[Peace-discuss] peak bless 'im -ism

[E. Wayne Johnson]

probably not.

http://www.businessinsider.com/standard-of-living-middle-class-2010-10



On 10/17/2010 4:36 AM, John W. wrote:
> With the exception of the Bible quote at the top and the Leonard Cohen 
> quote at the bottom, is this your own personal prophecy, Wayne?
>
>
>
> On Sat, Oct 16, 2010 at 8:24 AM, E. Wayne Johnson <ewj at pigs.ag 
> <mailto:ewj at pigs.ag>> wrote:
>
>     "Without the Shedding of Blood there is No Remission of Sins."
>
>     It is naive, silly and ridiculous to think that those who are
>     running the system
>     are going to willingly hand over the reins of power.
>
>     They control the opinion shaping media that manipulates
>     the general masses that want the sex, lies and circuses that Big
>     Brother promises.
>     They control the currency.  They have all the important land.
>     They have the guns and the ability to incarcerate.
>
>     The great mass of people in their miserable pitiful lives
>     of existential fear, farting, fucking, and quiet desperation
>     are unwilling nay unable to move outside their comfort zones.
>
>     They are only dimly aware of what is happening to their world.
>     They will ask for more and more and more regulation, more
>     authoritarianism,
>     and more security that will progressively rob them of their
>     liberties, their
>     livelihood, and their lives.  They will think that they are right
>     in asking
>     for Big Brother's iron hand and protection and they will be reassured.
>
>     The masses can hardly be expected to make any sort of meaningful
>     response let alone offer resistance.
>
>     Those who are aware of what is going on are limited in number.
>     They are hindered in their efforts by personal differences and
>     ideologic hang-ups.
>     Some are rebels by nature and most are neither good leaders nor
>     obedient followers.
>     There will be several different factions.
>
>     Many rebel leaders will be incarcerated.
>
>      "I've got some friends inside."
>
>     There will be much bloodshed as the rebels and looters and
>     vigilantes and paramilitary groups clash.
>
>     The rotted american cities will become even more dangerous as the
>     competition for basic needs,
>     food, water, clean shelter, heat, automobile tyres, clothing goes
>     over the top out-of-control.
>
>     The better cities that somehow retain industrial production
>     will be heavily guarded and access to them will be limited to
>     those with explicit permission to enter.
>
>     Some will seek to live quiet lives of subsistence in the
>     countryside but there they will be plagued and plundered by
>     marauding gangs
>
>     Disease will claim many, as long forgotten illnesses like
>     diphtheria, tetanus, botulism, cholera return with fervor as does
>     famine.
>
>
>     When they said, "Repent. Repent." I wondered what they meant.  -
>     L. Cohen.
>
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