What is it with “Power”?
The perception of power has always befuddled me. The pursuit of precious gems and minerals? That value above anything else? Why are humans so enamored in the pursuit of and the accumulation of inanimate objects that do nothing for their existence? I would think water would be the most expensive thing on earth and may well soon be. As well as becoming our worst nemesis.
What was so important about gold aside from its modern-day applications? Why was it such a sought-after thing before it was a proven valuable substance in modern science? Simply a shiny object? Why are diamonds or rubies or sapphire’s worth killing each other over so important? I often posit that if I am thirsty I cannot consume a gold bar or a freshly minted dollar bill, nor a precious gem. I will die of thirst or hunger.
So, what is it with having a momentary feeling of power over another human being that drives the need to acquire…what? A cover shoot that you have everything and others should kiss your ass for…what exactly? I have more money than you? So therefore, I’m superior?
The thing that drives me mad is trying to understand some perceived gain over another individual and trying to maintain that control. Even more maddening is the fact that people with wealth are afforded that power. We allow it. These folks that are so smart, so wealthy…they earn that wealth on the backs of you and me. They are nothing without us. And yet we continue to allow this bull shit to continue because of our spineless representatives that give them everything and stomp on us.
It is a very confusing thing when you watch the news. Also confusing is when you know certain things to be false and or true, you do not see the truth. Media conforms to the rich and powerful and we are left scratching our heads and feeling powerless. We are left with a very disturbing knowledge that we are not represented. And why is that?
Power is something that is ceded. We allow this to happen. Power is only something that is allowed in my opinion and we have given too much power to those that are supposed to represent the powerless. We are not powerless. “We” are the people that allow this. We have no representation in our current government. None.
When individual people can amass such wealth on the backs of the millions that they rely on to do the “job” and only keep everything for themselves? I go back to my opening regarding bars of gold, precious gems,etc...it means nothing. These things mean nothing in the grand scheme of “life”. The richest man on earth will die of thirst along side the poorest man on earth. Granted, the rich man thinks he is immune and or will live for just a bit longer. Just a bit. But by gum and by God, he ruled something for a day or two. A world of his design. Have fun choking behind your wall you fucking ass hole. You win and we are all dead. Perhaps the remaining animals we didn’t manage to wipe out will thrive and planet earth will do so as well…
Yay!
Don’t get me started on global warming :)
To actually end where this started regarding power. Human beings, in the great scope of things, have zero power. The mad scramble to acquire “wealth” in our current view of what wealth is? It’s just so misguided and counter to what it really is or should be. There is absolutely no reason that every human being on the face of this earth should live one minute on this planet in pain or suffering is false. Every minute of pain that any individual suffers is man made. We are the harbinger of death and suffering.