People Need More, And Less

People need more, and less. Not more greed, of that there is plenty. And currently people think they need more money as that is what is being screamed at us every day. Make more, want more, spend more. Fuelling the greed machine. But that isn’t what we need more of. People need lower costs, less need for money, more time and more effort to be put in by everyone for better. You can’t just want better; you have to be part of what happens to bring it about. But it seems that the idea of better has been stolen and corrupted as with much else these days. Build back better was a rouse, to make people think the words were enough, and then to sit back and wait for someone else to deliver that ‘better’. They knew that. All these buzzwords and new terms they introduce and make go mainstream are all just that, buzzwords, marketing tricks to get into your head and subconsciously get you on board with repetition and over exposure.

Because of how we function as a society, it becomes about money and necessity for most people, and money and greed for others, everything ties back to it and revolves around it. We are at the whim of it. They have made sure of that. Like taming a tiger I guess, once you know the whip works and you can crack it when needed, why wouldn’t you? It becomes an extension of control. The ring master isn’t controlling the tiger by himself, is he? He needs something else to have control over it, even if it is just temporary, and because the tiger plays along. It’s a precarious ‘relationship’ they have though, knowing the tiger could turn at any moment. In that instance, it is the whip, in our instance, it is money that is the extension of themselves they use to control us. Now, wouldn’t it be easier to control that tiger if you didn’t need a whip at all? If you could just implant something into it to make it ‘work’ and ‘sit’ and to immobilise it at the push of a button, you know, for the ‘safety’ of the ringmaster.

So, imagine you are the tiger, and they are the ring master. And the whip is currently money. How they get us to jump through hoops for it, compete for it, dream about it, die for it. All the while it is dangled as an incentive, used as punishment or reward, wielded as a weapon of control, where it can make you or break you. Welcome to the circus, where we are the attractions and the audience. Where you weirdly cheer and clap while in the audience, knowing full well you are next up in the ring for ‘entertainment and humiliation’, it’s quite perverse really. Especially so when you realise that you even paid for your own ‘ticket’. I can see why people have made comedic comparisons to films like Running Man, Maze Runner and The Hunger Games, and although we may laugh, we know they aren’t jokes. They are merely as a means to convey an observation, but in a less dramatic fashion that being deadly serious and demanding people see what you see. As we know some people have a classic blind spot in their view of the world, and it’s called reality. They will avoid it, contest it and deny it at every opportunity.

Once you step into the ‘Ring of Life’ though, you are no longer part of the audience, and become part of the grotesque display that is there to entertain you, until it is your time. But think of where the participants go after the show, the animals are led back to their cages, staff go back to their normal routine of keeping and maintaining the ‘show’. And that’s where we are folks, the normal routine of a circus isn’t a 24-hour thing, it’s a very, very big show when the time is right, bringing all the elements together when needed to dazzle, amaze and bamboozle people. Then it goes back to the daily routine of keeping it all going until the next one. But in between they don’t let the animals out, they continue with training, and making them comply and remember what they need to do, when they need to do it. So, it isn’t just the ringmaster, is it? There are different levels of people needed to perform different functions, but they are all part of the trickery, buffoonery, illusion and overall show, just as in real life. Where the prospective audience isn’t even involved until the time is right. Where it is made to feel like all smiles and fun and is expected to be, but with a dark sinister undertone. The circus of life, roll up, roll up, welcome to the show…

Carnevale by Stefano Ronchi

(c) K Wicks

Incoming

Logans Run. I mention that film a lot, and give it thought often even though I only saw it a few years ago. And where we find ourselves now in society, leads me to wonder if we are in the pre stages of such a dastardly idea, as we wonder with many a ‘storyline’ these days.

The premise if you don’t know it, is a large group of people live in a domed city, and have implants in their palm, which turns red when they turn 30 (in the book it was 21). Marking the age of being extinguished, which they wrap up as an ascension of sorts called the Carousel, and keep everyone placated and simple throughout their lives to keep the cycle going. Until someone does manage to break through it all. It’s a great film and much more to it.

