Supermarkets

It started with convenience, everything in one place, free parking, lots of choice. Moving into larger stores, more shops available, 24 hours shopping. Supermarkets gradually took over as the main source of the family weekly shop, with many citing it as the Death of High Street, but years later, many smaller shops still remained, although getting less and less. My article highlighted a particular issue I found with local shops, so supermarkets got my business instead. But times are changing again, with supermarkets now being a major player in trying to roll out digital and automation, using something extremely necessary for survival. Food. Written about in If you control the food, it’s become very obvious of late that there are moved to control, restrict and change what people are ‘allowed’ to eat, as well as wanting everyone to be monitored and controlled through I.D’s, apps and routine medical testing. To me supermarkets are a possible front line for this change to take place, and if people realise what part they are playing, and how important they are, maybe it will change how some people view this situation.

I’ll note the problems I have with some of the new things moving in, from things I have read and articles I have seen over the last few months.

  • Access via app stores only – where you won’t be allowed into the store unless you have a smart phone, which has the stores app on it, which you must sign up for, and scan in with. No app, no entry. Just like the good old days, if your names not down, your not coming in, kind of thing.
  • More self-service tills – many have differing views on this, some like the streamlined aspect of it, no human interaction, and all very ordered, or so it seems. Because often they have issues, and always there is a human presence to deal with said issues, or give guidance to the untrained person being expected to use the equipment. But the main gripe people who aren’t on board have is that it is an obvious move to cut down on staff, and to save/make more money for the company, while all the while the shopping environment becomes a more sterile atmosphere, but doesn’t seem to be as nice, or clean as before. So sterile in attitude, not in appearance or efficiency unfortunately.
  • Petrol pumps – it seems that some places, while it seemed easier to pay at the pump, a new rule, apparently introduced by the banks, is that they will reserve an amount of around £120.00 from your bank, and refund/return what you don’t spend within up to 60 minutes. Another seriously cheeky move in the game of money, transaction and charges. I have shared my views on Cash and the money they make from us having money, so this is just another move to have more say than they should about what is done with your money. Because once you hand it over to the bank, are you really in control of it anymore?

But supermarkets like I said, play a frontline role in this, because if enough people just blithely download these things, and allow others to be restricted or refused food because they didn’t download an app, or didn’t want to have a phone with them, then we are in real trouble. Which may be so, because given how recent events went, and many people without a seconds hesitation, actually wished people harm because they didn’t ‘do as they were told’. So, if someone is threatened with no access to food, what will they do? Will they refuse? Will they shout about it? Will they comply? I guess we will see where people will fall on that one, if the authorities and corporations are allowed to continue with their agendas and targets which seem set on decimating the food chain and normal food, farming and agricultural systems in place. So, it is Convenience, or dependence? because it seems awfully like we are being streamlined to fit around their corporate systems, targets and services. The consumer becomes the consumed…

(c) K Wicks

A Different Trajectory

So many lives have been interrupted, steered in a different direction, and in some cases, halted altogether. But at the beginning of this, I couldn’t help thinking of all the situations people would be missing out on. The implications of the decisions being imposed on a nation, being felt at a very individual level for so many all at once. Aside from the very sinister occurrences covered in It looked sinister, it was other things too that may seem quite ordinary or mundane to some, but those things shape your life, and you. Give you experiences which help to build your character and form your personality as you get older. Once lockdown started, I really felt for people. No socialising, casual shopping, get togethers, parties, hanging out, moving, getting married. Or meeting new people, dating, starting new jobs or travelling. So much either put on hold or has gone forever. Time does not wait though, it marched ever on as it does, and people’s lives were held in place, or tipped upside down.

Because alongside that, ran other pressures, worries and concerns. A campaign of propaganda, coercion, fear and a relentless drive to change people’s way of thinking. A lot of strain and pressure has been put upon people, by the government, local vicinity, and in many cases, their own friends, family and colleagues. And there we really got to see ‘peer pressure’ in action. In fact, they encouraged and facilitated it, allowed bullying and cajoling of people, as part of the plan to wear people down and in some cases break them. My article Nudge, Nudge goes into that a bit more as well as The three d’s of conversion under coercion. But really what many seem to overlook now, is their own behaviour during that and how they are now viewed. It really has revealed a starkly uncaring and nasty streak in many, where under other circumstances may not have had a chance to be exposed, but once you know, you know. And it really does (or at least should), change the way you look at someone. Knowing they wanted to throw you to the wolves, just to make themselves ‘feel better’. Not to actually save them, or help them in any physical way, just to feel better about being duped themselves, because that in some cases is what it highlights. That they were easily fooled, just followed orders and didn’t actually use their brain. Now, that can’t be said of all, some who indulged the new experimental drug did actually think it through with what they thought they knew, and genuinely thought they were making the right decision, because they listened to people who cared not one jot about them. Overriding their own concerns, or ignoring the concerns of others, blind trust I guess. Even people close to you can lie and take advantage of you, so why it wouldn’t be considered for complete strangers and ones who stand to profit financially from your decision, is beyond me.

