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Films, Real Life Twisted or Just Fantasy

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It hasn’t escaped many people that what is happening today in society parallels many a story line or movie that has come out in the last four or five decades. When is it that art stops imitating life and life takes over the imitation? And when in that does it then become reality and stop being imitation at all?

You may or may not be familiar with these films, but they have popped back into memory into the last year and a half as relevant. I’m not sure how well this blog piece will turn out, as it’s not a review of these films, but rather an observation of them and what I took from them.

V for Vendetta – (2005) It seemed obvious to me that this was a pretext to a possible shift in society, personally though I had no idea it would be so very close to the truth. Apart from someone coming to save the day, those parts in films I worked out long ago were to make you sit back and wait for a hero, a saviour. So it didn’t have to be you. That’s where it is just fiction I am afraid. But you have to admit if you have watched it, there are starkly obvious warning signs that once at the whim of madness and personal agendas, sense and reason are dismissed and it takes a dark turn.

They Live – (1988) Oddly this film passed me by for many a decade until a few years ago. I thought it was great (not just for the rather long fight scene which was awesome), but by how revealing and again, obvious it was. I grew up knowing there was manipulation everywhere, marketing tactics and brainwashing techniques, but I learnt this from reading and seeing. And slightly of having the feeling that some ‘people’ really weren’t like me, at all. So that movie was a instant win for me, and seems many others noticed it too.

Enemy of The State – (1998) A look at how easy it is through means of monitoring and surveillance, to control, destroy or eliminate someone. And we are 20 years on from that film now, and we know they must have had various tech capabilities like that for a while before we ever get to see the mock version.

The Island – (2005) This is not a comfortable watch really. It’s one of my favourites, but the premise had me realising what we were really viewed as, and my fears of underground cities being populated by people who didn’t know they were captive, became visually represented in that movie. There will be a follow up blog to this one which will reference this movie again, and another on the list, and it is a true horror. And one talked about not in a movie, but in real life, by people in charge decades ago now.

Logans Run – (1976) Another one that passed by but was watched a few years ago. A controlled society where each person is given an expiry date of 30 years old, no questions, no good reasoning, but lots of effort put into maintaining the charade. Need I say more, I got the point of it very quickly.

X-Files Movie – (1998) The virus one. Strange discovery, a black liquid that is actually a virus and can manipulate its host. Sounds rather like graphene oxide now we know more about that, and the idea of an alien race either already being amongst us, or trying to assimilate us keeps popping up as a theme over and over. Make your own mind up on that, the jury is still out for me.

Book of Eli – (2010) A stark and bleak look at where we could easily be in only a generation. But the interesting things about that film, and a few others, is the non-explanation of what actually happened to cause everything to just stop or change. An event, a bright light, a catastrophe, and then the forthcoming collapse of society, but all very vague about what led to it, or a very quick montage, to make you think it happens overnight.

The Matrix – (1999) We all knew this would on the list, surely. And will be on the other post too, but for this one it’s going to be the concept which many related to. Of being trapped in the construct of society which is dictated by rules and systems. Some can and easily do navigate those systems being aware of them and not, and some people don’t or can’t. But it also tried to generalise reality and the human experience as something you can quantify and replicate. My experience has been that everyone appears to be living in their own version of reality first, and then we are all taking part in a second shared version of reality. Could be the second one is the matrix, but the first one is down to each person, dual reality.

Dark City – (1998) Quite out there for an idea, but a good one. Having your mind controlled and changed depending on what they want to study, having your environment constantly altered and sleep controlled. There is much more to it behind that though, which goes with the idea that we are not from where we have ended up. That we are searching for ourselves, well some of us are. The start of the film has him ‘waking up’, from the illusion, and for the longest time, despite all being part of it, others cannot see it.

Tank Girl – (1995) A simple yet effective film. It’s the future (set in only 2033) – and there is no water and what there is, is being controlled, by one corporation. Therefore, they control the people. It’s really that simple.

The Truman Show – (1998) Someone’s life moulded and controlled from birth. Made out to be a happy entertaining affair, that it’s ok to do that as long as millions are entertained and distracted from living their lives too. So many lives wasted. It’s a sad film to me. And I am part of that sadness for the number of times I watched it and wasted my own while doing it. I learnt of a study they did decades ago – where they separated triplets and had them adopted into different families so they could study nature versus nurture. They kept visiting each of them throughout their lives, keeping it a secret they had siblings. We know they do these things, but that doesn’t mean we have to agree with them or accept them as right. Here is a bit more info on that if interested – Three Identical Strangers.

