatment. Sometimes, they snap and shoot up movie
theaters, malls, or schools. These people will never be
re-introduced into society, and will likely only go on to kill more
people in prison. Is their life as precious as yours or mine, if
they are going to spend their life taking your life or mine?
Question #3:
Some of the
most mentally deranged people are also the WEALTHIEST people. They
use their money to ensure that the rest of the “unwashed masses”
never see a dime. This is one of the effects of the recently coined
term, “Affluenza.” These people are entirely destructive to
society, and likely have no chance at rehabilitation. This is
something that they WILL pass on to their children, further
contributing to the problem. What should be done with them?
Question #4:
Given the
political power these wealthy people have, it's likely that they will
never see a courtroom for their crimes. If they DO somehow see a
courtroom, they'll just pay a fine and continue to do what they are
doing. This does NOTHING to solve the problem. If our Government
and courts have been so deeply corrupted by the neutering money of
the wealthy, how can we trust them to hold the wealthy to any kind of
accountability for what they have done to us?
Question #5:
Given the level
of corruption of governments (notice the plural) and destruction to
society and the environment, which threatens us all, is this a matter
that the World Court should take on as “Crimes Against Humanity”?
Question #6:
If our
governments CAN'T act, and the World Court WON'T act to hold these
people accountable for their crimes, including slavery, treason,
global wealth theft, racketeering, bribery, extortion, and class
genocide (their unwillingness to allow the poor the dignity of
medical assistance, food, or basic needs by actively fighting against
it while seeking greater wealth from the governments for themselves,
IS a genocide of the poor!), at what point does it fall upon the duty
of the PEOPLE OF THE WORLD to exact their justice from these people?
Question #7:
If the people
were to do such a thing, what would justice be? Some form of
“People's Court”? A tribunal held by the MASSES, rather than the
courts they've corrupted? What good would that do, if we have to go
through the Government and Courts to uphold any verdict?
Question #8:
Even if “the
people” find these corrupt bastards guilty, their banks still have
to be garnished. There would be no way to hold them accountable.
What then?
Question #9:
Consider
Bastielle day... the French Revolutionaries stormed the Bastielle,
freed their friends and families who had been unfairly imprisoned,
and then raided the Aristocracy and beheaded every rich asshole they
could find; after which balance was restored to the distribution of
wealth. But consider this... there were no BANKS back then!
Everything was handled through precious metals!
Given the
prevalence of banks in today's world, beheading the wealthy ruling
elite really wouldn't accomplish anything more than kicking their
fortunes down to their Affluenzic, worthless blueblood kids, and we
face the same problem again. The only difference would be, the
wealthy would protect themselves better, because they can afford
better walls and landmines.
Result: nothing
gained; problem potentially escalated. Wealthy get worse and more
indignant. Hunger Games is created to give poor people SOME hope.
So, if our
Governments CAN'T act, the World Court WON'T act, our own tribunal
would accomplish NOTHING, and assassinations would only make things
WORSE...
In fact, the
shitty jobs FAR outnumber the “decent” jobs... and I don't think
I'm alone in saying that... I know a lot of people who have floated
from one miserable experience to another, hoping to find something
where they just feel valued in one way or another; only to find
themselves repeatedly in a place where they just get shit on all day,
for shitty pay, with a shitty boss, and shitty customers, and shitty
conditions, and a shitty atmosphere, and absolutely no recognition
for good work... you get the point...
… which begs
the question... what exactly DEFINES a “shitty job?”
Well, let's see
here... some people might see it as the job, itself... cleaning
port-o-potties or outhouses, for example... or cleaning up
blood-splattered crime scenes... or cleaning roadkill off the
pavement...
Some people
might see it as bad working conditions; be it safety or climate
related.
Some might see
it as a job where there's no chance of advancement.
There are those
who might suggest it's a hostile work environment; maybe you work
with an ex; or maybe you just work with a dick, or a few dicks; or
maybe it's because you CAN'T KEEP YOUR DICK IN YOUR PANTS.
Some might say
it's a job with shitty pay, or a job where you're not paid what
you're worth.
Some might
compare it to “Fight Club” or “American Beauty.” You know...
a job where you're miserable just because the job is a bad fit for
you... you just hate what you do.
I've had all of
these scenarios... some where I had several of these issues at once.