So, people are now on a different trajectory from before, things have been redirected and rearranged. Lives, destinies and paths have been altered and are being steered somewhere new. That doesn’t mean you can’t take control of the situation, and take back some of that, but if you continue to drift along with no purpose or aim, you will get pulled along with the prevailing current, or worse, sucked under. It can’t go back to how it was before, too much has changed, too much damage has been done for forgive and forget, I can see that. The toll it has taken on people from all sorts of angles is clear, and still goes on, so there hasn’t been time to try and work through it, move on from it or work out how to move on from it. I believe that’s part of the overriding plan to reshape society, throwing constant changes and variables at people, meaning you can’t find your feet and stabilise, to regroup as you might call it. Because if we did regroup, we would be stronger and more of a threat. That’s why it serves a purpose for everyone to be at odds with each other, about everything we could be – colour, height, weight, gender, education, politics, vaccines, music, religion, media, etc. Personal preference is now used as a basis for throwing insults, excluding people and trying to show them up, a classic example of that being “I really like apples. Oh, so you hate oranges then?” It’s an odd thing, to be expected to defend yourself against that which you have no issue. Which is the issue to people who want division. It’s not enough to like something, they need you to hate something too it would seem, And all it has done in many cases, is make people stay quiet about what they like, so they don’t get accused of hating something else. And others, well, they are all too vocal with what they hate, constantly needing others to be aware of it. I guess it makes me wonder, what is it they actually like? Do they know? Do they understand the concept of like, and acceptance, and tolerance? Not so sure, yet that is what is it is claimed to be. There seems to be a lot of redefining of terms these days, but that doesn’t make the change so, it just writes down what someone thinks it should be. We are in a murky world of definitions at the moment, and maybe we always were, where they invent and define terminology to control, dictate, bamboozle and ultimately gain an advantage. Then they re-invent them, when the mood changes, or the narrative needs a shift, swaying the collective mindset of society in the direction that gives them the upper hand.

And what of that upper hand, previously it seemed to be for the benefit of just Consumerism, or to push people’s ideals and wants in a certain direction. But now it has taken a rather insidious turn, and no longer seems to be about spending and industry, it seems to be about domination and control of peoples bodies, actions, thoughts and feelings. Slightly different approach from “Hey, buy this”, it’s turned a bit into “Hey, we own you, do what we say”. Where they would like us to understand we are no longer the consumer, we are now the product, which therefore makes us, the consumed. So, what it is they are consuming of ours? Data, money, time, energy, thoughts, ideas, etc. We are being harvested, emotionally, financially and mentally, with a final purpose of our actual bodily parts then get re-used for someone else. So, to me it’s a bit more in depth and complex than just “they want your data”, or they are just trying to take everyone’s assets, because while they are, it’s a much bigger sinister picture unfolding around us.

(c) K Wicks

Ghost Cities

This isn’t about haunted cities, despite the title. And a wonderful film, Spirited Away, would be one to watch if you like ghost cities in the paranormal context. But this is about real cities. Well, I say real cities, because that’s what they look like on the face of it. My starting point for this was finding about huge uninhabited cities that were built in China, and never used. Seeing vast towns and cities across places like Russia, Japan, and the Middle East. They looked like the future, all of those places.

And when you look around the world, there is a lot of abandoned ones. For various reasons apparently, financial collapses, disasters, a change in times and fortunes. Ancient and modern alike, apparently we are prone to the same predisposition for grandeur, opulence and wastefulness. But of these cities dotted around the world, I sometimes thought they looked like they might have been used as movie sets, and thought no more about it. Until certain propaganda videos started making their way over from China at the start of the pandemic. I grew up not knowing much about that place, understanding it was shut off from the rest of the world for hundreds of years from 1434, apparently opening back up in 1979. Although if you start to look at ‘history’ it can be confusing, as the silk road carried on until 1453, and there were a couple of ‘opium wars’ in between as well. So, although shut off, kind of still trading and doing business here and there when it suits, so just the population in general shut off then?

Back to the propaganda videos, the start of which was people just ‘dropping like flies’ in the streets. Used by the media over here to whip people into a terrified frenzy as best they could. To enforce the idea that there is something in the air that you can’t see, that could kill you. The air, something that you have to have, and is all around you. Very clever I thought, having given much though already to fear, its uses and why people would want to use it against someone or for an advantage. Taking something routine and everyday you can’t avoid and putting fear around it, as I talked about in my article Don’t fall asleep.