Soylent Green (1973) – I haven’t actually seen this film, and only heard of it last year. Look it up, I get the feeling it should be on this list.

There are many others with a virus storyline, or of societal control and we know these are not new concepts at all. But what is new is to see them roll out into reality, in real time. Not condensed into an hour and a half, with no pause button, no off switch or end in sight. When I watched films and thought of the idea, I had not considered they would all happen at once, overlayed, so that elements of each would appear. Now I feel foolish to have not considered it, it seems so obvious. It’s a long-drawn-out odd state of affairs, and it’s anyone’s guess which road it will go down from here.

Quote and mask image from V for Vendetta

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Speak no evil, see no evil, hear no evil

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Sometimes we are drawn to things, or things are drawn towards us, I’m not entirely sure which it is. But it is down to the individual to decide whether they have meaning and what that is. I grew up thinking things just happened, that we do not have a fate or a destiny, and that it’s all random. And to a point, it’s still my belief, but along the way it seems there may be a semblance or order to it, that co-incidences are no such thing, and there is something behind it all that cannot quite be put into words.

An object such as the one in my photograph, was a feature of my young childhood. My father had one just like it, slightly bigger and not as worn, but three brass monkeys. I loved them and had a general love of ornaments and trinkets, but mainly because they represeneted and meant something to me. Having understood hyperphantasia a bit more over the last few years, I have worked out why I got so attached to things, almost to the point of hoarding or obsession at finding them again. The object has with it a memory of a feeling or emotion, sometimes attached to another person, or just about my own thought process at the time. That can create a strong attachment, if not kept in check. But brass ornaments have been a bit feature for me, my mother also collected brass and I have continued. But only because i associate them with her and my childhood. I knew they were cheap really, but to me they looked like gold, and i used to take great delight in polishing it to make it as shiney as I could. It made me happy seeing it clean.

At first I just thought I was trying to replace something lost from childhood, to hold to nostalgia of something long gone. And I was. But when I really gave thought to the why, I was suprised it wasn’t about remembering my mother or father at all (both of which haven’t been around for quite some time). But instead it was about me, remembering things that brought me comfort, or interest, or joy. I had a rather strained and dysfunctional upbringing, so when I did have a nice feeling or nice moments, I remembered them, replayed them when necessary to see me through. Sometimes we need courage, strength and moral conviction – and it may seem odd to some people that it could come from a trinket or object. But these things don’t give us the strength, they remind us that the strength was within us all along. I understand this now.

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You’re Not Alone

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It’s been quite a lonely life, knowing things and working things out. Before this episode, I knew people were switched off, didn’t want to know and were actively ignoring the world around them and how it came to be that way. It separated me and I accepted that. Conversations became difficult and only about what they had the capacity to discuss, no further. I guess it was frustration that led me to step back from interactions, socialising and general engagements, they became pointless and felt like a waste of time. And maybe that is the point perhaps. Most people are just bumbling through life, wasting time. Wiling away the days and hours to just get to the end. It seems such a waste, when there is so much to say, do, think and be.

I really wasn’t sure there were many out there, ones who actually shared my views and interests and came to similar conclusions or questions as I had.

Now I know. The number is far greater than I could have imagined or hoped for. There are many who are on the same path of thought, ones who do stand for justice, and fighting for what is right. Because it is not just a belief or a knowing we have, it is an idea and an unshakeable undeniable feeling that drives us on. That we can be more than we are, and better than we are, that we can strive to be the best versions of ourselves.

So, when faced with darkness, corruption, manipulation and the insane demands of mad men and women, we are compelled to act, to speak, and to try to warn others. It appears the very fabric of society and the nature of humanity is being tampered with by nefarious entities for purposes currently unconfirmed. I’m not sure that can really be denied by anyone at this stage.

We must not give up on ourselves, or we won’t be ourselves anymore…

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Excuses or obstacles?

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This observation is regarding one of social barriers towards employment and housing. Both briefly touched on in Work ethic and employment and What you see here, but only from a general view of those subjects. The personal impact of which I have experienced myself and witnessed others go through.

