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A Pot of Endless Resources

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It seems there was another lie along with the one that Money Doesn’t Grow on Trees, when they said there also wasn’t an endless pot of money. Because although we get told there isn’t one, it would appear the opposite is true. Another FOI request to a local council reports that it spent over £28k on driving lessons for new arrivals, which is the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the spending spree that is occurring, at home and abroad. Given by way of councils and government grants and contracts, they are dishing out free housing, food, technology, travel, theatre, driving, taxis, translators, education, dentist, healthcare and so on. It’s absolutely staggering. And at the same time as people who have paid into the system for a lifetime or two, are being told to move along, get to the back, and in some cases, being ignored altogether while they are Tightening the Screw on everyone else. It’s suspicious, and has been noticed. The natives are no longer a profitable commodity it would seem, so are there to be bled dry, while the new ‘locals’ get their foot under the table, facilitated by those in charge’ Always talking about what they will do, but never actually doing anything, and that too has been noticed.

So, how is it that there is now a huge, endless money pot, or rather money pit. Because they are chucking more and more into it, while taking more and more from people to do so. Taking more taxes, stealing from the future as well as the present, to pay for this strange turn of events. It’s almost as if they have been given the keys to everyone’s piggy bank, and have blown the lot in a day, and now they are working on separating you from what else you have. Greed and lack of consequence has created quite the ugly monster. Where the ones who are apparently in charge of all that money and all those decisions, have quite simply, lost the plot. Playing to a different tune than what one would expect in times such as this, which is why many question who is actually pulling the strings. And rightly so, because what we hear and what we see doesn’t match up at all. They say one thing, and do another, which to be fair, is quite in line with what politicians do. We are used to them saying what they need to get to the finish line, then all seems forgotten thereafter and they are on a new mission of staying put. But as we are reaching a very delicate stage in the game they are playing with people’s lives; it needs to be addressed that they are the problem.

Each area of finance and industry is being bankrupted and corrupted, after years of being tied in through schemes and incentives, subsidies and grants, many companies are having the rug pulled out from under them, unable to survive without those government handouts. As was meant to happen. Same with everything else they appear to give you, it’s to get you into the system, to keep you in the system and ultimately means then that you can’t survive without the system. No Going Back discussed that in more detail.

But just handing over vast quantities of money, constantly, is clearly no longer working as it has become like free-flowing water to them. Meaning nothing, and treated as such. But they want people to carry the worry and burden of paying more, getting bogged down by the mire that is the government. It seems though that if they want to have everyone playing along with the corporate theme, then that should be the way to hold them to account for things. Because if we are playing that game, then there should be rules and contracts for services that we ourselves should be operating under as agreed upon by ourselves. As apparently our strawman identity is what is used by them to dictate our lives and discussed in The Straw That Broke the Camel’s Back. It would seem reasonable that we then understand there are two separate identities, our corporate one, and our living one. And just as they put things in place to decide we should pay this tax, and pay that fine, and pay that toll that they made up, why can’t we do the same? When they screw up or take more than is reasonable, invoicing them for your time for loss of earnings, holding them to account for mistakes and cancelling services if they are no longer up to standard. Because if we all sat down and worked out an actual monetary rate for each minute of our time and realised just how valuable it is. And then worked out how much of it has been taken from us in forced attendance for things, taking us away from real life experience and your family, we would be shocked and definitely be looking for compensation. Spend your time wisely, because otherwise someone else will try and use it to make them money…

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The Straw That Broke the Camel’s Back

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An obvious saying for those who know it, and if you don’t, it shouldn’t take too much thought. An overloading leading to a collapse. But it was more the material used in that saying that caught my attention, as well as the overall intention.

The Wicker Man (1973) – portrayed as the pagan ritual to burn the outsider in an all very cultish way. But, also seems very much to represent the shunning of modern times and legal entities, with a person of that ‘system’ making their own way to the island, looking with eyes made for something else. And missing what was right in front of his face. And that he, with all his legal fiction and created persona around that, found himself becoming the main part of the burning and sacrifice.

The Scarecrow – originating back as far as 3,000 BC they say, in Egypt. Obviously, we know what they are for, the name is a giveaway. But what is it? It is a fake man, a pretend man, the image of a man.

Strawman – a strange term and one that comes up now and again. “In the context of legal theory, a “strawman entity” refers to the idea that a person has two personas: a physical, living person and a separate legal entity (the “strawman”) that is created upon birth and is subject to statutory law”. Seems quite straightforward, and also seems straightforward that once people understand how it all works, that strawman entity that has been created on your behalf, doesn’t quite seem as tangible as it once did. Because it is through that legal system you are funnelled, repeatedly being told you are subject to the rule of law, you are a subject of the realm, you will be subjected to punishment if you stray from your allocated path and set of rules.

