A Vote for Nobody

The word Vote. Originating from the Latin vovere, meaning to vow. Instead, we use it for political purposes mainly, where its definition is “a formal indication of a choice between two or more candidates or courses of action, expressed typically through a ballot or a show of hands.”

The overall voting systems that have been with us for quite some time are big business, here and abroad. To keep the illusion in place of people choosing their ‘leader’, electing someone to enact the ‘will of the people’ which of late has become a weird game of picking the best of a bad bunch. And as we know, when it comes to wanting to win and be in charge, during their campaigns they will say whatever they have to in order to win. Then it all falls to the wayside and excuses follow once in place, often with a bait and switch, changes and unforeseen issues that then get blamed on the previous party, not enough money, or whatever blag they come up with. I see no difference in colour or party name now when it comes to the politicians, they are all the same, going round in a dead-end circle, creating a tag team of destruction. Spending a lot of time talking, lying, blaming, meeting, and spending money, but not a lot of doing. Well, at least not doing what they are supposed to, to adhere to the social contract with the people, the one they actually take our money for, they one they have breached and voided.

Clearly the last election showed significant numbers have had enough, and didn’t vote at all, which meant that someone got in on rather less votes than would be liked, but it clearly scared them a bit. Because if no-one voted, at all, where does that leave it? How can you have a social contract with the people when there are no people for you to govern? Not that they do govern, currently they are on a mission to break down, destroy, and reorganise Britain and its native population. Hoping the new voters will save them, or follow them, or whatever it is they are bribing them for. With handouts galore of free housing, education, healthcare, money, travel, leisure activities, holidays and more. All with the money taken from taxpayers we are told, while those taxpayers have been excluded from much of those things throughout their adult life.

It’s a strange thing to see each group of people targeted, pensioners, workers, employers, students, landlords, business owners and all the other domestic and native infrastructure we have. Being bulldozed by homogeny, same shops, same demographic, run by the government, funded by the taxpayer, who for the most part, don’t actually have anywhere else to go. With the greedy government taking more and more, and throwing it at others right in people’s faces. Making sure we hear about the numbers of people arriving, where they are staying, how much money they are getting, as well as the companies benefitting from all the contracts. The hotels, the lawyers, the charities. All playing their part in this weird tale of destruction.

And the baton of responsibility is now to be handed down, to the 16- and 17- year-olds, to bring them into the voting fold. Another generation to groom for their allegiance, just as we all were back then too for when we came of voting age. It became clear over the years though, that they never did what they said they would, and now we understand just how deceitful and underhanded they have been. With strategic deals and contracts, hidden agendas and ideals, all apparently funded by the people’s money. It’s easy to splash it around when it’s not yours or you have no respect for it, or you didn’t earn it with your own time. And even more so when there are no repercussions for wasting it, or losing it or simply just giving it away so you can look important. Because that’s where we are, being bled dry by a group of leeches, who would very quickly change their ways if it was their own personal cheque book being used for all the ‘projects’ that someone signs off on. If the final invoice were to be addressed to them personally, a very swift change would occur and you can believe they would not be so frivolous and spend happy with it. Because they seem awfully good at hoarding their own money and assets, yet cannot seem for the life of them to hang on to ours, and in fact, keep trying to find new ways to take more…

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The Important Word

Things get changed often when it comes to Words and Meanings, especially these days with the definition of meaning being changed right under our noses, and the important point often gets lost or buried over time. The latest example which bothers me greatly, is the talk of making it illegal to criticise a religion, not all of them, just one. Although maybe not just one, because if you add the prefix of ‘Anti’ and the extra word ‘Phobic’ on the end, it seems to become a rather useful silencing or manipulation tool. And one must question the amount of media attention that is now being thrown at the rather concerning issue of grooming gangs, and the significant numbers of perpetrators and victims. Quite the opposite of years ago, when it wasn’t discussed for fear of ‘inflaming racial tensions’.

