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The Battle of our time: Breaking the Corporations
By Nozomi Hayase, Common Dreams
Common Dreams
Monday, Jan 19, 2015
Predatory Capitalism and Survival of the Fittest
What does the illusory world of psychopaths look like from the inside? Within this state devoid of empathy, individuality comes to be defined as opposition to the underlying communal self. In this environment, the development of individuality often necessitates pitting one against another. It is a hostile and competitive, dog-eat-dog world. Governed by reptilian impulses like fight or flight, one is driven by interests of simple self-preservation and advancement. In this, relationship becomes a battleground, or in the words of the psychopath, a gameor just doing business.
In the eyes of these ruthless and careless sections of humanity, the earth itself is no longer alive, but only a resource to be exploited. Their dry intellect tears apart the web of life, with its intricate threads of interdependence. The existing extreme form of capitalism has become the ultimate social expression of the psychopaths internal reality of survival of the fittest. These minorities without conscience attempt to control systems to create desired selfish outcomes and tend to impose their narrative upon others.
In the eyes of these ruthless and careless sections of humanity, the earth itself is no longer alive, but only a resource to be exploited. Their dry intellect tears apart the web of life, with its intricate threads of interdependence. The existing extreme form of capitalism has become the ultimate social expression of the psychopaths internal reality of survival of the fittest. These minorities without conscience attempt to control systems to create desired selfish outcomes and tend to impose their narrative upon others.
Lifting the Veil of Illusion
With the 2008 financial crisis followed by the waves of whistleblowing in recent years, global institutional failures are being increasingly exposed and the facade of democracy is being peeled away. In noting the effect of leaks that revealed how much the public had been kept in the dark, Assange said, We are walking around constantly in this fog where we cant see the ground. These disclosures are a break in the fog.
A veil of illusion is being lifted and a global awareness of psychopathic control over the levers of power has begun. The 1% elite who put themselves above the law can no longer hide their true agendas. Who are these beings behind the masks of powerful governments and institutions, those who claim to be more capable and superior? Most importantly, why have we forsaken ourselves by distrusting our own judgment? With peak oil, debt ponzi schemes and endless wars spurring energy and financial crises, this self-destructive game is almost up and the house of cards economy is crumbling. The bubble of an inflated self will inevitably burst, and our minds eventually catch up with what our hearts already know.
A veil of illusion is being lifted and a global awareness of psychopathic control over the levers of power has begun. The 1% elite who put themselves above the law can no longer hide their true agendas. Who are these beings behind the masks of powerful governments and institutions, those who claim to be more capable and superior? Most importantly, why have we forsaken ourselves by distrusting our own judgment? With peak oil, debt ponzi schemes and endless wars spurring energy and financial crises, this self-destructive game is almost up and the house of cards economy is crumbling. The bubble of an inflated self will inevitably burst, and our minds eventually catch up with what our hearts already know.
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The Battle of our time: Breaking the Corporations (Original Post)
polly7
Jan 2015
OP
The veil is lifting, the first garment discarded lately is that Obama is not popular...he just is.
Fred Sanders
Jan 2015
#1
Yes, it's lifting all around the world where people are able to congregate, even if only
polly7
Jan 2015
#2
The MSM fears the growing power of the social media, you can see how they have reacted to
Fred Sanders
Jan 2015
#3
Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)1. The veil is lifting, the first garment discarded lately is that Obama is not popular...he just is.
polly7
(20,582 posts)2. Yes, it's lifting all around the world where people are able to congregate, even if only
by social media.
I just hope the voices are strong enough - Greece and Spain seem to be leading the way, it's really sad though that brutal austerity that caused so many suicides, homelessness, hunger and abject poverty had to be the reason for it.
Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)3. The MSM fears the growing power of the social media, you can see how they have reacted to
the social media shellacking of that Eastwood gun porn flick by being condescending, that it is just the "social media"...
The social media is kicking main stream propaganda in the ass in Europe lately, coming to America soon.
polly7
(20,582 posts)4. You're right Fred. nt.
2naSalit
(86,721 posts)5. Well stated, sir!