The Game Changer
AKA Kamala Harris / Tim Walz
Will not change the game
Too many people are on the take
Of their perception of
Identity politics for their sake of
Having something to identify with
Since self-realization is too scary
(I must align myself with either the
Red or the blue, since my willingness
To line up with their lies and promises
More closely match my own deceptions)
Ought it not matter more for
The collective to solve problems
Than pick either side to do nothing
Regardless of who gets in the “House”
The economy will do what it does
At the whims of which * “Davos” man
Makes money grabbing into an art
Of greed towards crass consumerism
Which includes making, selling, and using
Weapons of war against the people
As their blood oils the very machine
Most individuals would dismantle
As an evolutionary step towards peace
But noooooo
The distractions are too great to
Stop identifying with whichever side
Is convenient to have blatant opposition/s
Sports teams, race, religion, skin color,
Gender, class, height, weight, age, guns,
Rights, flags, nationalism, patriotism,
Immigration, energy, vehicle propulsion
Whether the earth is flat or spherical
Education, or rather indoctrinations
(If one only knows global conflicts must
End in violence and destruction, then that
Is all each subsequent generation will use
To solve its territorial and resource disputes)
Designed to keep playing the deadly game
Of daily chaos revolving around fear
(I must keep ahead of the Joneses while
Seeking a perfect artificial body, living in
The right neighborhood with all the latest
Gizmos and gadgets all the while living
In fear, my fellow earthling will surpass me
Constantly regurgitating opinions that line up
With the ones I’ve accepted as true into
Believing they are my own through repetition)
*
Davos Man: How the Billionaires Devoured the World
Book by Peter S. Goodman
“The only way to
Change the game
Is to stop playing”
– Angelo Devlin
Looking at the world through a windshield. 
You remind me of Plato!
He explains how political degeneration happens, how a well ordered community and state can disintegrate over the time. It might start by those who come into power derived from seeking honor. But they’re generally not endowed with wisdom, so they get corrupted by the promise of money and control. Now they shift their power to create a culture that indulges the appetites, frivolity, and immorality of the young, and exploit them to create debt. The young become corrupted because they don’t even pursue wisdom, just self-satisfaction. They become lazy and immoderate and incapable of being the future citizens that a flourishing civilization needs. Then you convince them that they’re victims of an unfair system which only serves to make the rich even richer because the citizens now demand something for nothing, they become the useless and impotent drones for the elite (politicians, corporate heads, etc.) mimicking their slogans. The drones waste their time hating the other side, mounting protests for causes they don’t even understand, all while sinking further into the mire. They could choose to become good and true persons with healthy souls, and step out of the very organized machinery made for them to be cogs in. But they’d rather indulge in their puppeted rhetoric.
Has been going on for over two thousand years. It’s fun and sad to watch it play out. Free will right at hand, but few choose self-reflection and a path to wisdom. Thanks for being one who does.
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