But the idea of cities with no people, sat around just waiting for a purpose didn’t go away. Then I thought about how easy it would be to have that city full when needed, of either actors, or unsuspecting people who think it’s a normal city like any other, because they know no other. Truman Show esque style. It is not out of the realm of possibility that they would have that type of thing at their disposal, public opinion and Consumerism seems to be extremely important to them, and having control over it them. And through the means of psychology (the depth approach), technology and marketing and propaganda, they have worked out exactly what they need to do, to get the desired results. And if it looks like they won’t get them with everyone, they will cheat, and make it ‘look like’ they did. Even now, we have well placed, strategic ‘leaked’ videos, showing what they want you to see. Every. Damn. Time. And even some of what have been deemed as false flag events, these get confused by some thinking they are faked events, whereas my understanding is that are not faked at all. They are orchestrated, and appear as a massacre by a lone individual or small group on a mission, or with such a deep cause within them it compels them to act. So, often the casualties would have to be real, the location real, the perpetrator real. But you can switch any of those for one to be conveniently placed, or faked, or manipulated to carry out such acts or react to them. They can fake entire lives on the screen, so if you haven’t met these people, you will never know for sure. And there used to be a time where it would be said, don’t believe what they say, believe what you see.

Well, that isn’t quite as it used to be anymore with technology, graphics, drones, CGI, robotics and animatronics, so much can be manipulated. The patents held for other intrusive technologies are also concerning, and ones they delight over. Of being able to ‘get inside your head’ and further down the lines, they want to put chips directly into your brain system, so they can literally be in your thoughts. Studying them, scanning them, deciding them ultimately. Sounds more than creepy doesn’t it, and it is. Like an obsessed entity that cannot deal with individualism, that wants to assimilate you into their central processing centre, so you can be a drone for them, feeding them your subconscious thoughts, while they feed you whatever they want to. And then it becomes a self-sustaining cycle, a co-dependency of sorts, but not a healthy one. Makes me think of The Borg in Star Trek, and of The Strangers in Dark City, covered a bit in my article The Hive. We are a visual creature, and although attached to an animal, we use a saying for humans as well, ‘Monkey see, monkey do’, and it’s not hard to see the route of it.

We learn well by observing others, usually. Picking up useful things throughout our life, watching to see how it’s done, then trying it ourselves. Which has served us well, but it’s quite possible that it is now being used against us for purposes of control. We are shown what is ‘happening to people’ if they disobey, or step out of line, just as they did here too during the propaganda drive. Showing you people being excessively fined, or in distress in the hospitals, being stopped from doing normal things and living. And in my mind that achieved two things at once, killing two birds with one stone as they saying goes. It instantly causes a divide, because some people would have taken the instant fear route, and wanted to avoid any scrutiny and indeed the threatened ‘punishment’, while others realised the stupidity of it and the dangerous slippery slope it would lead to, also knowing the ‘punishments’ were just the old carrot and stick methods. I’ll try and bribe you with carrot, then hit you with the stick kind of thing. Psychological warfare with an overtone of brutality, which is exactly what they have created with the strategic timing of video ‘leaks’, articles, daily press conferences, death stats and all sorts of other continuous tactics they used. Nudge, Nudge and The three d’s of conversion under coercion covered those too. They have thrown everything at this, they really have. Which is why I do think it’s not too outrageous to believe that there could be towns and cities, built for purpose and used as such, just not the purpose we might have thought they were for…

(c) K Wicks

And a reading of the article too, if you would prefer to listen instead…

Unrealised Youth

For some, it may well be an unrealised youth, you hear the phrase ‘living through their kids’, to imply that someone missed the boat, and gets a second chance through their kids. A worrying concept. It could also be the case though, that they did realise their youth, and it was just fine, but the opportunity to ‘do it over’ sort of presents itself with your offspring, or just with time. We hear of people having a mid-life crisis and wanting to do impetuous things associated with youthfulness, but unfortunately many aren’t able to fund those ideas at the age we might want to do them. So, I can see why when you get to an age when you can, or maybe of a certain mindset, it can seem like a mid-life crisis, but maybe it’s just a normal life thing to happen. For some. But trying to have a life through others, is a dangerous game to play. There are various scenarios where it can manifest, not just with parents and children of course, partners, friends, colleagues, and even in the weirdest set-ups, strangers. Whether it is because they cannot form a proper life on their own, or they are dependent on others energy and attention I’m not sure, each case would be different.

In the worst-case scenarios those, we have Munchausen-by-proxy, and a well-known case of it here in the UK, where a nurse killed children, to get off on the drama and attention that then surrounded that child needing help. And there have been many cases, but on an individual level, where it’s just one mother and child, and a ‘mystery illness’, lots of attention through the other person. And perhaps there are men who do it too, but no stories spring to mind, so far I have only read about it being women, and that being said, only the ones that got caught.