The terms that get used these days for where they want to steer society, the grandiose ideas of the global organisations heading them, sometimes make me wonder. And although this does fall into the conspiracy theory pile, I still give it thought. Agenda21/30. It could simply be what it says, enacted in 1921 set to run and complete by 2030 – not started in 2021 as some speculate. I also separated the wording in my mind. So, it becomes ‘A Gender 30’. Thinking just perhaps they might be working towards one gender, to go with their one world everything. They blur the lines so much; it fits neatly into the future ideas for a separated completely homogeneous part of society. And it could well be, those type of places already exist, where people have been grown and manipulated in a secret separate society, and if you look around, it seems that it is the case. So only partly conspiracy theory then it seems, because we are very clearly being steered by a selected group who have been ‘educated’ differently and do wish to impose their ideals on people. ‘Smart’ cities and other things with that prefix, are not smart for us, but for them.

They have never had the interest of the individual in their mind, it appears to be a collective they are working towards, and if they ever do appear to embrace individualism, it serves a purpose. The idea becomes mainstream, indulged, distorted and ultimately corrupted into the groupthink. Sounds very Borgish to me, you will assimilate. And with the new word on the street for the future augmented ‘human’ being Homoborgensis, you may see why my mind might come to these conclusions. And if you read my previous articles, I have already speculated on this, but every day seems to herald new information or research which ties in, or is at least painting the picture of that occurring. Anything that seems to be about helping small groups isn’t what they are about, it’s the group as a whole they are thinking about, and you either serve a purpose or are in their way, with both resulting in being expendable. We would do well to not forget it.

(c) K Wicks

In this world… (poetry)

In this world

Of make believe

Where you can check out

But never leave

So much is hidden

Yet plainly in view

It’s the bigger picture

They’re trying to screw

With tricks and traps

They try and confuse

To convince you that

It’s you who choose

This awful set up

And dystopian world

They want you caught in

And fully controlled

They’ve taken so much

But still want more

The future to be

Nineteen eighty-four

But hold on a moment

And back up the truck

You must think deep down

What the actual fuck

Is really occurring

In this twilight zone

The fate that is set for us

Now has been shown

~

And it aint looking pretty…

(c) MKW Publishing

Plants and People

It’s not hard to see in real time what the environment around them does to living things. Every person who has had a houseplant, and maybe struggled with keeping it in the best condition, will know what I mean. Or grown anything in a pot, where you are responsible for its wellbeing. It may seem obvious but I’ll spell it out, because people remind me of plants with the same need for nourishment and optimal conditions for the best chance of a healthy life.

If you put a plant in a dark corner, a pot that’s too small and don’t give it water regularly, it starts to look haggard. Drained and tired, struggling to hold on and make the best of itself. It’s awful once you realise it’s your fault, but can be fixed. A new bigger pot, fresh earth, water, sunlight. And within a couple of days, it picks up, starts to look fresher and more vibrant. Signifying the conditions are suitable.

The same can be said of people, and any living animal or organism. If the conditions are just right, they can flourish and grow, and if the conditions are not, it can turn them into a tired, stressed, strained, possibly angry version of their former selves. There are internal as well as the external conditions to take into account as well like nutrients, exercise, light and sleep, but they all play a part. This is why when the environment around us is engineered to be stressful, with fear and compliance as a driver, it will have an effect. When they talk of shutting things down again, dimming the sun and restricting your food, water and energy, it starts a mental process that leads into the physical one.

So, it really does boggle my mind that so many people, teachers, parents, education authorities all at the same time just threw children mentally under the bus when it came to lockdowns. Don’t get me wrong, I am no fan of the education system, and believe they are indoctrination centres for the early stages of development. But to have the whole system reorganised in an instant pretty much, with the timetables and goalposts changed constantly, and disappointment and grief thrown in to boot, it was a lot from the get go. Emotional, educational and developmental disruption was obvious, which is why it astounded me so much to hear people minimise it, or plain dismiss it. ‘They are resilient’ we heard. I won’t lie, I was shocked and knew what would follow when it finally became too obvious to hide, that they weren’t all just going to bounce back, and weren’t just able to breeze through unscathed in mind, body and emotional development.

