It's true

Well, it seems humanity is utterly predictable.

Our leaders have nothing to fear but fear itself.

While we have have nothing to fear, that we don't already fear.


This is not the umbrella I had hoped for us all to unite under.


I wonder what our ancestors would think of us.

they think humankind lost its direction in life

a reply to: 19Bones79
I wonder what our ancestors would think of us.

They're either laughing their asses off at our stupidity and gullibility, or shaking their heads in shame.

One or the other.

Humanity has always been predictable. We know what we should fear, but most of us pretend there is nothing there. With heads in the sand, we just bury our eyes deeper.

Our leaders do indeed have something to fear. They just can’t see it, because they have their heads stuck in an even deeper sand pile than we do. It isn’t fear they are afraid of. It is the reckoning soon to come. Something they cannot escape but clearly is just beyond the horizon of reality. They think they are in control and that no one is above them. And so they have fear. They just can’t be seen to show it and generally respond to any request with lies and verbal attacks. Every day they come closer to the abyss. They know it awaits them, but will not attend to it.

Do keep in mind that there is something we all should fear, and it is not death.
All leaders, and without question, all mankind is subject to the same result.
There are those of us who actually have very little fear. Not of this world, nor the next.
It is all a matter of doing what is just good and right, which most people seem unable to do.
That reckoning will come. No one can stop it.

Look around you: Do you think Biden is Not afraid? He is an angry old man unable to think due to dementia. His die is cast, and he fears far more than fear itself. In fact, he is terrified.
Pelosi is pretty much gone from the public eye, but is old, and certainly does fear.
Every single person behind the demise of America is responsible, culpable, and the time is coming folks when soon the courtroom will be filled, and even the judges will be judged. Rest assured it is not fear they fear. It is something far more powerful.

sorry folks a double reply. don't know how it even happened

originally posted by: musicismagic
they think humankind lost its direction in life

We did not lose our direction. We where led away from common sense, and deceived with an illusion of freedom.

We have been conditioned to accept a lifestyle, culture, and norm, that keeps us bound to a society that traps us and locks us into social norms through our selfishness, and belief of superiority.

It reminds me of the story of the people who had tiny arms. They were placed in front of a huge table of food. They were given long spoons to reach the food, but their arms were too tiny to able to get the food to their mouths, so they were all dying of hunger because none could get the food into their mouths to eat of the food.

Until one realized that he could not eat from the spoon, but he could feed another.

Until we realize that we are little more than a symbiotic species on this planet that has become a parasite.

Until we learn that we survive and thrive by ensuring the life of others, we shall all die. First in spirit, and the body will follow.

a reply to: DavidsHope

Look around you: Do you think Biden is Not afraid? He is an angry old man unable to think due to dementia. His die is cast, and he fears far more than fear itself. In fact, he is terrified.
Pelosi is pretty much gone from the public eye, but is old, and certainly does fear.
Every single person behind the demise of America is responsible, culpable, and the time is coming folks when soon the courtroom will be filled, and even the judges will be judged. Rest assured it is not fear they fear. It is something far more powerful.

Not trying to be contrary, but there is not one world leader who appears to fear a 'Higher Power' or day of reckoning, which begs the question "What do they know that we don't?"

It's almost as if organized religion was invented as a means of controlling the minds of the masses. None of the principles ever seem to have been followed by the 1%.

Now that there's a mass falling away from religion a new paradigm is needed.

Joe Biden is showing signs of advanced dementia, one of which is inappropriate bursts of anger.

The only think rich and powerful people fear is the loss of either. Government was created to be 'for the people, by the people' and the ensuing decades have removed 'we, the people' from the equation; we are given the illusion that we have power when in reality we let that slip away long ago.

I'm convinced there will be a 'Great Reset'; just not the one the elite have so carefully constructed. They have only been allowed to think they're in control.

Religion gives man a scapegoat for all his shortcomings. Don't get me wrong; the basic principles of Christian faith are good examples to aspire to, but leave out personal responsibility for ones' actions. When all is said and done, the buck stops at each heart and ownership of what they did with their time here.

originally posted by: musicismagic
they think humankind lost its direction in life

Ummm...humankind never had a direction...they only have urges...and traits...and characteristics shaped by environment...

The nature of humans is concisely displayed by their behavior as they perfectly conform to their Nitch...

You're a member of the apex predator species on the Planet...the most savage and cunning of all the species...who preys not only on all other species...but on itself as well...

