That was then.

Post #240,062 by Ashton 1/1/06 11:01:51 PM Reply	That was then. Then: a whole New World to trash, seemingly infinite and ripe for indefinite plucking, free ready-made slaves and superior techno to keep it that way. Now there's nukes, n! opinions amidst the billions clamoring to join US - - fuck - - Emulate US! in the mold of the young Wastrel, Shrub. The same handy lies-to-selves, while those nukes are proliferating, means: The Old Lies did not age well, have reached expiration date. If we still insist on Dreams of Owning endless piles of expensive crap - we'll need some pretty good New Lies. Soon. I haven't seen one that can match its cgi trailer. We could.. fess up, face up, of course. Hah.
Post #240,065 by boxley 1/1/06 11:30:24 PM Reply	that is now, people dont change chinese warlordism over centuries was only held back by Mao for 65 years, the wild west has been replaced by the wild inner cities where Korean cowboys eke livings in fear of Indian attacks. The rural ag sharecropping folks have been replaced by the rural agribiz that pays the same as the landlord tenants. Technology changes, delivery systems change, people do not. The bright side is that the Tao is just as valid today as it was to confucious. The earth is a coffin surrounded by blue skies, whether I get a annual bonus or my car gets good milage or I dont need a blue genie to get erect doesnt matter. What does matter has nothing to do with goods or services. thanx, bill Any opinions expressed by me are mine alone, posted from my home computer, on my own time as a free american and do not reflect the opinions of any person or company that I have had professional relations with in the past 50 years. meep
Post #240,161 by Ashton 1/2/06 7:38:24 PM Reply	No, that is not 'people' That: is what masses of people 'look like' -- wandering around, just with jelloware full of the stuff inculcated into them as tykes -- and never having an original thought, since. (Today the tendency is intensified, because their techno culture permits a sort of 'living' - without the necessity for thinking. Which may be a reason, but not an excuse.) Whether or not so common an affliction is curable/large-scale - is an ongoing psych (and psyche) question, not a species characteristic. (If you can't tell ingrained habit from immanence, perhaps you shouldn't be training-up replacements? ;-)
Post #240,162 by boxley 1/2/06 7:43:49 PM Reply	my kids are all feral, good trainer, not :-( Any opinions expressed by me are mine alone, posted from my home computer, on my own time as a free american and do not reflect the opinions of any person or company that I have had professional relations with in the past 50 years. meep

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