With other relationships, it can be just as unhealthy, any kind of dependency on others like that. For attention, energy, validation, continuous emotional support and other things that, in the right dose, would be fine, and normal. But when it becomes a want for those things, or a craving that extends beyond normal human interaction, that’s when it gets weird. And not always as noticeable as you might think, because the person on the receiving end needs to able to firstly, spot what is going on, and secondly, have the strength of character to deal with it. Nipping it in the bud they call it, halting something dead in its tracks before it can go any further and mutate into a weirder version of itself. Knowing when someone is being entirely self-serving may seem like an obvious spot, but sadly, it’s not always so. And worse than that, are some who in some strange way, convince themselves that they are trying to help the person – on both sides. Desperately so in some cases, because it would appear they develop a severe attachment and dependency disorder, and then require the subject of their fixation, ideally, to return that dependency. For both sides, it gives them a sense of control, albeit a temporary and superficial one, and possibly even alleys some of the more outlandish behaviour that would reveals the instability in all it’s crazy glory. And perhaps, that is why some people on the receiving end, indulge that behaviour, or go along with it as best they can, for those seemingly calmer, more stable moments and to avoid ‘the drama’ or ‘the tantrum’. And sometimes it needs to be called out, and exposed for what it is, because in the face of scrutiny, often does not hold up as valid, and they know that, so will try to avoid having anyone else be able to speak against it or question it.

Being able to understand where people are coming from is incredibly important, to be able to grasp their motive and intention towards you, and understanding yours towards them equally so. It can help greatly, but between people hiding their true intentions, and people not always being confident enough to ask question, or fully interpret the answers, we are often left with confusing interactions and experiences. That isn’t anything new though, and why people talk about body language as a source of information to know what’s really going on with someone. Unfortunately, there is no hard and fast manual for it through, each person will have a slightly different version of a ‘tell’ or ‘giveaway behaviours’, which to people who have the gift, can see it straight away. Others need coaching, and some will never see it, despite trying. And just as there are varying degrees of being able to work people out for good or to help them, there are those who use it for nefarious purposes and to hold people back. To detect the fears and vulnerabilities in people, the easily led and the ones they can take advantage of, and use those fears against them. Mostly for their own gain, but sometimes just for the meanness of it, because they can. The spiteful type, you know the ones, who carry around so much bitterness and hatred, it seems to ooze out of them and spill over into normal life. There is so much to do, and think about, that there really doesn’t seem time to be hateful towards others. If they have done wrong, swift justice, no more thought. If they are awful, cut them out of your life, no more thought. Do you see a pattern there? Not only do some people waste a big portion of their lives doing something they hate, or being around people they don’t like, that when they do stop being around that, they forget to enjoy things, and keep that hateful attitude. So, they waste more time talking and thinking about something that has passed, and is gone, and is only being kept alive by their want to keep it so. Maybe it becomes so familiar, they don’t know how to leave it behind. Give time and thought to that which deserves it, and take action on that which needs it, and when it comes to interactions with others, work out whether it is you who is giving your time, or if it is someone or something taking it…

(c) K Wicks

A Cube

Just a random article about cubes. The films I have listed below for reference, all have a cube as a heavy feature in the storyline. They make me think of other well-ordered geometrical things, like grids and systems, which run off of a power source. I will explain after each one.

Hellraiser (1987) – a puzzle of sorts, a box to be opened and tempt you into hell. But it is a cube with a dark secret, which feeds on human desire, curiosity and deviance, which activate it. So, that is its power source.

Star Trek First Contact (1996), The Borg – their ship is a cube, they search out and assimilate knowledge and other species. And this one runs on a very clear system, with the power source being the Borg themselves integrated with the technology.

The Cube (1997) – a strange film without a backstory given or answer of how or why. But a maze in a cube for unsuspecting occupants, more like a prison with boobytraps and mechanisms, yet still a system and design that serves a purpose.

Transformers – the allspark which was a great power source. Shaped like a cube, and part of the machine world, but still seems relevant here.

Tesseract – in the marvel films, a recurring item throughout the films, is again a cube, this one being an unlimited power source.

We always seem to be looking for the ultimate energy source, and therefore power. I guess it’s no coincidence that the word power is used for batteries, as well as for ruling. Maybe their power comes from us, literally. And when they showed us a field of human battery pods in The Matrix, maybe they weren’t far from the truth. But a cube is an easy shape to imagine, a box. And it’s easy to get stuck in one, mentally perhaps, ‘think outside the box’ they say. Maybe that’s also more than just a metaphor, but to think it’s only in mind keeps you trapped thus so, and is a self-perpetuating loop. Perhaps.

But we are definitely being viewed and treated more as a commodity rather than a consumer, so it makes me wonder if we are the ones now being consumed. Just as we have done with resources, for the system trying to unfold, it switches. We become the resource. And like with all the films mentioned above, there is someone or something behind those cubes, and a need…

(c) K Wicks

The Clothes Do Not Maketh The Man

An older saying, and one to point out that a person’s character is not defined by how they appear. The full quote from Arthur Ashe being

Clothes and manners do not make the man; but when he is made, they greatly improve his appearance.

But I have thought of it a few times recently for todays society, but an updated version in my mind.

The clothes do not maketh a woman.

And the same can be said of any appropriation, whether it be cultural or gender. On a personal level, I don’t actually mind anyone wanting an external shell that they feel represents their internal self, as I have written before in my article What are we? about it, and I guess even touched upon it in Perceptions of Self. And we are all part of society which is geared up towards expression of self and being unique, while we slowly have a severe lack of individualism creeping in though, it’s all getting a bit weird.

