Journal Jeremiah Cornelius's Journal: Stop The Vultures? 8
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Awareness is a good first step, but...
Good luck with that. The world economy and middle-class lifestyle are built on theft, slavery, extortion and murder. A man will not sacrifice his new Ford Taurus to remedy a system that resulted in him owning (owing) it.
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> "The world economy and middle-class lifestyle are built on theft, slavery, extortion and murder."
They have those things in many countries, yet they remain shitholes compared to America. There's more to the success of America than just criminality.
Putting forth such a blanket statement only makes you look absurd.
lets look here, cnn the ptb lap dog they are have a 'salary' calculator that caps at $400,000 a year. http://money.cnn.com/calculator/pf/income-rank/ [cnn.com] yet america has 1565 billionaires according
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Seldom have I witnessed such a complete missing of the point as yours.
You posted AC, too--good choice.
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All money is blood money. The world is run by gangsters. Life is beautiful, in the garden.
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We are stardust
We are golden
And we've got to get ourselves
Back to the garden
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I got no problem with the concept of civilization being built upon blood and bones, I just don't see it as the ultimate evil. Close, but no cigar.
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You don't have to take it as a complaint per se. It is certainly nothing out of the ordinary. I just point out that man isn't so special with regards to other lifeforms. The ships all sail in the same direction. Lift up the pile of bones that civilization is built on. The grubs can be tasty.
As far as "achieving godhood" is concerned, I don't see it that way. We are in godhood. I don't understand the distinction that separates us from it, aside from normal brain function that filters it out like so much nois