The Love and Hate of a Cog

I adore the epiphany that I’m a small part of something larger, when I, as a cog, can see the output of the machine.  I hate being a cog in the machine when the machine expends its cogs, or disregards the individual efforts of each cog. 

I appreciate being an American when we rally to help people in need after Katrina, or 9/11, or when we rallied together and rose for a cause such as in the Occupy Movement.  In these instances I knew that we had a significant effect on America’s future, and I helped with my small cog portion.  I’m revolted in my Americanism when I reflect on how much money General Electric made last year, without paying taxes, and I realize that the son a CEO will never work for survival.  I then realize that I will work for survival in the American Machine until the day I die.  I’m possibly more talented than the son – but we will never play on level playing fields. 

I value my place in the Army when I contemplate being the most lethal fighting force in the world, or when I think of the many cases where we helped needy people in Iraq or Kuwait.  I know I played a part.  I can’t stand the Army when I see cut backs, and Generals with Congress chucking people who sacrificed for their country . . . dumping Soldiers without a pension after they damaged their bodies, minds, and families on missions they were told to execute.  It’s cruel to order someone to sacrifice for you, and then abandon them.

I cherish my role in the family unit with parents, children, grandparents, uncles, and aunts.  I love that I’m expected to lend a hand to anyone of the people in my family if they need it, and to know they would reciprocate.  I detest being the butt of someone else’s anger or jealousy in the pettiness of other people’s gossip within the family unit.  -antiwasp

Filed under: Economy, Military, Parenting, Politics, Relationships, Wisdom

American Success not Due to Capitalism

Have you considered that America’s past 60 years of success is due to our geographic distance from the competing powers during World War II?  Just think about it, Eurasia decimated itself in the 1940s.  Our competition was eliminated.  So, maybe our trouble today isn’t taxes.  In fact, maybe we’re falling in status as a world power because the powers that decimated each other during World War II are now back on their feet, able to compete, and they brought better economic/political/education systems to the table than we have.

We’re due for a revolution because Right Wing Zealots actually believe our capitalist system should receive credit for our successes, and they want to reinforce American Capitalism by pushing it further Right.  And who do you think will participate in this revolution?  I’ll bet you think it’s the people who live the most comfortable lives and have the most to lose from change.  I’m just joshing you . . . it’s those of us with uncomfortable lives and nothing to lose from change. We can only move up with the changed situation.  HEY RIGHT WINGERS! Sit comfy while you can. -antiwasp

Filed under: Economy, Politics, Revolution

Sell Your Dope: America Needs It

Sell your dope.  I’m good with it.  I wouldn’t support it in an egalitarian society because there’s no reason to break the rules when everyone is equal.  But in our capitalist system I support economic rebellion.  Corporations, with congress in their pocket, won’t allow people in the lower class to succeed through corporate channels, and corporate advantage mixed with unfair taxes for the poor crushes small business.  So, we have no chance for survival beyond the economic slave level unless we sell what they can’t. 

So, sell your dope.  The United States Federal Government pushed an agenda to local authorities to punish drug dealers harshly.  The Government isn’t concerned with the well-being of the American public, though.  They seek to restrict the means by which people in the lower class can reach the levels of the upper class.  Harsh punishment, they hope, will serve as a strong deterrent against drug dealing for this reason.  They seek to protect the rich, not the poor.  -antiwasp

Filed under: Economy, Politics, Revolution