For many generations now there have been men dressing as women, and living as them. All sorts of relationships have been had, as well as women now and again passing for men, and dressing as such in public too. Social history and rules also play into these, as without such expectations of gender and the role they play, we are led to believe that people would have had more freedom to choose. I am not so sure, given that choice is sometimes part of the problem, and if you are making a decision without all the information, and lack of forethought, then is it really a choice? What we have now, is almost like someone saying, “Here, you can have pandoras box. Oh, you haven’t heard of Pandora? No matter, have it anyway, it’ll be fine”. It may well just be a box, but what comes with it is not. I did a small piece called Pandoras Asylum, for a closer look at that story, but I can’t help thinking that a can of worms has been opened, and only time will tell the ugly truth of it all, with people caught in the middle of it, as does always happen.

So, the problem appears to be multi-layered, and is causing very real issues. Because as with most situations, if there is an advantage to gain for an opportunist, they will jump upon it. Which is why I believe we have issues surrounding prisons, women’s units, hospitals, schools, changing rooms, toilets, etc. They all have something in common as places, you either find vulnerable people there, or people at a vulnerable moment in their lives. That is not an accident these places are being used as a ‘hunting ground’ – same with where you used to know paedophiles would try and gain access to children – schools, playgroups, care system, youth clubs, youth sports, scouts etc. Now you have online too. But that does not mean that the physical approach has diminished in any way, and opportunists will try to find a way to get what they want. They are schemers and always on the look-out, so would have understood the implications of a change in attitude in society, and how that would create its own opportunity. And you must understand, we are talking about people of a severe sexual deviance and mental dysfunction, who were always like that, that have just found a way to try and ‘blend in’ and allowing their behaviour to flourish, ironically, it’s by standing out, which for some reason now makes you immune to consequence in many cases. And people being either shouted down, or called names because they try to highlight very real concerns, is a warning in itself. People who look to abuse others, often have a charming streak, and will have others on their side in advance of any revelations, ready to discredit or dismiss any accusations that may come their way. But what of the ones who are rumbled before they even get to their goal, the ones who aren’t so charming and make it obvious there is something very disturbing about them? It seems they can be spotted, but without any action, just a feeling. Sometimes you just know when something isn’t quite right, your internal spidey senses start going off, so you know, and no-one else telling you otherwise will change that. Because when you think of it, how many people thought Jimmy Savile was great? In fact, nearly every high-profile person validated him, his outrageous behaviour, his garish clothes and demeanour, all part of the act to make that type of person acceptable, in the public’s eyes at least. And when it came out, and the shock subsided, turns out many knew, and were silenced, or it was covered up. So, just because celebrities and the media want you to override your own instincts and believe what they say over what you see and feel, may not be the best road to follow.

Imitate to infiltrate. That should be a phrase to remember. They will try to be like you, to get at you. That applies to all sorts of situations and people, and it’s always been the way that we have to work out people’s intentions, as they aren’t always forthcoming with them, or their honest ones. Unfortunately, there are some very caring and trusting people out there, who are often the ones to fall victim of this type. Because just as they exist, so does their opposite, the mean and callous people who are only out for themselves. Lots fall in between, knowing to not be too trusting, to check people out, trust your instincts and so on. And it doesn’t always mean dressing or looking like you, as we know from the list of above, those adults don’t dress like children to gain access to them (or maybe in some cases they do), but they come down to their level on some point to gain trust from them. Which in itself isn’t the issue, it’s what they then do with that trust is the problem. Luring and baiting spring to mind too, if you want to catch a fish, you can’t just sit there, you need a hook, and some bait. That’s where I think the drag hour story time problem comes into play, covered in Face of a clown, in story town. It’s an odd thing to me, to see the actual safety and decency disregarded for many, for the feelings of one. Whether they be male or female, whether they be vaccinated or unvaccinated, it seems to be a strange thing being encouraged. Ignore your own physical safety, instincts and feelings, and place those of someone else above yours (sometimes a complete stranger or unknown), of whom you have no knowledge of motive or intention, and who has no regard for you. You would do it right? No, you wouldn’t, and if you would, ask yourself why. But that is what appears to be happening, lots of people being told how to feel when their own instincts and feelings are telling them perfectly well what is going on, yet is being dismissed. Possibly because some people are naive to different types of people, or don’t fully understand what is going on, unable to view the bigger picture. Or they don’t want to be seen to be as different from the public attitude, the one being pushed in the media, so they conform to parroting the latest spin, or ‘acceptable thing’ so they seem to be keeping up with the times, it’s hard to know for sure.