But I realised, that was part of the problem in the media and part of the way they were able to suppress it. Because it shouldn’t be about a race at all, if someone rapist is a rapist, or a paedophile, or a cold-blooded murderer, then what should it matter what the colour of the person is or prefix given to them is. It seems that prefix is then used to try and steer people towards that as a focus, so it can lead to other topics, discussions, and ultimately then used as a political tactic or a media frenzy. To then steer it further away by talking of lessons, policies and laws. All the while it’s allowed to continue or hasn’t even been dealt with yet, which means you know they aren’t really talking about lessons and prevention in the future. They are using talking as a way of getting away with not doing. Deliberate procrastination, for what seems a much more sinister purpose.

In reality, they should just be called grooming gangs, or rapists, or paedophiles and so on. Only once they are behind bars and removed as a danger is there time to discuss their motive, their affiliations, their background, their psychology and so on. By putting an extra perceived identity or difference over people, distracts from their actions as an ordinary human who has crossed the line of humanity. And once you cross that line, we used to have quite clear laws and ways of dealing with those people. So, like with many things these days, you end up asking why would the establishment want lots of stabby, rapey, hateful, murderous types of people running around, who appear to be untouchable. Speculated on in The IPA’s, about why they are able to suddenly have all the rights in the world, to have access to all the resources of our country, and are being given priority over the native population which has funded it all, as far as we know.

By putting any kind of racial or religious slur in front of a real accusation of wrongdoing, seems to leave you wide open these days to be ignored, harassed or dismissed. And really, it shouldn’t be necessary anyway to add anything extra, other than circumstance and motive perhaps. And although either of those things may come up as motive by the perpetrator, it should not detract or sway the punishment in any way, just go some way to explain why they steered from the path of normality. And we can see that some very hateful attitudes are being encouraged to fester and flourish, which were always there and are not new by any means, but they never had such an open stage before. Where so many people have so little self-control, or mindfulness, or manners. Even in politics they do it all the time, to have people arguing that it was Labour who did this, or Tory who did that, and so much time is wasted trying to point fingers and shift blame. All the while no one actually does anything, that high-level procrastination being how the government operates. A lot of spending, a lot of talking, and not so much doing.

Focus on the problem words and not the prefix – politicians, rapists, grooming gangs, terrorists, murderer and so on and to me it really doesn’t matter what religion or race you are if you fall into those categories. Because the media and those who own it, are very good at knowing what a well-placed word can do, and how people will latch onto things, twist things or add their own prejudices and add to the distraction of point. So, we end up being caught in a loop of discussion, with peer pressure and shame being used against people to ‘keep the peace’, or whatever excuse they come up with for not doing anything about it. Just letting the destruction pile up and sticking to whatever plan they are following, and we unfortunately are all being dragged along with it…

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A Prime Choice

Being in your prime. Said of certain ages along the way as you grow up. I guess it changes with requirement depending on what part of your life you’re going through, and whether society has deemed a need for that. The prime of youth, of being work ready, of being mature, of being ‘at the right time’ often in the eyes of others.

But as child brides and marriage take more of a centre stage in the news and certain cultures that are now prevalent in Britain and Europe, I couldn’t help but to give it more thought. Because it’s not new, and it does seem to be across the board in varying degrees.

Amish – although there are many things to admire about the Amish, this wasn’t one of them. Hearing that the much older male members of the groups, will marry the young women, and the young men often get thrown out. So, they don’t take the young women as wives. Apparently, there are thousands of young men from those groups who no longer have a community because of sexual jealousy.

And that is probably the motivation across the board. Competition, jealousy, desire, and extreme selfishness for personal gratification. All neatly protected by that veil of various religions, or cult mentality, or systematic conditions needed to facilitate it and condition the up-and-coming generations to perpetuate it.

In Britain, we currently have a rather large issue of children being inducted into a system of abuse that spans decades. Not just because of foreign religions or cultures, but they are alongside our very own homegrown abusers. Now we have added a hefty number to that with more people of a twisted mindset and archaic attitude. But it was already here, so embedded that most didn’t even notice, or thought it was rare, a one-off when you did get to hear about it in the news. I thought Jimmy Savile might have opened people’s eyes and minds a bit to the scale and level of it. And now we know how selective the ‘news’ is about what and who they report, it’s not hard to see why so many get away with so much.