I’ll explain. Society appears to have put in place multiple restrictions and obstacles to make society harder for some people. Deliberately. It seems remarkably easy for someone to find themselves in a difficult position financially, that is not new. But how they are able to get themselves out of it, has changed.

I noticed it years ago as I got old enough to start looking for work and somewhere to live. I left home a month after turning 18, with no qualifications, a bag of clothes and a cheque for £240 from my stepdad. Headed for somewhere I had visited a couple of times and where I knew someone. Who ironically left for University just as I moved there, but his mum let me sleep on her sofa for a month or so. That was my first leg up, I traded cleaning and school runs for food and somewhere to sleep. I couldn’t get any government help until I had somewhere to live where it wouldn’t compromise their benefits. So I made friends with people, offered to help where I could and tried to form a network. Of people, of places, of opportunities. I got work behind a bar, and at an agency. Cleaned toilets and kitchens, pulled pints, worked in factories or whatever work was going that paid money. I was not fussy or work shy. I wanted better and always believed you have work for it.

At 22 I got my first office job and at 27 I started my own business. Studying and working full time at home to get there. But, and its a big but, I had an extra helping hand along the way. Without parents in my life (long story but from 18 I was on my own) my grandparents stepped up to help me once I had proven I could support myself. They gave me my deposit for my first house at 22 after the office job was held down. Without them helping me, I wouldn’t have been in a stable enough position financially to study, or think about what I wanted to do, and then do it. I get very stressed when worried about money or wondering if I will have somewhere to live. It takes over everything. So I have lots of compassion for people who are having a tough time, and can’t just be positive, or constructive with their thought or time. Worrying about affording food next week and rent is real for many.

But now I shall move to the system that creates that cycle. Everything has a gateway to it now, money through a bank – looking to be made even weirder and more controlled with digital, mentioned in my article Cash. Rent and somewhere to live through a letting/estate agent or council usually, casual jobs through an agency. All of those things are essential for basic living, so if you tighten the reigns on any one of those, the knock on effect is directly on people and how they live.

The middle man gets to decide your fate. If you don’t have a bank account, usually you can’t a job, which means no rental unless you can find a good private landlord directly. Most of the private rentals here state no DSS. That’s not new at all, but many now say no pets. No smoking. No kids. Which of course, is the landlords perogative, but where does that leave someone who is trying to get themselves together or move up a bit. Or when there are 10 people applying for each property, more probably.

People having to cohabitate because they can’t afford not to. Or stuck in a job they hate because there aren’t better paid ones you can do because while they held down wages, they upped the cost of living dramatically. Of course, its easy to say, just leave. Just quit that job, just move somewhere else. And it is. If you don’t mind winging it, and not having any Security initially, and working it out as you go. But not everyone can deal with change or can think on their feet, so I see where they are in a bind. Excuses become obstacles, because there is usually a logical answer to suit any personal situation. But when you are talking generally, not every answer will suit everyone. We all have different needs and wants, but are forced into this one size fits all regime with jumping through hoops for housing and work just so we can lay our head at night in safety and not go hungry. Now with the looming restrictions of making it even harder for people to access basic amenities and securities, it doesn’t look like anyone is getting any kind of helping hand or a break anytime soon.

So all I can hope is that we stop looking to government, councils and authority to help us and start helping ourselves and each other.

I have linked a number of my other recent articles, in case of interest as they are all observations of society.

(c) K Wicks

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Security

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That word means different things to different people. But for this purpose, it is in relation to how you feel personally in your life. A personal sense of security. What is it in life that makes you feel secure, and the opposite, insecure. To define these things can help somewhat when you are trying to navigate your life and growing up, at any age. You don’t stop growing up just because you get older, quite the opposite. It really is a constant work in progress.

It can be an issue trying to achieve this feeling – because that’s all it is, a feeling of security. We live in a perilous world at the mercy of nature and man alike, so security is in the eye of the beholder. The situation can be the same for two people, yet they feel completely differently about it, that is why it is personal to each individual. And others can affect your security without even knowing it.

We live in a society where we are told what to be afraid of, from a very young age, it is not down to us to learn or decide, we are told. But instinctually, we need to learn these things for ourselves, it’s how we discover part of who we are. Fear can be a big factor, here is a previous post I have written on it taken from the chapter on fear from my book about Hyperphantasia and Aphantasia (Fear – Meeting in the Middle of Nowhere). We even have departments for National Security, obviously the words and image behind it is a powerful one. Keeping the nation safe and secure, and over the years, that same institution has told us what to fear, because let’s be honest, with nothing to be afraid of, it wouldn’t have a purpose would it?

