MaxMad244
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How do you find motivation to persevere knowing that the truth is completely obfuscated with words like democracy, capitalism, communism, and socialism when in reality we are just a highly evolved plutocratic form of feudalism - if we go by the facts and not religion. Feudalism is defined as paying a lord, or any entity for that mater, for protection. Historically 2/3rds of a peons earnings were paid to the Lord, in practice it was much more.
Similarly today we pay 2/3, at least, of our earnings to plutocratic entities, although in practice it is more like 90 percent. Instead of paying a lord we pay an insurance company and a government entity, which in turn are both owned by oligopolist billionaires (some refer to them as entrepreneurs). So in its most precise, and generalized form, we certainly do meet the definition of feudalism. Especially when you consider the religiosity of capitalist/communist arguments - both are really t he same side of the coin. Capitalists believe in this religious principle of free markets (they do not exist any more than unicorns as markets are controlled and dictated by those with military power). Communists are equally religious in their belief in sharing resources. Both result in the same outcome - plutocrats dictating the lives of millions against their will.
Furthermore we see the religiosity behind those who think we live in a democracy. They discuss mythological constructs like the idea of a social contract - when we know those who are born had no choice in their birth and by definition could never enter into a contract - and freedom of choice between two political parties that result in the same outcome but serve two functions - democrats raising the taxes on the poor, and republicans lowering the taxes for the rich.
How do you cope knowing you are nothing but a peon?
I find exercise helps a little.
Similarly today we pay 2/3, at least, of our earnings to plutocratic entities, although in practice it is more like 90 percent. Instead of paying a lord we pay an insurance company and a government entity, which in turn are both owned by oligopolist billionaires (some refer to them as entrepreneurs). So in its most precise, and generalized form, we certainly do meet the definition of feudalism. Especially when you consider the religiosity of capitalist/communist arguments - both are really t he same side of the coin. Capitalists believe in this religious principle of free markets (they do not exist any more than unicorns as markets are controlled and dictated by those with military power). Communists are equally religious in their belief in sharing resources. Both result in the same outcome - plutocrats dictating the lives of millions against their will.
Furthermore we see the religiosity behind those who think we live in a democracy. They discuss mythological constructs like the idea of a social contract - when we know those who are born had no choice in their birth and by definition could never enter into a contract - and freedom of choice between two political parties that result in the same outcome but serve two functions - democrats raising the taxes on the poor, and republicans lowering the taxes for the rich.
How do you cope knowing you are nothing but a peon?
I find exercise helps a little.