I've had shitty
bosses that screamed in my face for taking five seconds to hang up my
coat, after clocking in AHEAD of time.
I've had jobs
where the company was so big that nobody had any kind of voice.
I've had jobs
that would really be better positioned if they burned to the ground.
I've had a job
where “part time” was 39 ½ hours; but you were still expected to
work as many as 84 hours a week (seven twelve-hour shifts), if the
deadlines called for overtime (translation: they didn't have to pay
for benefits... cheap bastards).
I had a job at
a movie theater where we had a RAW SEWAGE LEAK behind the concessions
stand. I was wading through three inches of shit and piss while
serving popcorn, candy, hot dogs, nachos, and soda to people who
wanted to save a few bucks by going to a “value” movie theater.
Then, they decided to vacuum up the mess with a shop vac (with a
frayed power cord), and told us all to get back to work before the
9:00 rush.
I had a job
where I was getting paid EIGHT DOLLARS A DAY, working FULL-TIME!
(fuckin' telemarketing... I'll never do THAT again...)
… and that's
just scratching the surface...
The common
theme: the people at the top didn't give a shit about any of the rest
of us. The size of the company didn't matter... one of them only had
about 150 employees. But while WE were just scraping by, the
douchebags who ran the company were gallivanting around the world
collecting their rare hunting trophies from every continent (which
had their own HOUSE... yeah... a whole HOUSE... just for their
hunting trophies... every room made up to be a different continent...
doesn't it just make you sick?).
They hide
themselves from us in their gated communities and on their yachts.
They go places where they don't even have to look upon the poor.
They isolate themselves completely from us, so they can maintain
their delusion that they're better than the rest of us!
Mitt Romney's
47% comments (and really, the entire tape) illustrates this fact in
spades. They simply don't see us as humans at all. They see us as
rodents and cockroaches. They see us as scavengers, who are always
trying to take from the REAL humans... (that being the rich, of
course)
… and you
know what?
… they're
right (in a way)...
… we're NOT
humans anymore...
… we're
something MORE than 'just' humans...
We're not SOFT,
like them... we haven't been PAMPERED our whole lives... we don't
have the cleaning staff, or the cooks, or the drivers, or the
butlers... we do OUR OWN work! We clean OUR OWN houses! We cook OUR
OWN food! We drive OUR OWN cars! We maintain OUR OWN lawns! We
shovel OUR OWN walks and driveways! Those wealthy fucks are SOFT ASS
PUSSIES because they've never actually had to do any WORK!
WE possess
COMPASSION... something they lack entirely. We possess HUMILITY! We
possess the HUMAN qualities that THEY DON'T!
Here's the
fact, people...
We're the ones
who've been hardened by our work!
We're the ones
who've earned our muscles and callouses the HARD WAY; rather than in
some cushy gym!
We're the ones
who endure the harsh conditions in the warehouses, and in the
factories, and on the roads!
We're the ones
who've taken EVERY STINKIN' PILE OF SHIT they've shoveled at us, and
WE'RE STILL STANDING!!!
That shows that
we're resilient... It shows that we can't be stepped on that easily!
We need to USE
that resilience to CRUSH THESE FUCKERS!!! We need to show them that
WE'RE NOT THE INSECTS THEY THINK WE ARE!
Why am I
writing this?
Why am I saying
all the things I've said 10,000 times before?
Why am I
repeating all this again?
… because I
want a better world...
… because I
see the powers that need to crumble... and it's not the government,
as many have been deceived to believe...
… it's the
shitwaffles that are CONTROLLING government!
To solve ANY
problem, it's best to attack it DIRECTLY at the root; and my friends,
the root is all that dirty money that's being shoved at the people we
elect by sub-human, narcissistic, worthless, elitist, fuckers with
bank accounts that could be featured on an episode of “Hoarders!”
… and WE'RE
the ones that have to do it! They're not just BUYING government;
they ARE government! You can't seriously expect the rich to regulate
their own income, can you???
Then again, why
not? I mean, we allow Monsanto to regulate itself, and oil companies
to regulate themselves, and banks to regulate themselves... I mean,
they have members on all the regulatory boards, so I guess we DO
expect them to regulate themselves... wow... they're doing a REALLY
shitty job...
WE have to take
the initiative to fuck 'em! WE have to do it, because nobody else is
gonna!