Security can be wrapped up in all sorts of things, money, employment, housing, relationships, as well as the so-called threat of nature. A lack of one of these things can indeed upset the applecart of this feeling. Not even a lack of, just the perception in fact that one of these things may be taken away, or could happen can destabilise someone. People are different, this we know, but do we really take into account each person’s threshold for things? What may be exciting to one, can be terrifying to another. What may seem like danger to one, is adventure to the other. We all have different triggers, internal alarms and reasoning, but we are also prone to emotions, feelings and environment. The pressure of society is actually an all-encompassing one which we are thrust into from birth, and the expectation of everyone to just ‘fit in’ is a bizarre one to me and I can easily see why we appear to have so many problems. I thought people were the problem for years, and that the system was broken. But now I believe differently, the system isn’t broken at all, it was designed to be like this. To make people conform and comply, to mould them into what is required. It’s odd when I gave it thought, real thought. I started from the beginning- a rather quick timeline to follow, but you’ll get the point hopefully.

School – starts at a very young age, putting children into rooms and forcing them to memorise things and stay indoors for long period of time, often sitting still, and now with a rather sinister twist, staying away from each other. It’s a very ordered regimented system for people to start out. Most of your daily hours spent in this environment surrounded by not your kin, restricted from your natural impulses and taught how to behave. Obviously, I know why, so they can churn out ready to work adults who are ‘prepared’ for the outside world. But one which they created. It’s no wonder to me that many people it turns out do not fit the mould, don’t want to be part of their ‘vision’ for people. Government and ruling bodies have a purpose, but it is not to make sure you live a full and happy life. That should be down to you, but they are more there as sinister overlords who steer society in the direction they want it to go. Because they are not seeking a full and happy life, if they were they wouldn’t be hell bent on causing so much grief and pain.

But in the decades that followed the strict school regime being implemented upon children, it was becoming obvious that it wasn’t really working entirely, they still had the ‘rogue element’ which was disruptive enough to make them decide that the next phase of control should be rolled out. You know, for safety and security. And obviously for profit, with pharmaceutical companies leading the way, and doctors rolled it out, using teaching staff as the conduit. Seems like a well-tested formula they knew would work again. Below is a page from The People Shapers regarding this. Awful to think spirited children with high energy levels who didn’t want to be in a box all day were branded unruly and drugged, awful, but not surprising.

For me security is maybe different from others, I do not see the government or extensions of government as there for my protection or for my safety. They have done a number of questionable things to their own people as well as the trail of horrors the UK has littered around the world. Many experiments have been conducted on the unsuspecting British public for decades, which we only get to hear about when they finally get exposed. Here is one that I found disturbing – Germ Warfare Tests on the British Public.

So, when they say they are trying to ‘protect’ me, excuse me if I don’t believe a word they say. I will make up my own mind, based on what I know and what I have seen. They try to use fear to get compliance, so while scaring the public into believing another country would drop chemicals on them, they secretly did it themselves. Then years later tell them, so they were scared at the time, just of the wrong thing. And then it breeds mistrust and fear to think your government would do it again and could be doing it right now. That is a form of psychological warfare, which unfortunately we are now all too familiar with personally as we have been bombarded in what seems to be a very co-ordinated attack on our very being. Joy is being eliminated from life, something that I believe is really quite pivotal to a state of balance and wellbeing. Without that life can become hopeless, and that seems to be the general feeling they are shooting for, without noticing that we aren’t up for that. And quite frankly, people weren’t designed for misery, we are being herded towards it and numbed through various mediums for it.

People have all sorts of motives behind what they say and do, and understanding them should be key. I get a sense of security from not having to question my instinct, although I will always question its reasoning. I don’t need others to validate my opinion, I don’t seek approval for what I know or believe and am not offended in any way if someone believes otherwise. I don’t tell anyone how to behave or live, but would ask that you take the time to just give a bit of thought to your own motives and reasoning for things if you haven’t already. And if you are ok with everything being as it is and you see no problem with the construct of society, then maybe there is nothing for you to reflect on. But if you have noticed that something isn’t quite right, that this isn’t how we were meant to be, then follow that thought…

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So Much Is Wrong About This

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How do you really explain to someone what is wrong with this picture? Where do you start? It seems so many have been sleepwalking through life for so long. But what has happened over the last 18 months is astounding and should be undeniable, yet we have among us, those who either through choice or just plain ignorance, can’t see what is right there. I have already highlighted in my previous article It looked sinister about the very odd and fatal happenings within the NHS and ‘care’ system.