In Britain, the age of consent was 12, between 1275 and 1875. That’s quite a long time in my view. And although it always seemed a bit much to have a family by 17 back in the day, if you’ve been ‘available’ for 5 years by then, it makes more sense. It didn’t sit well with me, but it made sense. And if we believe the high infant mortality rates and lower age of death than we are used to today, then it makes more sense.

So, I wonder. What was the real motivation for changing it in 1875. As nothing is ever really for safety or for the good of the people, or because people protest, so my cynical mind sees it as a power move. Like with the Amish strategy, to remove their competition or threaten them with punishment for going near their ‘stock’. You still couldn’t get married, though, until aged 21, up until 1823, so there is quite a big gap between being sexually mature at 12 apparently, yet your deemed not emotionally mature until 21. But after 1823, it dropped to 14 for girls to be able to be married without parental consent.

Perhaps that was because a change in attitudes towards unwed mothers took over, and stigma and shame were put in place to make people ashamed of breeding. Also giving a very handy pool of ‘resources’ they might have use for, maybe leading in to that Rather Dark Enterprise that was around at the time…

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A Way to Communicate

It’s not all about words. How we use them, convey them and understand them, there is also much more that goes into it. Facial expressions, energy, intention and approach. We already know just words can be and are used for purpose, as discussed in Words and Meaning and Crafty, but as a general tool needed in everyday life, it seems many overlook their potential, and power when it comes to society.

People with charisma, often noted as being able to say almost anything at all, if you do it in a charismatic way. So, it is their presence that gives words something extra, their delivery and timing. Often to great effect.

Passive aggressive comments and actions – for people who don’t know how to approach a conversation, situation or because they are trying to control the atmosphere and want people to either respond, or be dominated by their words. The ones who sigh under their breath, make comments to thin air, but expect anyone within earshot to say something or ask about their plight. Who clatter around in a rageful way, but act surprised when questioned what their problem might be. In fact, not just surprised, but offended. Look at me, don’t look at me kind of thing.

Shouting at people, not quite as effective as some people think. You may indeed get your basic point across, but often it is invalidated by the approach. Trying to let someone know how you feel, by making them feel bad, isn’t a good approach, and shouting is a good way to let them know a few things as well. Firstly, that you are not in control of your emotions, and once someone has lost control and started down that route, unfortunately trying to talk to them normally doesn’t work. So, you get dragged into shouting back in order to even be able to ‘talk’ to them. And secondly, they are being disrespectful towards you by raising their voice and using aggressive tactics.

How to Win Friends and Influence People – a book by Dale Carnegie. And one I was recommended to read many years ago. I enjoyed it very much, but already worked out certain things along the way just through paying attention. Being aware of the ways in which you approach things and people, you can end up getting the best out of people and situations, as I thought you were meant to. Yet some people get so very stuck in their ways, and believe others are the issue, or the obstacle holding them back. Not quite realising that it is they who are the obstruction, to their own life running a bit more smoothly. The internet having much to look at when it comes to interactions and how people decide to conduct themselves in a somewhat public setting, looked at in the article Putting Your Best Foot Forward. Where you do get to see the best and the worst of people, but only in words and in a well thought out and packaged format. And occassionally with a video and a face to emote what they want to, but not the full package of expressions you would expect when in person. Where you can see for yourself, and you can also feel for yourself. That skill we have of reading energy is stronger in person, and maybe part of the reason online is encouraged so much. For dating, education, finance, emotions, health, work, friendships and more. It diminishes part of our abilities to evaluate people properly, which for many is already impaired or non-existent.

When it comes to understanding people though, I have found certain quotes along the way have also been of great help, just to know that others have observed and encountered the same thing. And then went on to so eloquently explain the problem or lack or reasoning occurring in the conversational counterpart.

