Puppet Masters and Party Lines
Exposing the Two-Party Smokescreen... and... how the illusion is unraveling!
My revival of the Bill Hicks tribute, two days ago, reminded me of a recent diatribe about the silly game we’re all part of.
That game where we pretend American’s political two-party system is still to our benefit, instead of looking at the perils, the idiocracy, of the color-coded (RED / BLUE) ideological “system” of indoctrination.
If you have listened to any of Hicks’ routines or performances, then you know he was one of the most vocal social critics to rip on the hypnosis of it all — the idea that each “side” actually is a legit opponent against the other, for the good of the country. Or, the notion that another person, every 4 years acting as the POTUS, can fix all our problems… like a magic genie. What Jeff Childers describes as the “Superman fallacy”.
Bill, for instance, once famously said:
"I ascribe to Mark Twain's theory that the last person who should be President is the one who wants it the most. The one who should be picked is the one who should be dragged kicking and screaming into the White House.”
It has also been my experience that we’ve gotten way past the illusion which says, politicians at that level are truly elected, rather than appointed. Especially over the past 40 years.
Whether it's reactionary Republicans of the far-Right, or neoliberal Wall St. Democrats of the near-Right, they're both heading in the same direction, serving the same global interests. The real debate is just about appearance and speed, like an Indie 500 race.
With the above thoughts in mind…
I think this missive, from Caitlin Johnstone, helps add fire to the main message.
All the high-profile Democrats who’ve been wishing Trump a speedy recovery from his assassination attempt after years of calling him an existential threat are the same people who now treat George W Bush like a cuddly wuddly snugglepoo after years of calling him an evil dictator.
The enmity between these factions is a performance — like cage fighters who hug warmly after weeks of trash talk once their match is over and admit all the drama was really just about promoting the fight and selling Pay-Per-Views.
Their actions show you that their conflicts are fake and they’re no more enemies than actors on the stage are enemies, so why should you treat their performance as real? Why buy into the drama of their pretend elections and feigned opposition when they themselves do not? They’re showing you it’s all fake. Believe them.
The two “sides” of mainstream politics are not fighting against one another, they’re only fighting against you. Their only job is to keep you clapping along with the two-handed puppet show as they rob you blind and tighten your chains while your gaze is fixed on the performance.
All of Trump’s Democratic Party well-wishers prove that for all the whining in recent years about the death of decorum and how vitriolic US partisan feuding has become, they really are all buddies… who only pretend to believe the other side is an existential threat to the world.
In Washington, they’re all on the same team and have generally cordial relationships with the people on other side of the aisle. They just encourage normal Americans to feed all their discontent with the status quo into a hyper-emotional political environment… where the barely-existing divisions between the two major factions are inflamed by mainstream pundits and politicians so that their anger will go toward the completely ineffectual activity of voting instead of more direct and revolutionary measures.
From the perspective of the empire managers it’s hostile partisan rage for thee, amicable cocktail party relations for we.
Back to your Master Grizzly
If you’d like to engage in discourse (or read the current discussion already) about the above observations and beliefs, please do so in the Comments section of the original post made by Caitlin.
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Until I write again…
Your Partner in the Quest for
Living a Life Without Limits,
Barry “Bear” Goss