But that is one part of a very big unfolding picture, which is proving to be too large to really break down into a quick chat, or a briefing, or of being able to ‘get someone up to speed’ as it were. And that is not by accident. It’s meant to be that convoluted and divided, otherwise it would be so obvious, no-one would have fallen for it. I have never wanted to be right about what I had theorised would happen, either before this about where society was going, or after the ‘pandemic’ started to rear its ugly head as an organised plot. Being this way, “suspicious, cynical and seeing corruption everywhere” as my grandpa puts it, isn’t a choice. I see what is there, but sometimes think I would gladly shut it out if I could. It can bring a melancholy that follows you everywhere, knowing the system isn’t broken after all, that it is exactly how ‘They’ meant it to be. Interestingly though, my grandpa did not try to say that corruption wasn’t everywhere, just that I shouldn’t focus on it and point it out all the time. It didn’t go unnoticed.

So, let’s talk about They. Who are They? That is usually where people roll their eyes and say, “oh, the mystical ‘they’, sounds like conspiracy talk to me”. And that’s where I know I have lost people, which is ok, I don’t demand they have the same interests as me or be able or willing to undertake complex thought. It really isn’t in everyone’s repertoire, and every now and then, I envy that. But trying to explain who They are, means unravelling who really pulls the strings, who makes the decision about finance, health, society, education etc. It would appear to be politicians. They are the face of the people, but they do not design the systems. They are employed to roll out the systems, to make them palatable, and acceptable. To ensure that the overall purpose is achieved, whatever that may be.

There is much published about nefarious plans to reduce population, or to wipe us out by way of a virus or biological agent, so is it really that unreasonable to think some people may be suspicious of that given what has occurred recently. To simply denounce them as ridiculous or a conspiracy theorist seems awfully narrow minded to me. I would want to know why they thought that. Just as I would like to know why people don’t see it, it might be they have a different angle on it. Surely that’s how we improve our own viewpoints and try to understand others? I have read many things which make me very nervous and wary of where this is all going. Not because I read others words and it makes me worry, but because I read the words and I see things with my own eyes, the outcome. What I theorised so far has come true, so I feel I am doing the right thing by being concerned. To turn a blind eye to what is unfolding would be as criminal as the wrongdoing happening around us.

I want to be wrong. And if I am, what happens, nothing. Maybe a bit of ridicule, but no harm to anyone, I have not given advice or told anyone what to do with their life. But what if I am right, what if it is going to go where I think it is being steered towards. I would want to know I did something, that I said something. That I tried. And although films are thought to be fiction, we appear to be living in a rather macabre mixture of many of them all at once right now. Maybe I will do another post over the weekend giving a breakdown of which ones and why, in case anyone is interested. I will close with what appears to be an extremely apt quote from a film some of you may be familiar with…

“Because while the truncheon may be used in lieu of conversation, words will always retain their power. Words offer the means to meaning, and for those who will listen, the enunciation of truth. And the truth is, there is something terribly wrong with this country, isn’t there? Cruelty and injustice, intolerance and oppression. And where once you had the freedom to object, to think and speak as you saw fit, you now have censors and systems of surveillance coercing your conformity and soliciting your submission” – V for Vendetta

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Not on the same page

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There are many reason people think differently to one another, and I spend a fair amount of any spare time I have speculating and assessing why that is. Along the way and within my investigative nature, I discovered that my husband was Aphantasic. Meaning he does not have mental imagery annd doesn’t visualise anything in mind. And the reason we stumbled upon this revelation, was because it transpired that I over visualise. Hyperphantasia they have called it. And it was through this difference I began to unravel a huge amount of differences in perspective and attitude that went way beyond just personality and one of us being a man and one being a woman. Although i don’t doubt that plays a bit part.

But given the current social climate we find ourselves in, with very divided attitudes and beliefs, I can’t help but wonder what thought processes those people are going though. On both sides. Not just because of visualing or lack thereof, but of all the other things that affect how you make decisions and access your position in society. There is much to mull over currently, and maybe I will find my way to writing my next non fiction book.