“She had lost the art of conversation but not, unfortunately, the power of speech.” ~George Bernard Shaw~

“I know you think you understand what you thought I said, but I’m not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant.” ~Alan Greenspan~

And it’s easy to get confused, with different meanings, intentions and interpretations of things. Which is why I think it is so important to be able to discuss, in a constructive way, what those differences or misunderstanding are. And if not, then just stop talking, and go your own merry way…

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A Costly Life, or a Profitable Death?

The sun still shines, mostly, people still go about their day, if they can, and we all get dragged along behind the large and never-ending gravy train that is Britain. A hub of all sorts of activities, like Mos Eisley perhaps, where those words occasionally echo through my mind when watching the politicians “You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy”. Although, we know there are other Hives around the world, so we are not unique, or alone with the feeling I believe.

But the latest twists and turns of this dark path we are on really do seem to be revealing a very twisted and buckled mentality at the helm. Which we have already been witness to, and have been for more decades that we might like to admit, but it’s out there in the open now for all to see. My articles, It Looked Sinister, and More than Sinister started to look at a more recent side of it, with others like It’s Big Business and What Are We Worth? also looking at how much incentive there is for corporations to be so intimately involved in all aspects of your life.

With new and innovative ways to take people out of the processes of Life. From starting your journey in a external pod, already mentioned in Pod Life and Pod Life 2, you can now end it there too with a Death Pod. Seemingly desperate to remove humans from the human processes of creating and growing other humans. Quite an odd and destructive move, but seems to be what they would like. And they keep Tightening The Screw on society and the mentality of people, to convince them of what they want them to think. That the cost of living is too much of a strain, so look to an affordable death instead, which of course, someone else is Making Money from Misery and would like to continue, and look to find more elaborate ways to do it. It also helps them to keep people horrified and arguing, arguing morality and legality while they carry on with their Rather Dark Enterprises.

Continued talk and laws for assisted suicide, now also pushing full term abortions with no questions and no consequence. Which should make anyone realise they are handing you the rope to hang yourself, because then they don’t have to believe they are part of it. Like other things recently, a large emphasis being put on ‘it’s your decision’ and ultimately it is. Because just as discussed in That’s The Ticket, it’s like they need you to volunteer, to hand yourself and your offspring over willingly as a sacrifice. You can’t be taken, you must give yourself. Which is why perhaps the coercion tactics are so heavy, the psychological propaganda relentless, to those who are still wavering, or are undecided. In Dante’s Inferno, the entrance to hell was the Vestibule, filled with the undecided, who’s punishments were to be stung by hornets and to chase an unanchored banner, symbolizing a lack of action and indecisiveness. And sometimes it is good to wait to make a decision, and not be forced, but if the indecision lasts too long, then it leaves more room for it to last, or for it be taken as you need assistance with it. Doubt can help you or hinder you, and sometimes it can be a good thing to have others to assist. Just make sure you know the motive and incentive of anyone offering you that ‘help’ to decide…

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Seeing Yourself

It’s now a thing more than ever before, being able to see yourself. Utilising the move forward in technology to give us a view of ourselves, not usually factored into our development previously, or at least not as much. But in that ‘view’, it seems it’s more than just a digital 2-D representation of ourselves, imprinted in time and in our minds once created, an image our ourselves also gets created.

But further to just seeing a created image of you as a still image, we then took it further with moving images, cinematography and the whole industry that was then spawned. The ‘silver screen’ and glitz and glamour that was then portrayed through it, and from it. Creating a completely different mindset in many people, of either how they view things and people, or how they thought they wanted to be viewed. Almost like a strange looped awareness and existence, where people possibly never really get to be themselves, because they spend so much time wondering about how they appear from a second- or third-person perspective, and that goes into forming who they end up being. But is that who they are, really?

