"Can't serve God and Mammon both, Mammon being money." - Clint Eastwood, Pale RiderAs I was driving through soul crushing Chicago rush hour traffic, a small gray Toyota Corrola whizzed by me and on the back I saw Don't Let the Car Fool You My Real Treasure is in Heaven.
I realized at that moment that indeed God was real. But, the car had another message. Riches on earth did not belong to the fervent believer but to those who have another Religion.
Capitalism has replaced God.
This theory is hardly new, as the above quote relates, but what I did realize is that the Corporatists have sought to replace god as another means to control the working class.
The Serfs who toiled and labored under nasty and brutish conditions "enjoyed" more time off work, nearly a half year thanks to Feast and Mass days, than most workers in America do today.
Americans today are working longer hours, for a stagnant pay scale, and taking less time off than those Medieval Serfs. There are many reasons for these conditions, some stemming from the Reagan Revolution of supporting Corporate Welfare on the backs of the Middle Class. But, to the point of this post, Capitalism has absorbed many of the attributes of god.
Capitalist Demagouges abound in this Nation. They pontificate about the miracles associated with Capitalism. Capitalism has created the frozen TV Dinner! Alleluia! Capitalism has turned worthless black sludge into petrol! Free Market be praised!
Last year, when 32 Chilean miners were saved from being trapped under ground. Daniel Henninger, a blinkered Capitalist Priest, jumped forward and declared, Capitalism Saved the Miners: "It needs to be said. The rescue of the Chilean miners is a smashing victory for free-market capitalism."
Conservapedia had on their main front page: Bad News for Liberals Once Again. Pure Capitalism and the free market saved the miners.
The only thing Capitalism has ever done for Miners is kill them.
The most recent example being the Upper Big Branch Mine Explosion on April 5, 2010, which took the lives of 29 miners. The murderous tragedy happened because Massey Energy is an adherent of Unfettered Capitalism, who purposefully and systematically ignored safety, circumscribed government regulations and manipulated elections in order that they could run their mine on the principles of Capitalism.
Of course, in America there have been many mine disasters. In 1947 in Centralia, Illinois a mine explosion killed 111 miners. This murderous capitalist disaster is mainly known of today because Woody Guthrie (and later Bucky Halker) memorialized them in "The Dying Miner".
But, these and the myriad other incidents of Corporate malfeasance are ignored by the priesthood and thus unknown by the duped and brainwashed flock, who mouth the hosannas of Free Market and Capitalism, without knowing what they are doing is creating and then reinforcing a neural pathway of bondage to those who view the majority of the world as replaceable parts.
So, for the sake of more time off let's supplant the new god of Capitalism for the older christian god...
"Capitalism has absorbed many of the attributes of god."
ReplyDeleteYep...except that with God, the serf's reward supposedly comes in the next life. With capitalism, it never comes. The bootstraps myth is much easier to disprove that the existence of Heaven. Yet the devout serfs keep falling for it.
Enjoy the rest of you Ascension Monday off of work.
I think it should be made clear that the Chilean mine was state-owned and that the entire cost of the cleanup was paid by the Chilean people. This rescue, if anything, was a victory for socialism.
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Hi - This is not meant for publication, but I didn't see an email address.
ReplyDeleteHi
My name is Jed Lemon and I am part of a relatively new 4-month-old Internet Radio Show called, ‘The Fred and Jed Show’. We are growing every week, and somehow have managed to average between 120 to 150 listeners per episode. The show recently extended from 30 minutes to 60 minutes.
Now the purpose of the email, when we extended the shows length, we added a few new segments. One of the new segments is called “An Interview With A Blogger.”
This of course is not some kind of hard hitting interview, what we do is ask for political opinions on the Presidential Elections and other pressing issues. We ask what your readers tend to think, and cover any topic you might be interested in discussing. We also mention your url address and any other information that you might like out there.
We have also just started a new blog to accompany the show, but we are really not bloogers, just a couple of guys attempting to do some political humor. We also started a new blog roll, and will link those who do an interview with us. A link to the radio show archives will also be posted.
Our question to you is – would you be interested in doing a ten to twelve minute live phone interview sometime in the near future? Our show airs every Saturday @ 5:30 Central Time, and is recorded live. It will also be archived in the “ON DEMAND” section for convenient listening.
I would love to hear a response from you with any suggestions, questions, or concerns – or just a confirmation that you would like to schedule a date to do the show.
Thank you,
Jed Lemon
Here are a few links to the shows with the our new segment “Interview With a Blogger.”
The interview always starts just four or five minutes into the show.
Interview with Tom @ Politics Plus
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/jedlemon/2011/07/09/fred-and-jed-radio-show
Interview with Geoff Krawczyk @ rottenart.wordpress.com
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/jedlemon/2011/07/02/fred-and-jed-radio-show
Our Blog Link – but it is still currently under construction:
http://fredandjedradio.wordpress.com/
Thanks again
Jed Lemon