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It looked sinister

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Slightly updated to add in some sources to back up these observations, I understand it won’t be nice for anyone who hadn’t previously noticed or considered some of the issues being highlighted here. But I have no doubt it may still be perceived as ‘conspiracy talk’ to some.

We can’t be sure at this point, but a chain of events seemed to unfold. Some saw it as a warning of what was to come, and theorised what would happen.

I will explain from my point of view, I don’t speak for others.

Last year, only a week before official lockdown was declared, covid was downgraded to a non-highly infectious disease on the gov website.

In the same month, they suddenly suspended the 1902 cremation act. This act was put in place to make sure two doctors had to sign off on death certificates. That is what led to Harold Shipman being caught. So I was concerned when I noticed that had been suspended.

Then they restricted access to care homes and visits by family and loved ones. No-one would be able to see if anything untoward was occurring. There have been reports since of that time, of hundreds of people being left to die of dehydration during the first lockdown. Not a nice way to go, and completely avoidable. – Link to article detailing this

Then there was the ventilators drive. I did not like the high mortality rate once the ventilators got involved, and it was a big fear factor in the propaganda. Evidently it turns out that they shouldn’t have used them for so many. Article here As well as what seems to be a directive from somewhere to put DNR’s (Do Not Resuscitate) orders on people without consent. Not just the elderly, even just for people with learning disabilities. Article here.

In recent months we have learnt that huge quantities of Midazolam was ordered and administered, of which the side effects are breathing problems and is used as a heavy sedative and as end of life drugs.

And we can’t forget the dancing nurses in empty hospitals, barricades to stop the public. To ‘save the nhs’. That phrase has become a sick joke, that we the people are here to serve and save the very institution we have paid into our whole lives. That it can and is being wielded as an instrument of ransom and intimate control over people’s lives is disturbing.

And still now, they have doomed thousands if not millions to a fate of pain and worry by cancelling everything routine ‘just in case’. They have already dismantled the NHS as you knew it and it just seems like a weapon of control and a cash cow. It just seems a formality that they haven’t announced it yet. I do not doubt that there are good people within in, but does not appear to be any who run it or use it against us.

I was not born to save the NHS, none of us were, yet this is the repeated narrative and given reason for everything these days. It was never about health and that much has been made obvious by the way they have ignored existing health problems and created a whole set of new ones.

It was a chain of events, spelling out that something nefarious has played out in front of us. Maybe I’m wrong, and those things are all coincidences. Like all the other things…

(c) K Wicks

What You See Here

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What you see here will lead to only one logical outcome.

But how did we get here, and where is here anyway you might say. Well, let’s review it.

I’ll go back, to The Before Time and start from a couple of decades ago. If you read the piece I am referring to, you’ll know I mean to before mobile phones and the internet. But it is more than that, it’s to before lots of things happened and were put in place to lead us to now. The starting point of this subject to give it reference is housing. The housing market to be precise and the knock-on effect it has had on much around us and people’s lives. The system of rental and ownership, and what the implications of that were, are and seem to be going forward.

I developed an interest almost 20 years ago in housing. Not entirely by accident, I landed my first office job in an estate agents. For three and a half years I got to see how it all worked, being closely involved in all the paperwork, understanding how mortgages worked. First hand as well as i purchased my first house while working there so went through the hoops myself. And over the next few years, my mind gave it more and more thought. It was hard work getting a mortgage back then, raising a deposit (which luckily family helped with), and qualifying for it. That’s the basics, but behind the scenes of that there is much more.

I knew I couldn’t ever get a mortgage on my own. I would never own my house as a young person if I chose to remain single. So just as some people may have money on their mind in a potential partner, I had security in mind. I’d moved around a lot as a child, and desperately wanted to have a base that wouldn’t be whipped out from under me. Renting proved not good enough as the landlord could go rogue or just simply decide to sell, it was a worry. And one I didn’t want dominating my life. I wanted to buy a house, as that to me seemed the logical response to not wanting to be relocated and uprooted every 1-2 years. So, I’ll admit, I was strategic in my choices, because of the end goal I had my heart set on. And, not to overlook the main thing that really facilitated this – family. Without them and sticking to a job with prospects, I had no hope.