“Straw Man Fallacy: It’s important to note that the term “strawman” can also refer to a straw man argument, which is a fallacy where someone misrepresents an opponent’s position to make it easier to attack or refute.”

The Wizard of Oz – Lion of nature, to the strawman of legal fiction, to the robot of tin – a progression of man perhaps. Of where it was intended to go, starting off as a child, turning into a roaring lion, slowly worn down into a cowardly lion. Changing then into that legal fiction, the scarecrow made of straw, with rules, fears and mortality chasing him down with every step. Moving finally into the robotic phase, with no heart and a mechanical vulnerability caused by weather conditions.

And just as the article title points out, there is a capacity to which one can carry the straw weight put upon it. Stuffed with more straw than we could possibly stomach, with more lined up to keep us quiet and compliant, constructing our wicker man around us. And perhaps this is where Being Real ties in, with Pinocchio being a wooden version of the same thing, and in a quest to be ‘real’ end up being led further astray and down a dark path. Where although there appears to be a light at the end of tunnel, as you take a closer look, you see it’s a rather large bonfire they have set up to see that you go ‘up in flames’ on your way through. But really, maybe that’s just a mental baptism of fire that is necessary, to let the fictional rules of humans burn away and turn to ash, clearing and cleansing so that something else can have it’s time…

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Just Pretend or a Con?

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“It’s just a bit of fun, isn’t it? Playing make-believe and pretending to be someone else. With costumes, scenery, make-up and adopting a different persona, people are convinced of what they see. Suspending reality for a moment or a short time to be immersed in the fakery, your own brain playing along and helping to create and sustain the illusion.”

Taken from my article Deceivers, Or Just Entertainment?, which looked at it more from the audience point of view, of how we play our role willingly for the most part. Although as I thought that, I remembered two film references of forced viewing being part of a re-conditioning ritual. A Clockwork Orange and Addams Family Values. Even more so for the second one, as it was Disney films Wednesday was made to watch, to friendly her up and make her get into the ‘spirit of things’.

But for this, I have been wondering on the type of person and mentality that wants and likes to pretend to be something else. We used to call them con artists and charlatans I thought, ones who set out to deliberately convince you of something for their own personal gain, and usually a loss to you. And for this exchange, they get attention and adulation as well as apparently lots of money. And you lose your time, and sometimes your own aspirations and wants, as you are so focused on idolising something that doesn’t really exist. In life and business, there is much to look out for, but as we are an opportunistic species, I understand how it happens, and as it has in some capacity served us well, I can’t say it is entirely a bad thing. What does seem to have become a bad thing however, is where it is now the prevailing attitude in many, to trick and deceive as a matter of course, in many industries. Where they are so used to pretending to be the authority on things, or matters of health or justice, on education or knowledge, that it’s almost as if they themselves have forgotten it’s a ruse. And shocked they are when it is pointed out to them, because they ended up believing their own bullshit I guess, with many playing along to make it so, like in the film A Beautiful Mind.

Like in the circus though, when you have the performing animals and people, they aren’t always there in an entirely voluntary capacity. And from some of the things you notice in the celebrity world that gets portrayed in the media, occasionally there is a moment here and there, where it all slips. The glitz and glamour suddenly lose their sparkle and you see a glimpse of a circus monkey, being wheeled out on their trike, to wow the audience and keep those tickets selling and then take bow. Because if someone was talented enough to enthral the masses as they say, then someone else might just realise what an advantage that may pose. Being wholeheartedly convincing when putting on an act, a play, a ruse to deceive the viewers instinct and senses, maybe that’s why they call laws ‘acts’ as well, because it is all part of the bigger stage show and set, and one we allow ourselves to be conned by…

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No Longer Yours

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That phrase that has been touted now and again by the forum of disaster. About owning things, and how you will be happy when you have unburdened yourself of material possessions and wealth. And as I mentioned in my article about Ownership, it’s a strange mental game that has occurred. Because it starts to get people familiar with the idea, so it’s not such a shock later on, or now as the case may be. With asset stripping of countries deemed a problem, compulsory purchase orders by the government, banks being able to freeze your accounts and lock you out of society altogether.

But it seems more like they are doing everything they can to make it look like it’s not them, it’s your fellow man and citizen taking things from you. Because well, it didn’t really ‘belong’ to you, did it? A mental adjustment being forced through of possession and rights, legal framework and psychological pressure. On both sides, one being told it’s not yours and to give it up, and the others being told it’s not theirs really, you can do what you like.

Why would anyone want to be part of the property game when a tenant can just take your house? Precisely. And how can people afford their property taxes on what they already own outright? They can’t and that’s the point. Every action, law and Bill they pass, appears to be a slow Tightening The Screw, so they can wear people and their wealth down. So, while they want you to own nothing and be happy, it seems they want to own you and be even happier.