But it is a bit out of control, and is no longer about some people wanting to seamlessly blend into society as themselves. Publicly, it’s turned into something quite exposed and ugly, and is about parading a certain aspect of someone life, in sometimes quite a grotesque display, out there for everyone to be made aware of. But to do that, they aren’t just being themselves are they? They are taking something away from someone else, and it didn’t appear to start that way. Men in women’s sports, jobs, politics and so on. We now have boys and men, who decide they are female, taking medals, funding, placements, jobs away from actual women. And if people think this isn’t a problem, I do wonder why. Because if women weren’t at such a disadvantage for so many years, why would we even need our own spaces, and categories and groups? There was a reason for that. Men have been openly favoured over women in many situations, jobs, in many religions, households and so on, so it really is an extra insult to have men still being put a cut above, but this time they are dressing like women and taking on what they believe are ‘traits’ of woman I guess. I only have a few example to go on, recently the US has put some real gems out there, using two men who say they are women, to discuss women’s beauty products and healthcare. It was over exaggerated, camp, and extremely cringy, everything you would expect from a pre-scripted, acting role. Trying to make us believe that this is a representation of ‘women’ and people think it’s great. It’s really quite strange. Because it’s not just about men dressing, acting like and living like a woman, it’s got a very sinister pharmaceutical underbelly, that is really the ugly side of what they are doing. Because while they allow the media stories of grown men calling themselves women once they’ve been arrested for violent sexual crimes, they seem to sidestep the stories of what is happening to people on the ground, the ones who are encouraged change themselves to ‘be who they really are’, but in some cases, becoming neither who they were, or thought they were, but something entirely new.

I have to say I was quick shocked to read about young teenage girls having mastectomies, and the drugs they put children on to stop puberty so they progress in the trans-agenda. Shocked about what it does to the body, which I already knew goes through massive changes through the teenage years, mentally and physically, so to think that was being halted and subverted, was heart-breaking to be honest. And will have serious consequences, both mentally and physically down the road. Add to that the pretty much guaranteed constant medication needed thereafter, to keep your hormones in line I guess, and stop your body doing what it naturally should. Suppressing normal functions, instincts, thoughts, in place of synthetically enhanced ones, but forever dependent on them, and whoever dispenses them. Because to me that’s the real goal for them, the ones who pull the strings and set the agendas, who never before cared about our happiness and wellbeing, or ability to feel complete, unless it can make them money, or give them power. So, when all departments follow suit you know something is up. Employment, education, medicine, law enforcement, media – all branches of the network of society got on board at the same time to make this new thing suddenly acceptable and accessible. It’s not new anymore, and has been going for some time, but it’s only in recent years have I started to see personal stories on social media of people going through it, and of the treatments, and studies, and medications etc. Focusing mainly on how people must feel inside to go down that route, trying to work out the psychology of it. Then I noticed I was missing something, the glaringly obvious in fact. Who was making money off this? If it was being pushed to the mainstream, to adults and kids of all classes and ages, then there was money in it. Or something else they stand to gain. Suddenly education and healthcare had funding for it, it was everywhere – gender studies, diversity, trans, etc. I could see there must be a lot of money to be made, but that particular one, would continue to make them money, as they would have a customer for life. Because even if they changed their mind, or it went wrong, they would still need medication in most cases. Similar with the vaccine, if you had a reaction, then it seems an awful lot of medical care can be required, immediately and thereafter if you make it though, so looks like a win win all round for the pharma companies and all those with shares and investments in them. No liability, maximum profit, forever. You can see why maybe anyone heading that might not want that gravy train to end. In fact, they just diversified their portfolio, so looks to be with us for a while yet.

Just remember the following industry saying, because we are all patients and customers to them, and it really does serve a profitable purpose for us to be sick, and confused, and in need of mental or physical medical assistance…

~ A patient cured, is a customer lost ~

(c) MKW Publishing

Up and Down

As people, we aren’t supposed to be robotic, numb and automated. There is something extremely human about feelings and the emotions that often follow. Not that we are always equipped or experienced to know what to with said feelings, but they remain for the most part, as a sometimes-unpredictable constant in our lives. We are at the mercy of our own feelings, and from those of people around us. Ours can be affected by others, just as others can be affected by ours. And I wonder whether people have this in mind at all when they go about their daily lives.

Of course, it can’t have escaped people’s notice that feelings are being cited as weapons in very real situations. But who examines and validates those feelings? Someone else, with feelings. And that’s where things have started to get quite messy. Online and in real life, because those feelings are causing consequences. The action itself is not the cause, otherwise for the most part, everyone would feel the same. Throwing a word or insult is not always the problem, it’s how it’s received. There used to be a saying

“Sticks and stones can break my bones, but words will never hurt me”.

It’s apt isn’t it. And I got its meaning as a kid, and I like to think it’s what has helped me gain slightly thicker skin for petty words, and a better measure of internal stability. Or perhaps it’s because often, I will firstly examine why the person has said what they said, secondly will look at what was said, and then lastly will review its impact on my own thoughts. Maybe other people reach for that first, they react rather than examine. I can’t blame them for that, some people are reactionary.