I knew how hard it was for people to attain it. Like many others, I was told by my family growing up that is what you should aspire to, house, family, job, security. None of that factoring in individualism or circumstance, and actually, quite conveniently overlooking those things when being judged on it. But that is something else. Within this construct of ‘own your own home’ there were many things I noticed that were set up or in place to make it so that you didn’t really own it. If it’s a flat, you never own it only lease it, and for a house, the fact you borrow the money to buy it, means it is owned by the mortgage company/bank/lender until such time as it is paid off. Sounds simple though, how could they possibly mess with that?

In my mind, this is how it happened. They messed with the interest rates, making mortgages unaffordable to get for lots and suddenly making existing ones harder to manage. Then they changed the amount you could borrow, however briefly, to five times your salary. Now, just that alone should have set off alarm bells for many, but instead they rushed ahead and took the bait. At the time, I said, but don’t people realise they won’t increase wages, and then will increase interest again? I wondered why it was suddenly ok for everyone to start living well beyond their means. (and another side point to this, we do not teach people about good financial sense in school and seem to wait until people are already in debt before advising them on what to do, by then it’s too late).

But back to the set up – once you have the massive mortgage, and the massive house you think you needed, you realise that often what comes with it is a massive increase in stress and worry. Because a change in the interest rates can make you suddenly unable to afford to live there, or a change in your salary, or a life event. So even if it’s just subconsciously, you are distracted. What should be bringing you security, actually brings worry, because now you are insecure about it being taken away.

People who have saved and cut back, so they can pay off their mortgage early and enjoy the final security it offers, are the ones who had the right idea in my mind. For decades they did the right thing. But then another change happened, and one I figured was going to have a long-term effect, but it hasn’t quite played out yet as not enough time has elapsed, so it is mere speculation at this point. But the pension pay-outs, doubled with the equity release seemed to have come about around the same time. Oh, and not to forget they increased the retirement age as well. So someone standing there with a big pot of money, saying, hey you don’t have to wait another ten years for this (now they had made it longer), you can have it now. Quickly, fast, now, now, now. It is very clever how mentality has been speeded up, patience is no longer seen as a virtue. And can easily be countered with the argument, but we are only here once, and you can’t get back time. And that is correct, time is more important than money in the bigger scheme of things. But they have made it so that you appear to be able not to enjoy time, unless you have money. So we are in a bind. And then they pulled the sneaky trick of slowly taking away the future and that also makes people throw caution to the wind as they say, and what may have been ‘saved for a rainy day’, gets allocated to what we then decide through circumstances beyond our control is the rainy day event.

And ordinarily, I wouldn’t have a problem with any of that either. People should live now, don’t wait for life as it won’t wait for you, and don’t put it off. But it ties into something else. Not long after they encouraged lots of homeowners and pensioners to borrow, release and spend. They then cried no money, the pot was emptying too fast, people wanted to draw too much. Then the recent events happened and more money that we could ever imagine flowed like water through the slippery fingers of government. So what was to follow, the inevitable. We won’t have enough left for pensions, retirement ages will need to change again maybe, bills will need to go up, job security has faded into the mist, and then they start that they will need to take people’s houses. What are the chances that it will be the people who have any kind of loan or borrowing against a property who are targeted first. And because there are so many disgruntled people who have been shut out of the housing market over the last few decades, they seem to think it’s ok to do it to people. The attitude of “well I can’t have one, so why should they”. Rather rife it is amongst the self-entitled I have noticed.

I have read some snidey comments online these last few weeks about how older people should have to sell their houses to pay for social care. Intermingled with ones about how unfair it is that old people are even allowed to live in big house by themselves. So I presume it’s just jealousy driving the second comment, but the first one does seem to highlight a social inequality. With the ultimate winner being the social care providers/care homes. And of course, the government makes a nice tidy sum of tax every time someone buys a house. So ‘encouraging’ people to move, usually brings in more revenue for them too.

