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Time to Keep
Our Naked Ape-ness in Check
Our Naked Ape-ness in Check
Y2k17.11.22
An image of
the future: a boot stomping on a human face forever…
the future: a boot stomping on a human face forever…
_______________________________________________________1984
(paraphrase)
(paraphrase)
But
the Houyhnhms, who live under the government of Reason, are no more proud
of the good qualities they posses, than I should be for not wanting a
leg or an arm, which no man in his wits would boast of, although he must be
miserable without them. I dwell the longer upon this subject from the desire I
have to make the society of an English Yahoo by any means not insupportable,
and therefore I here entreat those who have any tincture of this absurd vice,
that they will not presume to appear in my sight….
the Houyhnhms, who live under the government of Reason, are no more proud
of the good qualities they posses, than I should be for not wanting a
leg or an arm, which no man in his wits would boast of, although he must be
miserable without them. I dwell the longer upon this subject from the desire I
have to make the society of an English Yahoo by any means not insupportable,
and therefore I here entreat those who have any tincture of this absurd vice,
that they will not presume to appear in my sight….
_________________________________________________________
Jonathan Swift
Jonathan Swift
It is time to keep our naked
ape-ness (with apologies to Desmond Morris) in check.
ape-ness (with apologies to Desmond Morris) in check.
I don’t know why I should care
about this, but I know that there are decent beings among us, far and few, and
for the sake of those few, I want to give fair warning. Humanity is a drop in
the ocean of “earth time” with plenty of room for another species to take our
place. If we persist in our tribal ways, if we persist in our petty hatreds, if
we persist in our fetish for filthy money, if we persist in being yahoos, our
days as rulers of this beleaguered planet will soon come to an end.
about this, but I know that there are decent beings among us, far and few, and
for the sake of those few, I want to give fair warning. Humanity is a drop in
the ocean of “earth time” with plenty of room for another species to take our
place. If we persist in our tribal ways, if we persist in our petty hatreds, if
we persist in our fetish for filthy money, if we persist in being yahoos, our
days as rulers of this beleaguered planet will soon come to an end.
Being a naked ape means that we are
obsessed with our own tribes above all others. Being a naked ape means
believing in an invisible superior being that looks after us, and our tribe
especially, alone. Being a naked ape means that we are enslaved by religion,
enslaved by greed, and enslaved by the delusion of absolute power. Being a
naked ape means, above all else, being ignorant, selfish, and cruel. We don’t
reject bullies, we embrace them. We don’t question authority, we submit to its
moronic and hypocritical rule.
obsessed with our own tribes above all others. Being a naked ape means
believing in an invisible superior being that looks after us, and our tribe
especially, alone. Being a naked ape means that we are enslaved by religion,
enslaved by greed, and enslaved by the delusion of absolute power. Being a
naked ape means, above all else, being ignorant, selfish, and cruel. We don’t
reject bullies, we embrace them. We don’t question authority, we submit to its
moronic and hypocritical rule.
It is time to keep our naked
ape-ness in check because its turning us into flaccid robots and/ or rabid
violent maniacs when necessary. It is time for us to reflect more, to read
more, and to understand that our species is but a brief yet noxious fart odor
in the winds of time. In this, the first two decades of the 21st
century, I firmly believe that we have gone to the apex of naked apeism. Our
world is as savage as ever with the same indignities dished out by us against
ourselves. And when the USA fell asleep and allowed to be elected a traitorous
dictator named Trump to the highest office in our land, I knew that this could
really be the beginning of the end of our species brief and poisonous reign.
ape-ness in check because its turning us into flaccid robots and/ or rabid
violent maniacs when necessary. It is time for us to reflect more, to read
more, and to understand that our species is but a brief yet noxious fart odor
in the winds of time. In this, the first two decades of the 21st
century, I firmly believe that we have gone to the apex of naked apeism. Our
world is as savage as ever with the same indignities dished out by us against
ourselves. And when the USA fell asleep and allowed to be elected a traitorous
dictator named Trump to the highest office in our land, I knew that this could
really be the beginning of the end of our species brief and poisonous reign.
The average billionaire, with very
few exceptions, wants to keep the money and to make even more, even if it means
destroying hundreds and thousands of people. We have enough money on this
planet to help make of our world the better place that it should be, but most
of it is in the hands of naked apes like Donald birther bastard Trump, and
theirs is the legacy of death for all humankind.
few exceptions, wants to keep the money and to make even more, even if it means
destroying hundreds and thousands of people. We have enough money on this
planet to help make of our world the better place that it should be, but most
of it is in the hands of naked apes like Donald birther bastard Trump, and
theirs is the legacy of death for all humankind.
Time to keep our naked-ape-ness in
check.
check.
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