That bring me back to plants, seedlings, and small budding plants. When they are in that crucial stage of development, if there are extra stressful circumstances, like lack of water, infections, not enough food, light, or space, it can severely affect the overall development and growth. Some can overcome these extra conditions and then thrive, if they are temporary and then corrected. Not all though. But left in the small, overcrowded, sub-standard conditions, life can survive and struggle on, but in a very limited condition and certainly not all make it, and not many thrive. So, I keep this in mind when I think of people and society, and of the daily environment that surrounds us, and of the expectations placed upon everyone to thrive and survive within that. Making sure to take responsibility for those areas when it is within your capability and not leaving it to someone else, because they may be trying to use a one size fits all approach or are working to something that benefits them and their environment or situation. Be the master of your own destiny, as the saying goes…

(c) MKW Publishing

Code of Honour

A code of honour. Is there such a thing? Sounds mythical doesn’t it, that there are a set of values and rules that are honourable and maintained? Yep, mythical. But we are given rise to believe that there was such a thing. Some people do have it within themselves to have a decent code of conduct and live by it, but as a group and a society, we do not. I suspect it’s because we have no honourable people at the top, at all. So, the laws and rules they write for themselves and others, lack heart, decency, courage and honour. And it shows.

Honour amongst thieves, I always found an interesting saying as it inferred that the criminals would watch out for each other in times of need, to a point obviously. And along the way of learning about past criminals and seeing how things still work, I can see why that saying came about. And I realise it covered all illicit activities, not just thievery because as time has gone on, what is considered to be a crime, has been decided by in some cases people who themselves have broken the law. So, I can see why not everyone may agree with certain decisions and laws. But having looked at it, this entire country appears to be a rather large criminal enterprise and a cash cow for those who have positioned themselves above us.

Realising when I was younger, that people spoke of a time before, back in the days and times of the Krays actually, of there being street order, which kept things in line. People policing themselves but someone being in charge, and making money along the way. Punishments, incentives, rewards. Same systems really, but in a ramshackle way, as people do. And as criminals try to quash their competition and take the whole market, that’s what the establishment did. Took over the organising of crime, and deciding who remains in the ‘market’. Once you clear the way, you’ve got free reign with limited competition, and if anyone isn’t playing along, well, it seems the establishment has all sorts of elaborate ways to ruin you. Weirdly though, they now don’t seem to want to do that anymore, got bigger fish to fry with the digital enslavement to enact, so the streets are going to shit, for want of a better phrase. Because there is no-one now to get everyone in line, we are too far gone with enterprises from other shores now cementing their foothold.

We have a bit of a system too, where yesterday’s criminals and terrorists can be today’s politicians. In my lifetime I have seen someone go from being pinned up as Mr Terrorist in Ireland, so hateful his voice wasn’t even allowed on TV. He is now a politician over there. So, it suits their purpose to change the goalposts when they feel like it, or it’s a strategic move to gain something. Like I’ve said before, these people are playing a long game, and we get swept up with it.

It doesn’t suit their purpose however, for people to be able to communicate and act outside of their game plan, rules, systems and procedures. This is why over the years they have put things into place to minimise it, like licenses and regulations for things, health and safety, new laws, new systems, but it all neatly seems to tie in to their want of everything being digital. I knew cash would be on the chopping block as soon as taxes starting going digital, because they cannot monitor, tax or control cash, therefore they cannot control the people associated with it. So, in times like this, you need to ask yourself who the real criminals are, and whether they have tried to make you hostile to someone earning cash, because if you ask me, we would all do well to go back to cash as a first step to remove their overreach and excess power they have gained. If they can decide to freeze your bank account, stop you participating in society, leave you to die on your own, just for a political move, do you really want people like that having full unadulterated control over your life? And none of that is conspiracy, it actually happened and will happen again if we let it. We are all going to be viewed as a problem to the system eventually, they will find something wrong with all of us and why we don’t fit, because their system is wrong. We are not meant to be in it, and each time they try and change us and mould us to fit, we lose something of ourselves. And maybe some would like that, maybe they don’t actually like themselves and want to be part of that weird new ‘plugged in for life’ system. But for the ones who don’t, I suggest we start having our own code of conduct amongst ourselves, because there is no honour left in the higher levels, so it’s down to the ‘thieves’ to take it from here…

(c) K Wicks

What Are We?

