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Steve Wolf's avatar

...but beware of the escape valve, the professional gurus -- psychiatrists, priests, social workers, life coaches -- those they are trying to save are simply sentimental objects, symbolic capital in their drive to broadcast their ego and agenda across the cosmos.

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Justin E. Schutz's avatar

A good lesson. I quietly hope that many, many will read it. And, if they are able to, Think! I nevertheless live now in a bit of quiet fear and (loathing) anger. Hunter S. always recalls to me The Man In The High Castle ……..Thanx for writing, as always. ☯️

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Arthur Rosch's avatar

Lies

We eat lies for breakfast lunch and dinner.

We eat lies for our bed time snack.

We don’t know this to be false nutrition

But we see changes in our bodies:

Odd pains in odd places. Pains that will, over time, kill us

Lies are like Auto accidents. Consequences unpredictable, chaos rules.

I had a lie puke just the other day. I was stuffed

Full of bullshit. The sheer volume of it

Was disgusting and when I looked around

I saw all the other liars pretending not to puke

Pretending not to lie or pretending to believe the lies

Spread by others. Lies kill. Lies maim. Lies lead to murder

And suicide.

Our salvation is in doubt. We haven’t acquired the habit of

truth. We don’t know what truth looks like.

We’re so inured to lies by this time that even our greatest heroes

Topple like rotten statues and crumble before

The idols of mendacity. Look no further. Lies are here. Lies are everywhere

Like “never before”.

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Manuela Thiess Garcia's avatar

Yes, yes, and quadruple yes!

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