And for it to take hold and become ingrained in people’s thoughts, it needed people to want to be looked at. To want to be known, looked at, admired and ultimately perhaps to hope to become all that you pretend to be. But it’s all based on perception, at least for people in the public eye. For people you meet and know personally, it’s slightly different. But only because it has a different platform and used to be a smaller audience, so it came out in different ways. Now however, people can find their own audience to a point, can be their own content and gather their own audience like never before. Creating some rather strange oddities for people to observe, or at least that’s how it is presented. Again, these are created personalities and scenarios, to hook you in and keep you entertained.

That TV show Big Brother was an interesting move to get people more involved with the weird set up of watching people being watched. To get people used to the idea of being watched and monitored, and how you are perceived by your immediate peers, or a wider audience, which then affects the outcome of how you are treated in the ‘real world’ thereafter. Gogglebox was another odd one I found, the concept of watching a TV, to watch people watching a TV and commenting on it seemed an extra separation from doing something real.

Perception – this being how we see things, ourselves and form opinions and beliefs, covered from certain angles in Perceptions of Self, and Perceptions of What We Think We See. And as we now live in a very deceiving time, what we perceive to be true images or facts has become a bit less clear but than it used to be. In fact, we relish fiction and lies as a species, as long as we know and they are framed as such. Once we are not aware if they are truth or not, it must throw off our perception skills somewhat I would think. That’s maybe why naive people struggle, they are programmed to believe and trust what they see and hear. And then there are the more jaded amongst us, who may initially take things on face value, and then take the extra time to discern whether it is indeed a truth to work with or something factual to analyse and understand.

A person – “The word ‘person’ originates from the Latin word ‘persona’, which initially referred to the mask worn by actors in ancient theatre. This mask signified the role or character the actor was playing. The concept evolved to encompass the individual playing the role, and eventually, the general concept of a human being” – strange that we talk so much these days about people ‘masking’ or putting on a face for society, and not really being themselves. All these ‘persons’ of society not really being themselves at all, because we are defined as a masked version of ourselves.

Mirror – I believe this also would have changed the mentality of people a fair amount, and I do have wonderings about the real reasons for mirrors being made a thing, and for every household to have them briefly discussed in A Portal. But before that, vanity of course must have existed, mist was it so prevalent? Did people feel the need to check their face all the time, and wonder what others thought of it? Did people even care in the time after they became mainstream? Or was that why extra pressure through propaganda and ‘beauty standards’ needed to be encouraged, so that people started judging each other more, competing with each other more and fighting amongst themselves in a perpetual Keeping Up With The Joneses type of squabble. Too busy showing off to and trying to outdo each other to notice the real villains in the tale.

Avatar – A word that has become mainstream in recent years, even before the film came out. It’s original meaning in Hinduism is – “a manifestation of a deity or released soul in bodily form on earth; an incarnate divine teacher.” We apply it to someone’s identity icon on their online profile, feeding into a ‘persona’ that gets created for them to become part of and feed into. Possibly confusing an unformed identity, but on the flipside, could help to solidify one already one the way to knowing thyself. Hard to say for sure.

Matrix – they touched upon it in the film when they referred to Neo’s ‘residual self’, when it came to explaining why he appeared different when back in the Matrix. Showing that often we have a different mental image or view of ourselves compared to the real version. How we look as well as how we think we look becoming part of what gives us this picture of ourselves, and in the film, that is then projected within the ‘construct’ to create a 3d physical reality and self. But because he never ever viewed himself as the real version after we woke up, with the plugs and human modifications, it seems he never did quite get his head round being a visitor to it as he never appeared as his real self. Only the projection.

Individual – Identity divided into dual aspects is how I breakdown that word now, because once it was pointed out to me that the word on the end is dual, which is amusing in a word meaning single. Ideally it should be a word to describe each human as a separate entity from The Hive, but in essence seems to represent maybe the splitting of the identity, or soul perhaps as mentioned in Soul Harvester. Taking you away from being part of the universe and instead getting caught into a kind of dualverse, where it doesn’t seem as easy as it once did to know or work out who people are, because many of them it seems, don’t even know who they are themselves…

M.C. Escher – Hand Reflecting Sphere (1935)

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