Message from @diversity_is_racism
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it's definitely drifting toward oblivion
HAS BEEN FOR SOME TIME
AT LEAST IN USA
VERY SAD
but shiny new gadgets do not offer depth
BECAUSE WHAT WE HAVE NOW IS CRAP
only addiction cycles
I LIKE THE ADDICTION METAPHOR
KEEP IN MIND I BORROWED IT FROM A HOMOSEXUAL DRUG ADDICT
WILL BURROUGHS
BUT
HE WAS WASP SO IT'S OK BY ME
SHINY GADGETS, MONEY, POWER, FOOD, SEX, DRUGS.... YAWN
PEOPLE ARE MAGPIES (BIRDS THAT CHASE AFTER SHINY THINGS)
power is a funny one, though
i've been thinking about it recently
THIS IS WHERE HUBRIS COMES INTO PLAY
POWER IS GOOD WHEN ONE IS COMPETENT TO WIELD IT
it's amusingly pointless, in a way
OTHERWISE, IT DEBUNKS THE INDIVIDUAL AND MAKES THEM SEEM IDIOTIC
what do you want to rule sheep for
WELL
TO KEEP THEM FROM DESTROYING EVERYTHING GOOD
IS MY ONLY REAL ANSWER
AND
EVEN IF THEY ARE NORMIES
I AM FOND OF A LOT OF THEM
THEY DO NOT MEAN BADLY
THEY ARE LIMITED IN CAPACITY
LIKE HOW ONE CAN LOVE A DOG OR CAT
EVEN IF IT CANNOT WRITE CODE
I'm thinking about career politicians
HA! OH YES
THEY ARE MERELY GREEDY AND UNSTABLE
striving their whole life to have "responsibility" for max # humans
YOUR ANSWER IS THERE
"WHY RULE SHEEP?" BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE, AND ARE EMPTY SOULS
WHO NEED SOMETHING EXTERNAL
TO MAKE THEM FEEL PURPOSE
I'm not discounting the value of humans - that came across wrong