However, how stable is our current ‘ownership’ status we think we enjoy for them to take away? They already have rights to take your house, to stop you getting a job, they can have the final say over your children – although that is not the same type of ownership as property, but to them it appears it is. They can revoke your passport, incarcerate you and ultimately already have ownership over your life, it’s just that we seem to have been afforded some luxuries along with that. And now they don’t want us to have them anymore, so it’s a slow creep towards scaling that back, taking not only what you have, but wanting to change your mindset too. So, you believe it’s a good thing, and it means no responsibility for anything, if you don’t own anything, then you have nothing to lose. That sounds like a free mind doesn’t it, able to think freely and not be burdened by ‘stuff and things’. While the people who would like you to think like that, show you how much they have, and use while hoarding the rest. Because in some busted up way, because they borrow against everything, and it’s all tied up in pretend finances, maybe they believe they actually don’t own anything, because in my mind, they don’t. They have convinced people they do, throwing astronomical numbers around like they exist, or are tangible and can be paid into the bank over the counter. Making it seem as though they have so much, they don’t need it all, it’s all about the idea, the plan, and however much ‘money’ they need, they can have it.

It seems their ultimate want though, is ownership over the future, over your thoughts and how you can fit into their plan. Of 15-minute zones, medical check-up and interventions, monitoring by way of implanted chip internally, top up, log ins and systematic integration with their weird technological nightmare we see talked about. Virtual reality experiences instead of real ones, people grown in pods and having nothing to do with the human body until after they are ‘born’. Synthetic meat and chemically altered and enhanced plants and food to wean you off the natural stuff. It’s all quite sinister and unsettling, how there seems to be a desperate need to stop people being people, to get in between them, alter them and change the way we are, how we live and how we will live. So we best get on and start deciding for ourselves, because it does look as though time might be running out…

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Towns Apart

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I thought of locusts the other day, and not after seeing anything to do with nature, or insects, or what might usually lead to that thought. It was a picture of somewhere in England, a town centre and was just your average run-down one, with boarded up shops, graffiti, torn and tatty frontages and not what you would call a vibrant and busy atmosphere. I know we do still have some really nice towns and areas that they do maintain to look pretty and inviting, with that traditional ‘English’ feel. Quite a contrast in itself and one people have noticed, and to be honest, was always there. When you think of the differences in what we call the ‘posh’ bit of London, compared to the run-down deprived areas, it really is the same shit, different century. Because other than a distinct lack of top hats and slightly cleaner and better dressed orphans, nothing seems to have changed from how the Victorian era was portrayed, and functioned. Social Status playing a rather hefty role in how that set up came to be.

And after seeing the picture of the run-down town, I then thought of what fields look like after they have been stripped by a swarm of locusts. A speedy version of what has happened in society, with a much slower reduction of resources so it didn’t seem the same, but ended up with the same result. A barren and destroyed area, that becomes unfavourable for a thriving system, so things than can vacate, do.

It’s always shocked me how we let things rot right before our eyes, getting used to seeing the decay and letting it become familiar, well, not all of us. But the ones who do want to do something about it either get ignored, hampered or worn down by the sheer volume of the task, becoming overwhelmed by what needs to be done, as they are meant to. And the ones who are there to do something about it? They just like to talk about it, and take lots of money for it, while you see with your own eyes nothing improves in a normal way. It’s convoluted, corrupted and all about keeping people in a position of subservience for it to continue, because it’s a very intricate gravy train that many aren’t ready to see the end of. And in this instance I guess, maybe ants are a better comparison, already mentioned in It’s A Bugs Life Being An Ant, but probably more like discussed in Not Quite In Control?, where there is something else that has infiltrated the mindset of the ‘workers’. Where all normal instinct has been overtaken by a parasite, and they just go through the motions of ‘life’ to facilitate the survival of the invading species.

In this case, it seems obvious how the slow decline happened, corporations slowly took over making the word Monopoly taboo while stealthily implementing it. Quietly buying property and assets, taking over business names behind the scenes so after a time you didn’t know who really owned the business you thought was local. Franchises popped up for lots of things, giving that corporate owner a cut of every sale, like the mafia collecting their cut to ‘keep you safe’. And as I have previously delved into how we came to be at this point through various articles, I guess this would all be just the modern instalment to A Working Strategy, where they set up the rules of society, to then force the behaviours and actions that seem to naturally follow. And we as people really are quite predictable to a point, with many tests and experiments being done to help with that desired outcome. A few relevant articles around that would probably be, The Beautiful Mice, An Experiment, But A Big One and Institutionalised although many tie in here. As it does appear we didn’t get here by accident and I sometimes think that it is necessary for people to accept that bit, and then move on to the bit where things are actually fixed. Because we do seem to be on a clock, and there really is an awful lot to get done…

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Phobic or Instinct?