There seems to be much debate at the moment over what it is to be a Woman, and that people suddenly seem unable to define what that is and how it differs from a Man. And equally, I’m sure we will have issues with the word man soon as well, because you know. Equality. Even in confusion apparently, we should be equal. However, it is an odd reality to see grown men, and yes, women, trying and find words to use other the perfectly good ones we already have in use. The fact that a small group of society, who are not women, try to make it a taboo word, isn’t going down too well. And correctly so, it seems a rather deviant and shifty move to try and commandeer the term woman and what goes with it, while at the same time trying to stop it being used in its applicable context. From where I am sitting, it looks a lot like ‘imitate to infiltrate’ and is not for any good purpose. And it’s odd, to want to be accepted as something you are actively trying to erase, shout down and not allow as they are, as if the majority don’t see it as a tactic of just getting your own way, in the game of society. Acceptance needs to be within yourself and should never be expected from anyone else, or required. Be happy in your own skin they used to say, until suddenly they had ways to make lots of money in offering you ‘new skin’, in the form of make-up, clothes, jewellery, cosmetic surgery, lifestyle, etc. Money, money, money. If they couldn’t make any money from all this, do you think they would be in the slightest bit interested if someone felt sad, or depressed, or at odd with themselves internally. And do you think, that once they realised they could encourage those things in people, and it would make them lots of money, that they just shook their head and said, oh no, we couldn’t do that, it would be unethical?

We are a product of our environment they say, and I guess they gave it away with the wording. We are a product to them, to be manipulated and steered at every possible opportunity for the benefit of their profits. I’ll share another paragraph from the book I am reading to give you an idea of just what they think of us, and how they went about spending billions of dollars, just to work out how to make us spend more money and consume more. Sounds ridiculous doesn’t it, but like they say, you’ve got to spend money to make money.

The Hidden Persuaders – “Thus it was that merchandisers of many different products began developing a startling new view of their prospective customers. People’s subsurface desires, needs, and drives were probed in order to find their points of vulnerability. Among the subsurface motivating factors found in the emotional profile of most of us, for example, were the drive to conformity, need for oral stimulation, yearning for security. Once these points of vulnerability were isolated, the psychological hooks were fashioned and baited and placed deep in the merchandising sea for unwary prospective customers”.

Quite shocking really, but not surprising. They have been working out who you are before you even knew, helping to steer and shape the desired outcome, check out my other article Nudge, nudge for a little more on current methods being used to force compliance in a more communistic approach.

But back to the current issue about the ability to use words that have a meaning, because some people don’t like the meaning or definition, because it doesn’t define them. Like I said, odd times. To me it’s like insisting you join a chess club, then moan all the time about the people playing chess, and start insisting they should be playing darts. So, instead of being logical and joining the darts club, or starting one, they bully and hound the chess players until they either give up and leave, or give in and stop playing chess and start playing darts. It might seem like a silly analogy, but that is how it seems. And I won’t lie, there appears to be an awful lot of issues towards women, coming from people who claim to want to be one. And by trying to dismiss concerns around it only seems to confirm there is a problem, otherwise it would be a normal open discussion or debate.

But are we just the sum of our sex, our sexual interests and our anatomy? Does that completely define who we are as they are telling us it should? We seem rather stuck on the perception of the external presentation of ourselves, trying very desperately in some cases to convey on the outside what is on the inside. I wonder why that is. And why it seems to be pushed as a dominating agenda in the public mainstream, encouraging that people need to be validated because of who they are, whatever that should be. But why? It is not important to me that people see on the outside how I feel on the inside, I am not a greenhouse. Showing your emotions is one thing, or wearing your heart on your sleeve as they used to put it, but trying to be a see-through entity that everyone can and should know and fully understand by just looking at you, is weird. And some people having, what appear to be full-blown tantrums or mental breakdowns in public (and private I guess), and displaying very aggressive language and threats sometimes, because someone mis-labelled their exterior in their view, is just too far out, beyond the realms of normal and severely lacking in any etiquette. Are they of such a limited emotional capacity that they simply cannot cope when encountering a normal interaction in the ordinary society most of us know or a differing view to their own? Or are they genuinely expecting everyone else around them just know what they are doing, how they are feeling, what they trying to be? And that goes for anyone who is trying to externalise their inner self, and then expects people around them to ‘act accordingly’ to pander to it, and I guess, stroke their ego, or alter-ego as may be the case in some instances.

Now more than ever is it important to know who you are and how you feel, not because someone told you to, or because you are expected to, but because you know it within yourself. Because as I have written above, there are forces at play looking to find, exploit and manipulate your vulnerabilities, just for the purpose the Consumerism.

(c) K Wicks