And I am all for reacting when slighted, or given what I consider good reason to. But that’s part of it isn’t it? What I decide is good reason. And surely everyone is doing the same, reacting to things they believe deserve a reaction. Which is where self-awareness and reasoning skills are important I think. To know and understand really where someone else is coming from, can help to form an appropriate response. And it will be different for everyone, feelings, thoughts and identity are very personal and individual, and usually based on experience. That’s why ‘following the crowd’ more often than not is a bad thing, because you don’t know the real intention, motives or mindset. You never will as part of a large group, it’s the nature of it.

Being you, with your thoughts and feelings is important, and knowing how you came to have them. That doesn’t mean you can’t be part of something, but be wary of something that wants to ‘absorb’ you into their fold, it usually starts with trying to celebrate your individualism, because it appears it will bring them something. And it does. It brings them you, because a group needs energy and ideas to sustain itself, and often I’ve seen how it becomes its own monster, swallowing all in its path of self-fulfilment. I guess the internet and social media are no different. In the virtual world or real life, they behave the same.

But being able to play on feeling, use them against people and manipulate situations with them, means it is becoming more and more important to understand what kind of a role they play. I may work on logic and reason, but I actually take feelings into account when making those decisions. Knowing when to indulge them, override them or utilise them can put you in good stead for an easier life. And knowing how to guard yourself against others using them as a weapon against you is of paramount importance. Gaslighting is a term we shouldn’t have, yet many are familiar with it, and the government itself has given us a prime example of it recently, my article Nudge Nudge mentions that a bit more. And while in some respects, I have time for people’s feelings, and will care greatly about how they are impacted, that will soon disappear if it becomes apparent that person is either taking the piss, or trying to gain an advantage by wielding those feelings. So, we have a fine line that we all walk, in ourselves and with others, and learning to have some social cohesion relies on people understanding that there is a line, and a point where some things will not be entertained. Just not everyone will give you a heads up or warning about where that line is, and maybe you won’t even know in yourself, until the moment someone or something crosses it. But they do say, once you cross that line, there is no going back…

(c) K Wicks

And The Purpose Is?

There is much being talked about to do with boats, migrants, hotels, handouts and where exactly this all leads. So, I’ll do a point by point review of what I think the issues are, from a practical and logical view.

A staggering influx – if we are to believe the actual numbers (they lie a lot so sometimes you have to remember to adjust for that), they are quite shocking for a small island. But it’s not that people coming here is the problem in itself. It’s the method being used to get here, and the strange constant allocating of resources for them, with what appears to be ‘no strings attached’. Well, we know that’s usually never the case, the hidden small print will come back to bite you eventually. There’s no free ride covers that a bit. But it would appear, that for whatever reason, native people are being thrown into the gutter, while unknowns from anywhere are being put above them. It’s obvious and calculated, as is the response when it’s pointed out. You must be racist, or a bigot, or selfish. And I’m sure there are those who may indeed have those ideals behind their thoughts. But on the whole, it’s just a clear-cut scenario of being pushed out of the way by your own government, while they try to fall over themselves to ‘provide for refugees’. Like a spouse ignoring their partner who they are contractually obliged to be loyal to, to fawn over another person, right in their face. You’d expect them to be a bit pissed off, wouldn’t you?

Creating the problem – I won’t deny, there have been some awful warfare campaigns that have played out over the last few decades. Creating vast numbers of refugees that it seems have then been further used as pawns in political strategies. Displacement has been encouraged and a theory on that covered in On the ground, but generally it gives them the human leverage they need to destabilise areas of communities. And why would you want to do that you may ask? We’ll get to that.

Hotels – again I have written about this in Hotel California or Hotel Strategy, but it’s clear to see something is going on. Block booking of hotels, some incredibly posh ones too at 4 and 5 stars, so they can accommodate anyone who rocks up without any form of ID. Which does seem odd don’t you think? After a 100 years of passports, and border control, for some reason as they near a digital ID system, they suddenly don’t care if you arrive by water stealthily, or by way of naval taxi. (Which also makes me think they literally could be coming from anywhere, you might be thinking Europe or Africa, I’m thinking somewhere more secret and hidden and underground, but that’s one of my ‘wild theories’). But back to the hotels, by putting them there, you do a number of things, firstly you remove that Hotel from being a tourist location, meaning no tourists, less holiday locations, less people spending money. Secondly, it concerns and annoys lots of locals and natives as they then know groups of young men with a different mindset loitering will become commonplace. Thirdly, they appear to sacking most of the staff once these people are in, so it’s a lose lose for locals and the wider communities. And the extra kicker is, the government gloat in telling us how much of our money they are using to pay for others entire lifestyles. (Oh and in the same breath telling you how there’s no money! Fucking cheek of it).

