So it appears a time of reckoning is NOW bearing down on everyone, no? Seems the casual chit-chat between friends about those few at the very top usurping far too many slices of the proverbial pie for there to be enough to go around is still meaningful, still visually stimulating and agitating, and intimidating. Seems, STILL, that all of those who've usurped so much more than their wealthy fair share of the finite pie remain ONLY interested in protecting their lot. Can only see the surface effects of the damage they’ve caused. The damage they were so capable of convincing the rest of us to be partisan to all these years. & at the expense of EVERYONE ELSE, the expendable many, the real people, oh ... what a disgrace.
All the statistics aside, I do think it’s really that simple. It’s been in design for too long now. A terrible hungry shortsightedness. A design that could not possibly work out for earth & humanity. You knew it … deep down in your gut. I believe you do. A slight. A cheat. All of us having some idea how to join in the game and try to win fair & square. You know we've been shown how in this country, every last one of us. Yet those who we entrust to make our economy, to formulate our plans for a rich society, those who raised us to play an honest game and win fairly, seem to have chosen to deal from the bottom of the deck, to cheat to win and do it with a grin. So we’ve lived for decades by a design that could only work nicely for one or two percent there played-out in philosophy and legislation and splayed-out over an elongated period of time, in a fashion that allows people to spend more than they have and feel a sense of ownership of a piece of the pie; distracted and unconcerned of the wave of damage taking shape all around us. & now here we are looking it right in the face … and what are the biggest tomatoes on the vine up to? Taking earnest steps for the whole? Making sense? Being entirely logical? Coming up with a way to meaningfully restructure the pie to allow for the whole to feed the entirety? NO! I don’t think so. It looks to me and most everyone I’ve seen recently as if they are ONLY brainstorming to figure out a brilliant new way to CHEAT the truth again in order to protect THEIR OWN lot and twist the rest of us into some belief that if the lower 98% buckle down and tighten their belts and spend MUCH less and PAY MUCH MORE and save as little as possible and bone up on their second and 3rd occupations, and sacrifice education and retirements and vacations and any ideas of peace of mind, well, son, …then everyone can get back to the business of being preoccupied.
AND ITS about time for those in the 97 & 98 percentile to PLEASE DO STOP kowtowing, there MUST BE a way to edge the wrongdoers out of the sandbox where they’ve been throwing entire-global-effecting tantrums and hording all the toys for themselves with impunity … and make them take a fucking time-out lest they get a poke in the nose. Easier said than done? Well, yeah…I guess so, sister/brother, because if in the uppermost percentiles is where most of the pie is, that means most of the guns and brutes and wholly-terrifying lawmakers of this broken land reside. …Hell-no, you know there are few amnesties there awaiting the best intentions of mankind, born of womankind. Most of them are glad on the side of the big tomato. AND So, common sense suggests we ARE, in fact, all chained to the post. NO matter what? No matter what? One would think at least the astronauts would be up in arms, …as they got to see this beautiful blue ball from space? They know how important it is. They MUST know.
Wow, bloody kingdoms finally broke our backs. Pissed it all away. & FOR NOTHING.
Aw, gramma, I’m sorry we didn’t do better. You saw it coming all those years ago and people just thought you were showing signs of dementia. You used to smile sometimes.
And dad, …you were blessed to die when you did, sir, because that uniform you wore, those injuries you sustained, all those times at hand salute before the flag you so dearly loved and honored, …all tools for something bad dad. A con. I’m glad you didn’t see the truth.
Mom? Try not to worry, hon., we’ve got your back, don’t lose hope … and maybe try to learn how to eBay so you can sell-off a lot of that stuff in the attic to supplement your fixed income.
& son? We’ve raised you with wholehearted love AND strong notions of academics, athletics, arts & music. How to study and how to learn. How to be accountable for your actions and a good friend to your peers. How to laugh and how to cry honestly, while holding on to a hopeful idea that you can do whatever you put your mind to if you are willing to be bold and roll with the blows and take your falls and get back up again; smarter and stronger and better for the effort. You know this to be true, son, you’ve lived it in high school. But son, today you inherit the absurd debts of a few you’ve never met. A few who would never even condescend to know you well or call you by your first name with all due respect. You did not cause this mess, but it is your world now as you step out onto your paths, your journeys. You know I wish I had something better to tell you. More to give you. Your mom & I respect and love you and hold you in the highest esteem. Those who govern and write the tax laws have taught you more about lying than anything else in this lifetime, but we have tried to show you the strength in being truthful to yourself and your peers. Humble yet fearless when necessary. So many times we quoted Goethe by saying, “Be bold and mighty forces will come to your aid.” I think you understand it more and more each day. I think, considering the sum total of all present-day humanity here in the real 98% of us who are the people, your family and neighbors, …well, I think you will be alright. Come what may. Keep sight of the good light.
We have the will to live our lives as well as we can. We do our best. We try to make amends for any wrongdoings, and persevere to the last. & if all else fails we’ll sell-off everything we own, if we have to, to keep this home of ours. & you are always welcome here big-guy. Learn everything you can about the world and it’s legislations and financial leaders, and maybe you and yours can come up with a better plan to overcome the economic treachery of man.
