Many are now realising how far gone this whole system is, and are trying to get others to understand, that there is no going back. As already discussed in A Certain Type of Person, there are some who can’t see it, or won’t see it as well as those who have already changed, or exposed a part of themselves that doesn’t make them entirely palatable thereafter. Quite a few people I believe have changed their friend set up, employment, family structure and all the other areas of life where people just used to freely mix with each other, or work through disputes and disagreements or social changes in a more cohesive way. But now it’s strained and altered, with new twists and turns finding their way into relationships and lives.

And in the overall misplaced confidence that people will just do as they are told, or believe whatever lie you tell them, it seems maybe it was not noticed how many people do things because it keeps the peace. Or because it’s easier, or because they can’t be bothered to tell you what they really think, so it appears they are on board and because that’s what is wanted, it doesn’t get questioned why they are on board. But you should always question motivation and desire, because if someone is just going along with it, they are not a sure thing, they are a liability to the cause. So, while it may appear that certain numbers of people are doing certain things, I can’t help thinking that really is just how it appears. Ever work with people who prefer to be seen to be doing things, than actually just getting on and doing them? Frustrating when it comes to things working out, but in this societal situation it becomes more relevant, because when you think many are complying, it turns out they just wanted to be seen to comply, but without actually doing it.

And it does seem to be a strange trait we humans have, which can be noticeable from an early age, the example that springs to mind is when a child is told to tidy their room. The brain understands there is a task, and is actually capable of said task, but then decides it wants the result without actually doing the work. The idea of a shortcut develops, a way to clear the mess in minimal time and effort and look to be sorting and cleaning, but actually it all just gets dumped in a box, or pushed under the bed. Now, this does seem like a thought through move to a point, as there is reasoning, action and a result which sort of matches the request. But just as with the old saying ‘brushing it under the carpet or rug’, it remains there until a later time, so you aren’t actually getting ‘the result’ you are getting ‘a result’ which just shifts the problem, issue or request and creates another problem, or the same one just further down the line. Because while there may appear to be instantaneous reasoning for the task, there appears to be very little thought towards purpose and consequence. Now scale up that premise to society, and millions of grown adults being expected to do things and with the outcomes being far more important than just tidying your room. The same tactic will be employed by the brain for many, where it realises it doesn’t have to do the task, but instead just tick a box saying they did it, or delegate the task elsewhere because you can.

And maybe that is why computers and technology is favoured over us in a way, because it really does just do as it’s programmed to, and doesn’t stray outside the parameters it has been set. Will not use reason, or quantify time as money, and money as life as we have to and have been taught to. Because as I have said before, without money it all falls apart, as there is a need for us to accept that system and that our time and lives equate to earnings so that we can ‘live’. And that is why the system needs everyone to be consumed by time, money and greed and wanting to be part of the chain of society, making your money, being successful. Finding your role in that and being compensated for it by way of tokens, that you can only spend at certain shops, that happen to be run by the person that issues you the tokens. How convenient. Then all the shops end up running on the same tokens, so everyone has to have them to ‘buy things’. Who’s That Trip Trapping On My Bridge looks at the gatekeepers who have inserted themselves between you and your item you would like to make a exchange on with the seller. And all these middlemen are now causing a real issue, because not only are they in the way of you and what you would need or want, they all want their cut.

You are no longer a customer, you are a means to an end and instead of being viewed as their profit, you are seen as in the way of their profit. So greedy that in the end that other saying of ‘Don’t Bite The Hand That Feeds You‘ would come into play and people wouldn’t carry on dealing with that business, person or service. But that’s why they tied us all in, with contracts and penalties, agreements and hoops to jump through so we could feel like we ‘earned’ it and go out of our way to ‘qualify’ for society. Well, it seems now that many don’t actually want to qualify for that type of society anymore, because it’s been a front and a sham, where those middlemen have been more content to be seen to be doing things than doing them. Saying the right things, spending the money, gatekeeping and conditioning isn’t a system that is for the good of ‘the people’ at all, it’s for the good of the system and those that benefit from it. Which is maybe why it was important to tie so many in to benefit from it, or at least to appear to, from a few crumbs and pennies here and there to eye-watering sums of money.

Because then you have numbers to help to protect that system if it seems that it’s under threat, numbers on the ground within the masses, who will turn on their own for the sake of their handout. The system is a very long gravy train, with its different compartments dragging another section of society with it, having grades and scales to comply with, forced to buy your ticket, shovel the coal, don’t fit – get thrown off the train. Snowpiercer style. But those getting the cream off the top really don’t want it to end, and it seems many people will do all sorts for just a few crumbs as well. So, keep your wits about you and reasoning skills at the ready, we really in a tight spot at the moment, at the whim of middlemen and mercenaries…

(c) K Wicks