So there’s a strike on. Suddenly, the social networking
sites are filled with people expressing their solidarity with copy-and-paste
updates. Bullshit. These people (and I’m talking about people I know
personally) are at best middle of the road conventionalists who are, most of
the time, too scared of their own psychological vulnerability to open their
eyes and see how the world really operates. They go through life thinking primarily
of nobody but themselves – that’s always the main focus – and latch onto a
zeitgeist of safe, family friendly, socially acceptable ‘resistance’ to bear
their bleeding hearts to their peers in an effort to out-do one another in the
same spirit of selfishness and competition which market capitalism and nation
states breed. Are they actually going to do anything pro-active or practical
about anything? No. It’s all a show. It’s theatre. It’s meaningless.
I don’t really like
talking politics that much because, most of the time, I don’t do anything
pro-active so it’s nothing but egotistical posturing to shoot off about my
beliefs. I don’t feel the need to advertise my views. That makes no difference.
Unless I’m going to act, I’ll keep my mouth shut, keep my ego unstroked, and
keep feeling shit about myself like everyone who’s ever acted with any degree
of apathy towards the horrific inequality and brutal impersonality of the world
we’ve created should do.
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