With the price of care homes being what they are, it really does seem cheaper to hire a full time carer for in your own home, at least you know you or your family member is being looked after, won’t be neglected and shut away from friends and family and might have a chance. Looks like there will be a few carers and trained medical staff looking for work over the coming months, so it might just catch on. But it seems they want you separated and being able to be isolated at the drop of a hat. My logic is as follows, they make it easier to get divorced while simultaneously piling on more pressure within the family unit. Families encouraged to put their elderly in ‘care homes’ and shifting responsibility. Jobs start being further away, cars get cheaper so that people can work further away, people move away, school restrictions and ratings encourage people to move based on education, not family. But that’s ok, they brought in the internet to ‘bring everyone together’ while distracting them at the same time – which only created a false sense of together and it seems to have driven people further apart and created more problems. They want people to feel isolated, fearful and worried and have engineered society to be as it is today with that driving it and pushing it to where they want it to go. Of course I can’t say for sure and that’s just my view and perspective, but I feel it will lead to only one logical outcome.

(c) K Wicks

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It was a piece at a time

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They took us a piece at a time, such small pieces that we didn’t even notice. They changed the way we interact, how we view the world and more importantly, how we view ourselves and each other. And with an overwhelming influence of institutions, they have shaped where we are now.

So, does this mean they have thought of everything? Does this mean they know what they are doing? Does this mean we have already lost our free will and freedom, if we ever had it to begin with?

Because on the face of it, it does seem to be a bit of a lie. Freedom. I will talk of the UK as that has been my main residence for most of my life and where I am from. We have not been free here in the British Iles for quite some time, it would appear to be at least 1000 years of ‘rule’ by a monarchy. We have had regulations governing us and controlling us for countless generations, so is it the concept of freedom we are chasing? Because to me it doesn’t seem like it was ever a reality. You are free within the limits and boundaries of society. So not free then?

We have had quite a strict country at times, turbulent, unsettled, in peril and at war with itself. All the time being in a struggle to create an appearance of harmony and stability, whether it is the case or not. Because many people are more than happy to be ‘seen’ to do the right thing, rather than actually doing the right thing. Appearances – they have much to answer for. The perception of what is going on around us and outside our own personal realities is shaped by external influences, you can’t deny that. But when you look at what those influences are and what they are shaping, there has been a level of concern in my mind for quite some time. And let’s be honest, many of us are all controlled by money and debt these days, no-on is free unless they can afford to be. So again, the term freedom is a matter of perspective, so how can you call agree on what freedom even means?

I don’t want to be somebody’s experiment or puppet, and don’t want to see people controlled and dictated to from birth to death, yet that is how life has been engineered to be for lots of people. What else would I chose for them if I could decide? I honestly don’t know, because this last year and a half has taught me that I had massively misjudged people and what they would fight for. What I think is best for others, really isn’t because they aren’t equipped to deal with it. The differences in ideals, wants, hopes and fears are now affecting every part of life because opinion and not fact seems to be running the show. I don’t mind people having their own opinion at all, I just won’t be living by them, and the second they try to pass off said opinion as fact, I am usually very quick to point that out. There is a difference, and one which we must understand here as they have been very much intermingled for the purpose of confusion.

It really isn’t a conspiracy to understand that there are people and institutions that for generations have been working on formulas and techniques to manipulate and control people and society. It’s not a big secret anymore and we didn’t only just stumble upon it – us ‘theorists’. Which by the way, is a very cunning use of words to discredit people. It’s so simple, yet incredibly effective. But the words conspiracy theorist aren’t really for people like me, as we know what we are and what to do when faced with someone calling us names (I too have been on the playground of life). The word is for others, to make them feel better about not thinking outside the box, to be able to call them something and separate yourself from what they are saying. Fortunately I like to look at the meaning of words and try to only use them appropriately. So previous to this whole debacle I believe I was a conspiracy theorist – I was analysing things to see if there was an ulterior motive to what appeared to be ‘normal’, but I no longer feel that title fits. I am now a society factist. And I will explain why.

The word conspiracy and its meaning = a secret plan by a group to do something unlawful or harmful.

So, very easy to grasp. But this current concept going on around us is no longer secret, and if you looked in the right places, it never actually was.

Theorist = a person concerned with the theoretical aspects of a subject; a theoretician

From my perspective, the moment something stops being theory it either becomes fact or ceases to exist. Much of what I had theorised about in the last two decades has now become fact or transpired the way I thought it would, so I have upgraded myself to factist. Although I would happily drop back down to theorist in a second, it was way more fun to speculate on things and they just remain as a wondering. But when you realise others have had the same thoughts and have tried to expose what is really going on and in the making for decades, you know you can’t make people see. They have to find their own way there, because we are up against a very well laid set of ideas.

Picture Quote – The People Shapers by Vance Packard.

(c) K Wicks

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