The cost – as I mentioned above, taxpayers money is what’s being used to pay for all this. Well, that and lots of debt for said taxpayers and their children, and their grandchildren. A minimum of £5million a day they say. A day! It’s shocking really when you add up how much they have stolen from the people in the last few years (and a lot longer I’m sure). But billions here, billions there, chuck some for a ‘war’, here’s some more for ‘test and trace’. All the while letting local resources go to shit. If you keep chucking a cup around, it’s going to crack or break. And if you then keep trying to pour into it, there will be an overspill. That’s where we are. The cup is already cracked and chipped, and they seem hell bent on smashing it and chucking it away. We’ll end up like all those bits of old pottery they always find in archaeological digs. The last remnants of what once was. Because the cost is in more than just financial and monetary terms, it’s costing people’s time, emotions, finances and in some cases, their lives.

Destabilising – as I mentioned above, it seems to be destabilising of communities they are after, the ones that are still left at least. And I don’t blame immigration for the breakdown in society, its values or ideals. It’s the mechanisms which seem to put that movement of people in place. It’s not natural and isn’t ever allowed to run its course properly or find its own way. With borders, rules, regulations and so on, they create devastating results. Many famines could have been avoided if people were allowed to relocate, or the land hadn’t been stripped by industry. It seems we create our own problems as people, but that’s not a shocking revelation now is it. It’s been seen time and again, and now is no different.

But what is different is how they all now seem to converge. Bringing together orchestrated mayhem. They get multiple birds with one stone I feel with all of the above. They get to screw over the local areas and population, while manipulating the newcomers as stooges. Allowing it to reach boiling point. There is a simple video of ants online, in a jar. Red ants, and black ants, and they are managing OK alongside each other quite well. Until a person comes in and gives the jar a good shake, then sets it down again. Now the ants aren’t so happy side by side, angered and activated, they begin to fight each other. If you don’t get it, we are the ants, and the government is the one shaking the jar. There being an outcome to that seems inevitable…

From A Bugs Life

(c) K Wicks

Nature or Nurture?

It’s not a new question by any means, and I have heard it used on many occasion, having given it much thought myself to general life, people and environments. And for the most part, it seems to end up being a combination of the two, part of each becomes us.

But for this article, it is in relation to what we have come to know as ‘serial killers’. It seems there has been much sensationalising of them, their crimes and personalities. People make careers off the back of them sometimes, laws can be changed and society can be altered in certain ways from those events. A great focus has been put upon them now and again, in the media of course, because in your everyday life and dealings, you wouldn’t know of them ordinarily, even if you fell foul to one, you wouldn’t know for sure there were others, so you would still be none the wiser.

Some cases are very famous, and last with us to this day. But there is a new conspiracy theory emerging, and may have been around for a while I don’t know, that there is cause to believe there has been a gender inversion program running for decades. And that many if not all of the highest profile ‘beloved celebrities’ are in fact the opposite gender they are purported to be. Firstly, I will look at what advantage that may serve, I don’t like to dismiss anything until I give it a thorough check through, even if at at first, it might sound quite preposturous. So, the advantage would be, possibly, is to manufacture a certain look and insecurity in people. How women used to say the unrealistic body shapes being put forward gave society an odd craving to be something they can’t – cue eating disorders and unhappy self-image on a scale never seen before. The modelling industry and marketing did that, because it them sold them lots of products. It appeared that very slim statuesque women were hailed as pin ups, as what men want. They say it is in the shoulders and hands you can usually tell if someone is male or female, but what we have seen of late, is that with drugs and surgery, much can be done to alter the body shape, face, voice, etc to give the impression of the ‘perfect’ look. So what used to be a visual marker is no longer, if it ever was. Which makes me think this goes back much further than just the last few decades. And at some point, with all the technology we have, it would have been noticed. That the strange elite practice of inverting what is normal for purpose, would be exposed perhaps.

You may be thinking, what does this have to do with serial killers? Well, my reasoning wandered to the idea that they would sometimes like people to think there were serial killers, an individual that is so cunning and crafty they are somehow just go mostly under the radar, and evade capture for the longest time, yet they are a depraved loser. Makes no sense. But going down in history and being notorious thereafter. And it may be that one person (or two in some), in all those cases did indeed commit all those crimes, and just so happen to not get caught by police, or slip up. Yet it all comes together when they are. Seems quite convenient in many cases, as if someone sat down and wrote how it was going to go, who was going to be the murderer, who would be the victims and so on. Because it is easy enough for there to still be actual victims, in fact, in my mind they are essential to it working, and the reason it does. And here is where it crosses over, into the psyops category. To create the feeling desired, you do need to have an event, and a fallout. But an orchestrated one, where a certain number of players know the game, some don’t. A false flag event i guess it’s called. And many people think you either fake an event, or it’s real. But I believe there is an in-between, where it’s both a set up, and real to the people on the ground experiencing it. Like advertising, everybody knows that the person endorsing the product doesn’t really use it, they are paid to say they like it, and people then go and buy it based on that. Same principle. So, whether it is a serial killer, or elite gender inversion, or any of the far-fetched and outrageous ‘conspiracy theories’ you may come across, always ask, what would be the benefit of making it look like this were happening, and it might not always be the case. But in some cases, it just might…

(c) K Wicks