Paul Stanway
HOW TO KEEP CONTROL IN A SOCIETY OF STRIVERS
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Seven billion souls all yearn for purpose.
This would be a problem, if we weren’t dumb
By birth or by choice - whatever. The surplus
Cash pettifoggers extract also numbs
Which is smartly done - they engineer meaning
And control demand, with self-policing
Networks of status and distinction. Feelings
. . .
September 16, 2017
"GOD BECOMES A CONTENDER", AND "SOCRATIC CONCEIT (UP MY ARSE)"
One And Two And One And Two And One And Two And Rest.
1: GOD BECOMES A SERIOUS CONTENDER FOR GIVING MY LIFE A SENSE OF MEANING
"I like cat videos." I said. "In particular I like hairless cats being strangled or microwaved."
"Sorry. I don't think this is the right job for you."
"It's cute. I know [laughs laughs] . . .
September 15, 2017