Is Hate Really a Choice?

 

This morning, watching a TV show, I was reminded of the time in US history of the forced sterilization of indigenous women. This movement backing this administration, which I refer to as the cult, those same kind of people who sterilized women without their consent or knowledge are rank and file members of the cult. They are appointed to powerful positions. It's the same kind of people who did this.

 

And required federal marshals to escort a 6 year old to school because “...a racist mob who threatened to kill her.”

A difference now, the federal marshals are being replaced with members of that mob.Within the cult are people who are filled with hate, who are sadistically inclined to act in service of their hate. 

I've seen a meme that says hate is a choice. I'm not so sure. I suspect that some people are wired to hate, and the plutocrats who are dismantling democracy to achieve their libertarian paradise, they take advantage of this. Operatives funded by the plutocrats amplified whatever stoked the anger of their potential constituents to put into office their active agents, and their useful idiots. The hate filled racists are a key bloc of the movement. Mostly this time it was Mexicans and South Americans, because it's much harder to be openly racist towards US citizens. “Illegals” are a much easier scapegoat to persecute. 

 Hate may actually be a personality trait, a feature of the sociopath.

The Amplification of Awfulness

Before I get to my point for this post, here's this idea. There is no one reason why, and even for each one reason, there is no definitive description for that reason. Why do we have this administration, backed by a movement that seems to make sense to those in it, but from the outside appears completely insane? There is an interconnected infinite quality to life, and any attempt to describe the why of a what will fall short. Or to say it more succinctly in someone else's words, The Tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao. 

Another related idea, perception is more powerful than reality. This is my way of saying, even if what I'm about to postulate is not true, it does help in gaining understanding of the movement that has hijacked our democracy, and hopefully will help me find a way to take effective action. For writing about the issues will only have meaningful value if it leads to taking effective action. Another important platitude: talk is cheap. Blogging is talking.

Okay, guilt assuaged, on to my point. 

I shall be using the term plutocrats to identify the people who have funded the activity to dismantle democracy. The ultra wealthy hired operatives to manipulate public opinion, and created the cult that blindly backs this administration. I don't think there is any disputing this. An early iteration of this cult was the Tea Party, the "taxed enough already" haters of government. Paid operatives were amplifying discontent, creating and promoting the tea party events, and directing the actions. 

It's clear to liberals that the conservatives have been manipulated. What I'm working on getting at here, we liberals have also been manipulated by the same forces. Whatever ideas expressed in left leaning circles angered the right the most, those voices were amplified. I believe that cancel culture was a plutocrat created movement. Just like with the Tea Party, there were some fringe voices screaming. The paid operatives of the plutocrats made sure those voices were heard. Cancel culture hashtags were rewarded with upvotes, comments, likes, attention, even cash, encouraging the fringe voices to scream louder, drawing attention, gaining followers. Then the worst of the postings, the ugliest of the actions were broadcast into the conservative groups, fomenting outrage and division. 

We have been manipulated by the wealthy to hate each other, to hate the government, and for one simple reason: power. Power in the form of money. 

That's what it's all about, not the hokey pokey, money=power. 

winterless

It's the middle of November, and the trees still have their leaves. Insects thrive in this warm moist space. We have fossils from the age of the reptiles. We live in the age of the mammals. Is the age of the insects coming next? Eons from now will a sentient insect archeologist dig through the fossilized ruins of Los Angeles and discover the dinosaur bones in the Natural History Musuem? Ah, but these speculative musings distract me from siezing the moment in this age of mammals. While the planet's temperature supports us warm blooded, live birth givers, I've work to do. I've a machine to define, politicians and money lovers to lambast. I believe I'll start with a cup of coffee.

Homeland Security Radio

Listening to NPR as I washed dishes on my day off from work, I did a double take. The voice announced that the Office of Homeland Security is a sponsor of All Things Considered. Why does the Office of Homeland Security need to advertise? This particular sponsorship erodes my willingness to accept that All Things Considered actually does have any objectivity. It's just another mouthpiece for the military/industrial complex. Okay, back to the dishes.

Buy Nothing Day

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America, time to rise up and do the good work.

America, let's up our efforts. Last night I watched We Are Marshall, and I feel inspired. Typically I distrust the emotional experience that I get from a movie, but the story behind this movie is real enough for me to foster some faith in people. In the face of tragedy, what choice will we make? Marshall rebuilt their football program. Faced with the sorry state of our nation, I'm calling on us to persevere with our values, and rebuild our nation and the world with hope and faith.

We allowed a bunch of bastards to steal two presidential elections, and use the office to flat out steal our public funds. A huge part of the wealth they dealt in was artificial, a smoke screen made possible by deregulation and lack of oversight. The machinery of finance spun and generated the illusion of wealth. And in finance of an artificial war created under false pretenses, they hired themselves at inflated prices to supply and carry out the war. The money the war is costing us went into the Cayman Island bank accounts of the people who started the war.

And this bunch of bastards have alienated much of the world. We've bombed villages and women and children, we've tortured prisoners who we've held with dubious cause. We've behaved like the enemies we've always fought against. We've empowered the worst in ourselves. Our leaders responded to the despicable photos of Abu Ghraib by prohibiting soldiers from carrying cameras.

America, we're in a bad way. Money is going to be tight. We are at risk of world war. Our citizenry are performing below potential at a time when we all need to step up and pitch in. I'm writing this because I've been wallowing in my own inaction. I'm weighted down by bad habits and bad attitude. We Are Marshall is a movie, an escapist activity, and I spend too much time escaping and avoiding. But I spent yesterday trying to get myself going and working towards improving myself and my conditions, and I chose a movie with an inspiring story. My choices yesterday worked. I got a charge of hope and faith, and I'm working in this moment to maintain it.

If you've read to here, I hope I've given you a little bump in the direction of hope and faith, and you have some inspiration to take the next step in making this a better country, a better world. Now I'm going to focus on getting my house in order as a means of getting my being in order.

McCain will win his loss

I believe that the Republicans have every intention of losing the presidential election. They're putting on a show, but they're throwing the game. All the money's gone. Why would the want the white house? Obama will spend 4 years presiding over decline and chaos, unable to fix the mess. And the racist base of the Republicans will believe that that Liberals have caused it all.