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We never KNOW

We only think we know

And thinking we know only leads to less knowing

Less growing

Less showing of our true potential

Daily we die

A little

A little we die because of less living

Less giving

Thanks

You walk into banks

See the is but not seeing the ain'ts

Paint over canvases with white paints

Now the canvas is blank

Stank socks pealed out of 10 dollar sneakers you bought for…

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As we begin to be educated the first thing we are taught (before colors, numbers, or the alphabet) is the Pledge of Allegiance. Every morning rooms full of five year olds across this vast land recite words they do not fully understand. Pledging themselves to become vassals of a system which they may never understand. Standing with hands over their hearts ut-tering a liturgy that places metaphysical hands over their eyes, ears, and mouths. These chil-dren will (more than likely) never stand for… Continue

Marcuse in his Critique of Pure Tolerance recognized that the “fight against (the modern) ideology of tolerance” was “in reality” a fight against “the status quo of inequality and discrimination.” He also realized that “it is the people who tolerate the government, which in turn tolerates (the people’s) opposition”. But only so long as that opposition remains “within the framework determined by the constituted authorities.”(Marcuse) The tolerance and promotion of bigotry is now and has always… Continue

It Works Who Cares?

“The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn’t exist and just like that he was gone”. Government in making itself seem necessary has thus made itself invisible through internalization. We cannot see our brains, though they are still the centers of our consciousness, but we do not care so long as they work. Government is similar, but is it working? Though it may “make little difference whether the increasing satisfaction of needs is… Continue