The Fundamental Revolution of Consciousness
By Jonathan Kirk
In this consumer based neo-liberal version of advanced capitalism, the rules laid down by our great grandfathers have re-introduced themselves into our fundamental design. Back when men women and children might be found working side by side in coal mines or factories; Money and profit expansion was the order of the day. Industrial competition fueled work hours that only slightly gave way to human needs. Not because people deserved it. No, it slightly gave way because it was found that a worker cannot function properly when given a workday surpassing 18 hours. As a general rule these conditions were tolerated in the name of progress.
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Those upper-class businessmen were able to exploit workers to the extent that even well-established royal monarchs were forced to either step aside or be beheaded. The world was so dazzled by the onslaught of technology that hardly anyone noticed as the gap between classes became an endless chasm. The separation was much further apart than even the richest kings and most indigent peasants. The reason complaints were easily brushed aside was because of the tremendous improvements in almost every aspect of machinery. The world was connected and the whole globe was magically enslaved by the clock. All people rich and poor could miraculously be shielded from the elements. You get the idea…
Underneath it all though there was an ominous feeling that the world was shifting. Of course, the world has always been shifting and only a fool would lament such a perpetual occurrence. But then almost as if ignited by a single match; the world exploded into war. A war with chemicals and rapid projectiles, exploding fire from the sky and millions both soldier and civilian met the end of their existence. Suddenly the machines had shown their darker capabilities.
The world population tripled seemingly overnight and the unprecedented growth of European Industry was finally forced to correct itself. The status quo established after the Great War began to teeter and the prolatariate masses once again became restless. All the while the original rich Industry Titans had continued to capitalize off of capitalism. When the United States tried to impose limitations and reparations on these corporate behemoths the pillars of the monetary system pushed back and invested in foreign economies and governmental regimes. Regimes like Germany and Japan. In hunger and desperation the smaller industrialized nations of the globe were forced to expand. Many aren't aware that to maintain isnt a viable objective for the capitalist agenda. It must grow. Constantly consistently and insatiably, it must grow. Those who controlled the world order intertwined their diplomatic and financial agendas together so tight that there could be no resistance. Those industrial powers on the outside of the ruling circle simply invaded outright to try and satisfy their hopeless National demands. The rich became even more rich and that feeling of something uncontrollable picking up speed was again brought centerstage as the world plunged back into destruction. That loss of all control led many nations decide to sacrifice all their newly acquired freedom just on the faintest hope that a dictator really could restore order. The dictators and ironmen of the second global catechism were blazing with rhetoric and reformation. It served to make the second war even more brutal than the first. It was thought that wicked advancements in lethal weaponry was the only solution to such all out war. Dehumanization, genocide, and destruction of every last spec of the old and stable world is all that ensued. It culminated in 2 bombs that annihilated 2 cities. The winning side was the side that had done the least to try and subdue the swirling financial to industrial bodied corporate leviathans that now indisputably oned the world. And that winning side drew a new map that would solidify their dominance. Everyone cheered and rejoiced at how industrialization had conquered itself. And quietly but even faster now than before.. The world slipped further out of our control. In chaotic spiraling frenzy to keep growing and consuming (for as said before the capitalist model will collapse if growth is not constant) some of the workers that fed the profit storm cultivated by the rich decided to make their stand. The only way to vanquish this monster of greed that was now beyond the control of even those who designed it was to drain its blood. Its most formidable and all consuming weapon. Money. Money is what defines the haves from the have nots. The wise realized that 2% of people shouldn't wield 98% wealth. They sought to reset the scoreboard equalize the inherent self destructive cycle of conflict between the 2 classes. Like so many things that are toxic and dysfunctional Capitalism has been the champion and driving force behind so many good things. Arguably the best things our mentally dominant species has ever conceived or created. We owe countless luxeries and benefits to the competitive and Darwinist system of survival based on efficiency. However when the monopoly board is utterly dominated the game is over. No one can compete and so once again the well established and fragile but functioning wheel remained in tact and smashed its logical next step. Socialism Capitalism Democracy and Communism are 4 terms often considered to be 2 opposing teams. Racism and propaganda paired with the obvious influence of calculated money distribution has locked humanity into that old uneasy feeling. Except now it isnt so subtle and it isnt so benefitiary. Now oceans are rising and the world is heating up. The board is too small for the game we have to play for never ending expansion. These economies are running into each other and with no where left to expand they have already begun devouring one another. Instead of the old pioneering progress of innovation its now a desperate and anxious race to ensure that your nation wont be the first to implode and consume itself. The saddest part of it all is that the system that is propelling us helplessly toward the edge and into oblivion is a system of perceived and assumed value. These inflating fiat currencies have zero intrinsic value and no tangible necessity. Its our system and its strangling us past the point of sight. Were like a toddler in an inch of water drowning and flailing around when all we need do is open our eyes. Open our eyes inhale calmly and use the most powerful entity that this planet has ever seen. Ill give you a hint. Its not money. We needed money to keep score and organize it in the past to be sure, but money didn't soar past all known limitations. No my friends it is our cooperative intellect that shatters all barriers. The culmination of group intelligence. The greedy rulers of a system out of control are the only thing preventing this final collaboration of human rights and equality. 2%…. Not even necessarily the smartest 2% for there is no proven physical correlation between money and knowledge. With the new technologies lets unify and stand up out of this puddle of water we’ve confined ourselves to. Instead of exploiting each other to create an illusion of greater SELF worth, as common animals so often do;; Lets elevate our consciousness and cultivate the power of a collective soul. That does not destroy individuality or unique personality. Its ignorant and paranoid to believe so.. If we take that first step toward a collective soul then each individual is free to shine as bright as possible without the desire to extinguish one another's light. The great unification and the fundemental revolution of consciousness. That is our next step. Out of the Ashes and into the stars.
