It shouldn’t really take much explanation, a saying that really does get it’s meaning across. Yet, many don’t actually seem to understand the more sinister implications of it, and now things have changed a bit in society, it would seem prudent to examine who it is that is ‘feeding’ you, what it is they are feeding you, and whether it might actually be the time to bite that hand.

Because no-one ever adds the context about what that hand is doing, other than feeding you and that you should be grateful. And in the right setting, yes, you should be grateful, but in the wrong setting, do not be gaslit into thinking you need to keep being fed. Because what if you were being fed poison or being force fed? Well, in that situation I would think it would be necessary to bite the hand that feeds you. But it is also important to note, the underlying context of that saying, as it isn’t just as simple as be grateful and don’t take the piss. It’s an implied exchange between the two parties, that if they are being fed, they should not even look up, let alone bite, even if they do work out they are being fed poison.

No cause for complaint if you are benefitting kind of thing, but what is the benefit of being fed? Ah, yes, to stay alive. So, if someone else has all the food, or access to it, or all the land you are able to grow it on, and you want to live, then you learn not to bite the hand that feeds you. Even if that hand is like the Grim Reaper, reaching down to throw a few crumbs for the mortals, you become dependent on it, unable to provide your own food after a time, and then being forever beholden to that hand. And it knows it.

Now, let us say that the ‘food’ in this analogy is actually money – and you are the one who actually start with the food, being able to sort yourself out, grow it yourself and have no need of a ‘feeder’ to do that for you. But someone (the government), then comes and takes some or all of your food and your land, and locks it away, and gives it back to you in small crumbs and pieces, when they decide when they want to, at a price they get to determine. And shares it around to everyone else while you go without, and you are expected to sit at the dinner table, having provided the nourishment but have to wait until the end after everyone else has had their piece. Maybe there will be a few crumbs left after. And if you happen to say anything or notice? Enter the gaslighting to put that right in mind. Don’t be selfish, you need to share, you wouldn’t deny others, would you? Or, wait until you are accused of being racist, or antisemitic perhaps, to then sit back down and quietly just go hungry.

Because it seems rather obvious now, that people being able to be self-sufficient is the last thing that hand wants, because after it gets bitten, it is no longer required and has no purpose. You don’t then shake that hand and start a new relationship, where it can find something else to feed you with. Just like old fashioned groomers with their offers of sweets and presents, these ones use benefits and cash incentives to feed you with. Hoping you never notice you are being groomed to take part in the sinister trade of society we have in place, where we exchange our time for money, and then trade money for food, while they take more money and then charge us extra for the ‘luxury’ of being able to live what we would call an uninterrupted normal life. And now it’s being elevated to a new level, where the people who do literally feed the masses, farmers, are having their hands chopped off, so they can’t feed us. Choked and restricted with policies, targets and stats, while the ones who start those ideals, have their back-up areas, farmland, islands and their own plantations on the go. Quite neatly away from being accessible to the average person, while they lead us ever further into the roadmap of our 15-minute smart towns and cities they would like us all to part of, in your zone, eating your lab grown ‘food’, being a good little guinea pig, just like it seems, we always have…

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A reading of my article – North and South

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A reading of my article – A Reformed Idea

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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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A reading of my article – Burning Your Bridges

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A reading of my article – On The Ground

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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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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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