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The longer I wallow in the putrid mire that has become this human conscious existence that is our contemporary reality, increasingly void of the tactile significance of human embrace that once joyously flourished but has since given way to a sociology that nurtures a philosophy of expediency of limited time’s expenditure, advanced by a tsunami-wave of technological encroachment into every concei

Lately I've been thinking a lot about the resurgence of fascist legislation in the US, the EU, and in various places in the rest of the world. I began to think more about what enables fascism. How does fascism manage to exist in a world which, as far as I can tell, is filled predominately with lovely people?

I am sure you have heard one time or another, while listening to the account of an eye-witness to an event be it accident, robbery, etc., they will express it as ‘just like watching a video or playing a video game’.

This is odd. Some people don’t see anything amiss with the company and petition the company to do more, often protesting those CEOs who don’t tell them what to do best.

Nearly every day, I like to walk around my backyard, slowly, taking one careful step after another, highly aware of where my foot will land and the degree of vibrations, knowing that the slightest molecule out of place will alert any insect basking on a leaf to my presence, and they will flit away.

“The people recognize themselves in their commodities; they find their soul in their automobile, hi-fi set, split-level home, kitchen equipment.” ~Herbert Marcuse

“He, who every morning plans the transactions of the day, and follows that plan, carries a thread that will guide him through a labyrinth of the most busy life.” ~Victor Hugo

Accustomization is the killer of the self-willing being, for accustomization has trained the human mind to operate, function, and compute in a systematized, routed mechanism. Were its comfortable routine deleted, the mind would malfunction, would in a word, crash. This seems to be a flaw in our current system of Humanity.

“You have to leave the city of your comfort and go into the wilderness of your intuition. What you’ll discover will be wonderful. What you’ll discover is yourself.” ~Alan Alda

I am the average person; I am the typical American citizen. I go to work for under $40,000 a year, I live in a two-story suburban home in a metropolitan area, and I eat pre-cooked microwavable meals or fast food. I am in search of the next fad, trend, or fashion sense.

Doesn't anyone comprehend this?

“It’s only after we’ve lost everything that we’re free to do anything.” ~Tyler Durden

I do not want these things! I do not care about these things that have accumulated throughout my life. I want connection to other human beings and to the earth, not to things! I do not want to be tethered to an opulent nest and burdened with its ludicrous upkeep.

We are at a solemn moment, the moment when colonialism is not dead, alas, but at any rate already knows itself to be mortal. Colonialism is still able to crush and oppress, perhaps more savagely than ever. One thing is sure, however: It is mortally wounded, it knows it is perishable and has lost its historical assurance.

i often catch myself in thinking that not only are we headed down a very bleak path as a conscious group of people but we seem to be accelerating our indefinite ignorance. we have all watched together the increasing need for technology in our everyday lives(as i sit in front of my laptop).

No matter where you go or what you do, you live your entire life within the confines of your head.
~Terry Josephson

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