Another generation gets to experience "dehumanization" by the "establishment." This is the next generation after the baby boomers joined the work force, and who are now retiring. The baby boomers were themselves the rioters during the 60s, but they were domesticated and turned into useful members of society. So now instead of it being their turn to be taken care of by the welfare system, the younger generation of upstarts wants to rock the boat. They want to "occupy" Wall Street (the way their parents occupied Sproul Hall in UC Berkeley in the 60s.) Only this time they don't want to stage a "sit-in"; they want to riot like the Arabs in the Middle East. They are also talking about having their own "Spring". They would like to shackle the wealthy and share their millions.
According to the "Capitalists" (the owners with the old money), the rioters don't know what they want, because they are confused. The rioters scream, "Why can't we have the jobs of the Wall Street establishment"? All they want is jobs and "fair" wages. This picture appears all new to them; this never happened before in history.
Obama has been urged to make a statement, calm down the rioters. Didn't he break down the race barriers and rise to power by bringing down the "world order" (another name for the "establishment")? But Obama is finally ready to speak out and makes the astounding statement that he supports the rioters! The media is in a frenzy; they can't figure out what Obama is saying. There is no need to explain; Obama is campaigning for another four year term as President.
What do the rioters want anyway? We all live like domesticated animals these days; science has demonstrated that the human being is an animal (not like the Bible says); we are domesticated human animals who need to be fed, so we can work and pay taxes.
There was a time when we used to think of ourselves as human beings. Oh, my, those were the haydays of the American Revolution. But now we have succumbed to the knowledge of modern science; the human being is nothing more than a delusional animal at best, thinking that he is above the other animals in the jungle.
The human being was domesticated already when the Egyptians rioted at the time of Joseph. The Bible tells us how Joseph devised a system of taxation where the workers paid one fifth of their income to Pharaoh. They were given land and the seed to plant it. This system worked until a new generation of workers came along that had no jobs. The new workers didn't only want to pay the twenty percent tax; they wanted to become the bosses themselves. They wanted to "occupy" the seat of power itself. They wanted to be rewarded like the power brokers. Joseph didn't know what to do. The new generation came up with the solution for him. They said, "You can have us lock, stock and barrel -- just feed us -- we will work for free."
Just as then, there is no solution now. The establishment and the rioters are part of the same equation. They change sides in the formula, but the sum total is always zero.
Oct. 8, 2011