I have a $2500 piece of nostalgic art made of glass, LEDs and electronics (I'm not sure if it still works). Back when I was a boy, people used these things for entertainment and, even stranger still, used it as a source of information of what was happening in the world and locally. The shiny black surface seems to draw you in like an existential hurdy gurdy, stare at it too long and you realise that in that inky darkness, it stairs back at you. No wait, it is a reflection, of you, on your couch, a mirror of what you have made of your life. It hits you like a rock, you could never notice this before, it is as if it had taken a snap shot of you in that moment, hidden all these years by it's endless images, only to be revealed when turned off. How long have you spent in that position over the years. Now, with the power off, that position seems so unflattering. But that's not all.
I have a $3500 piece of furniture that I have barely no reason to sit on, I have spent thousands moving both around the country. I think I have spent more money transporting those items than I have on transporting myself around. Looking at them now is strange as if they don't belong. I know they belong because room looks like everyone else's room on.
The sad part is the lounge and the TV is really worth nothing secondhand, I could have bought 4 ounces of good metal with that. I might turn the flat screen into a coffee table one day, what do you think? It is probably big enough for a dining table.
Seriously though, WTF, I can't watch a movie, news, current affairs or any TV programming without experiencing virtual signalling of one sort or another. I have my own problems to sort out and I sure as fuck, do not care about anyone else's. Especially when their problems are, first world problems or hurt feelings and the like. I feel like telling them, I am 450K in the hole, I do not care what gender you think you may want to be. I am unemployed so I get exactly zero dollars for every one of your dollars, get it? So with all due respect, fuck off with your virtual signalling. This may sound callous too, but I honestly don't care if you want to kill each other either #nolivesmatter, if you are not prepared to take a good, long, hard look at yourself and take responsibility for educating yourself on who is pulling your strings, then go ahead. The more ideologues on both sides that perish the better. I know a large number of people here are searching for an alternative, I am not speaking to you. If anything this article is turning into a bit of rant (but I digress).
The amount of nonsense I have seen on YouTube from Hollywood actors is un-fucking-believable. The richest people in the country, behaving like that can talk to you and I about how we should live our lives. I guess this has been happening since the advent of media, but has it ever been so blatant? They are not even trying to be subtle now. Are they the ones going to be distributing their wealth down to me? I didn't think so haha. They will be part of the ruling class, the ruling party and essentially, the collectivist "in group".
Ashley Judd's, Nasty Woman performance was so woefully bad, I felt embarrassed for her. Same goes for Madonna, if I was George Soros, I would be demanding my money back. This event was designed and paid to convey a message, but to who? Any body sitting on the fence on these issues, surely could see this for what it is, no? They say all publicity is good publicity, I beg to differ. How can people not see that they are the established voice? Also note, I am not a supporter of Trump, (glad he won, sure but not a supporter), it's the same shit different day. If these people were just getting up and exercising their right to free speech, I have no problem with this. However you know that this is no the case, this is well funded, planned Marxists propaganda to push a globalist agenda. There was a time that the left were protesting globalism at the G20's, what happened? How did they get recruited?
The "I will survive" ad from Hollywood was another monstrosity production, the participants did't even look like the wanted to do it. Back in my day SJW's put on things like Live Aid and Band Aid, which is exactly what it is a band aid for 3rd degree burns. But at least they were somewhat entertaining, produced well perhaps. Things these days look like they have been slapped together by the local Christmas parade.
Et tu, DeNiro?
Motor vehicle advertising is crazy, basically they are saying we have done enough marketing to you blokes, we know you'll buy our cars regardless, so we are going to virtue signal our way to sales. Check out the ratio of likes to dislikes, if they have not disabled them.
Obviously Brad pit has not been to Venezuela. What socialist country have you been to Brad? Sweden? So yeah, it is fine guys, socialism is fine because Brad Pitt says so, haha I can hardly believe this is happening.
But it is not only USA, it is here too, in Australia we can't turn on the TV without some Marxist brainwashing occurring. Hence my television remains off, maybe that is a good thing because I spend a lot less of my time in front of it.
Although this turned into a bit of rant, I would like it to be a rant with a purpose. Is there enough people, who are fed up with these insults to our intelligence that are being fed to us by these organisations, to make an effect on their income. After all we provide the currency for them to produce this stuff, we pay them so they can provide us with propaganda. It is like Trump trying to get Mexico to pay for a wall. Maybe this is not possible, as they are often backed by the likes off Soros. I can understand it from a point of view of having that much money, why they wouldn't want you guys to think for yourselves or have any real agency either. Is opting out of their shit viable? Is boycotting their rubbish have any effect? Or should we just consuming because it is there and we have nothing better.
I would also like to reiterate that I am not in support of Trump, I think you are going to get a different flavor of the same old thing. I read a good article (link below) on Trump that I found on the Paul Craig Roberts site.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/46342.htm
My above rant, in my head, culminates the death of MSM, the death of Hollywood. But it seems not to be that way in reality, like the terminator they keep on getting up. I thought the recent (past 9 years) nonsense with the banking system would be so appalling to people that there would be a majority that could commence a process of change. But I don't see it, I see them getting stronger, maybe I am being pessimistic and maybe what we are seeing is the beginning. Populist positions seem to be growing world wide, but just as happened in history, these efforts are infiltrated at the right moment by well funded groups using almost masterful techniques of "Alinsky" and the like.
Could we be the ones to stop the pendulum from swinging? Or do just let it swing. If everyone took the time for a little introspection I think they would rationally come to the conclusion that "we don't need no education". Stop feeding the machine.