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The word phobia has seen a rise to power in recent years and, like many others, is being weaponised for purpose. Words and Meaning being extremely important to achieve their purpose. So, when a new word gets latched onto and inserted into the mainstream, to become the new ‘buzzword’ we should look at what that purpose might be.

I have already written about fear and the word phobia in Being Afraid, but that doesn’t really discuss the purpose of having people afraid of the implied meaning of the word, rather than what they should be afraid of. But the other word and its meaning that should be important here, is instinct. Because really that to me is what triggers the associated feeling, to then be labelled phobic. I’ll use a classic one first that is where I think I first heard it, fatphobic. This came up when it was decided that being overweight wasn’t going to be an issue anymore, after years of being told to diet, slimming programs and world popped up, there was therapy, drugs, surgery and more to help with that as a problem. But somewhere along the line, they decided that it was no longer a problem, it was healthy, big is beautiful etc. Instinctually though, we know deep down that it isn’t right for a fit functioning body or system, to have extra pressure put upon bones, blood, heart and all the other systems that have to compensate. I thought it was obvious, but clearly hadn’t factored in mental barriers and weaknesses to the overall ‘problem’, as well as those to might be making money from that misery. To convince your patient they aren’t miserable at all, and keep them in a state of ‘happiness’ which means altering their mind set towards it.

But instinct can lead to fear, and in most cases I suspect, it is because it is meant to, however, the mind can then run with it, take it too far, misunderstand the purpose of it, or not know how to deal with it. And now you have words to be afraid of as well as real physical indicators, so a new set of mental gymnastics is required to be able to navigate the very real feeling that is created. Moving on from a fear of being overweight, i’ll go to the next obvious one dominating our senses, Transphobia, and try to unpick what that has become in a quest to create a new mental landscape for identity issues, sexual fetish and deviance, voyeurism and other such types of personality. Taking the stage, and the shadows away from the ones who really did just want to be something else to feel like themselves, to blend in and just go about your life and your business, privately. Now it seems about perversion and intrusion, mentally as well as physically, because the adjusted mindset required, is supposed to be from the many, not the few. I don’t think the masses are ever going to be on board with wanting fully intact men, who appear to be showing signs of sexual perversion, to be in situations where girls and women are in a state of vulnerability. And the ones who shout the loudest about wanting access, raise the most suspicions, I have to say. You wouldn’t allow a teenage boy to insist on being in the bathroom with his sister, would you? Or any family member insisting on it with anyone else after a certain age of necessity, because it would seem weird. So, to me, it seems even weirder that with even the possible hint of perversion as the motive, that we aren’t allowed to question that motive. For any vulnerable situation, and for anyone showing signs of malintent, be it man or woman.

And that’s where instinct is there to serve as a tool, to give us a trigger for some guidance, to raise some questions that should be a simple straightforward procedure. But instead, it turns into a spectacle, a public debate about whether you should be allowed to question, rather than about the very real and natural fears many might feel. Because for the longest time, with reason, it has been drummed into women about safety, and personal responsibility for that safety. Don’t hitchhike, don’t be alone with strange men you don’t know, don’t talk to strangers, avoid being out at night, tell people who you are meeting and where, check in to make sure you are safe and so on. I don’t know many men who experienced that growing up, or as an adult. They just simply didn’t have the same conditioning, although now on reflection, maybe they should have, because boys have been a huge target for abuse and men are a target, just not as publicised perhaps as women.

It’s hard enough to work out what your internal sensors are trying to reveal, because you might not have the experience or understanding to comprehend what that feeling is. But if you are then being told by external forces that your feeling are wrong, you don’t know how you feel, and then you have a repeated mantra thrown at you to reinforce someone else’s belief, then it can damage your confidence, or ability to process instincts and what they are for perhaps. The other phobia that we can’t escape in the UK, is Islamophobia. Touted at every opportunity to try and shut down debate of a growing issue, causing much concern. And it’s a multi pronged issue, because it isn’t just that people are worried about a religion on it’s own and people just worshipping, it’s the other areas of society being manipulated under that banner. The courts, the different laws to the country’s establishment, the funding, the planning permissions, the benefits, the tax breaks, the changing of local demographic, the intimidation tactics etc. All facilitated and encouraged by the government no less, so people taking advantage and seeing the opportunity being handed on a plate, is only part of the issue. And one that people want to talk about, but of course, they have a handy tool for that, and out comes the phobia cartel, to psychologically whip some into a frenzy, and confuse others with their cunning word games. Trying to make people think their thoughts and instincts are irrational. Dividing understanding of what people are even discussing so that it never gets discussed, cunning, but not clever, and in fact, it’s getting rather boring now…

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