Our behavior is dictated by that nature...and any protestations to the contrary...are not supported by the observable data...



YouSir

The problem is fear of the unknown.

They are the evil we know.

When you invite revolution, you invite the evil you don't know, and it can potentially be worse. Out of all the revolutions the planet has seen, and there have been many, almost none have ushered in change for the better. The US was an anomaly, not a pattern.

So the risk of overthrow is enormous and you better be sure it's worth taking.

originally posted by: YouSir

originally posted by: musicismagic
they think humankind lost its direction in life

Ummm...humankind never had a direction...they only have urges...and traits...and characteristics shaped by environment...

The nature of humans is concisely displayed by their behavior as they perfectly conform to their Nitch...

You're a member of the apex predator species on the Planet...the most savage and cunning of all the species...who preys not only on all other species...but on itself as well...

Our behavior is dictated by that nature...and any protestations to the contrary...are not supported by the observable data...

YouSir

You got me to thinking.

In nature you have social animals that live together in harmony.

That harmony is disturbed when the numbers become too big, then some have to branch off, building new social groupings. The size of the group is part of it remaining stable and in harmony with each other. If the resources become low, they will either battle their own or travel much greater distances to survive.

Apex predators are a lot different. There can be only one.

a reply to: 19Bones79

That meme of Prince Charles and Ramaphosa is spot on. 100% spot on.


“We are led by the least among us – the least intelligent, the least noble, the least visionary. We are led by the least among us and we do not fight back against the dehumanizing values that are handed down as control icons.”
— Terence McKenna

originally posted by: NightSkyeB4Dawn

originally posted by: YouSir

originally posted by: musicismagic
they think humankind lost its direction in life

Ummm...humankind never had a direction...they only have urges...and traits...and characteristics shaped by environment...

The nature of humans is concisely displayed by their behavior as they perfectly conform to their Nitch...

You're a member of the apex predator species on the Planet...the most savage and cunning of all the species...who preys not only on all other species...but on itself as well...

Our behavior is dictated by that nature...and any protestations to the contrary...are not supported by the observable data...

YouSir

You got me to thinking.

In nature you have social animals that live together in harmony.

That harmony is disturbed when the numbers become too big, then some have to branch off, building new social groupings. The size of the group is part of it remaining stable and in harmony with each other. If the resources become low, they will either battle their own or travel much greater distances to survive.

Apex predators are a lot different. There can be only one.

Ummm...I disagree that animals live together in harmony...Within a herd...or pack...or flock...there is always strife between the inhabitants...exhibited especially at feeding times and during procreation periods...Daily group dynamics involves social stratification...where Alpha...Beta...Gamma...and Omega...dominance displays are constant forms of group interaction...

Vegetarian herd dynamics are rife with dominance and submissive contests primarily centered around leadership and procreation...these displays often culminate in either death or maiming...

Bird flocks display pecking orders to establish dominant and submissive individuals within the group...these can also culminate in death and or injury to the submissives within the group...

Your second point about resources leads to territorial disputes among different groups within and across species...
and can cause conflict within a group dynamic from resource scarcity...much as you stated...

Your final point about apex predators is partially correct...there are many apex predators on the planet...Orca's are one example...

However...the top predator on the planet is certainly human beings ...with all our warts and territorial/resource conflicts...

It's certainly within the realm of possibility that the human species may indeed be the harbinger for its own extinction...However...I think that it's the height of hubris to consider that humanity can separate itself from its nature and evolve into some utopic ideal...(not that you were attempting to state that)...





YouSir

originally posted by: DavidsHope

Every single person behind the demise of America is responsible, culpable, and the time is coming folks when soon the courtroom will be filled, and even the judges will be judged. Rest assured it is not fear they fear. It is something far more powerful.

a reply to: YouSir

I thought for a hot second about the use of the word harmony. I started to include that their societal structure did not mean they lived in perfect harmony, but chose to leave it out, because I do have a tendency to be a bit verbose. Maybe a better term would have been congruity.

Sometimes I have one of those "Throw Mama From The Train" moments. When words like "sultry", just elude me.

originally posted by: YouSir

originally posted by: musicismagic
they think humankind lost its direction in life

Ummm...humankind never had a direction...they only have urges...and traits...and characteristics shaped by environment...

The nature of humans is concisely displayed by their behavior as they perfectly conform to their Nitch...

You're a member of the apex predator species on the Planet...the most savage and cunning of all the species...who preys not only on all other species...but on itself as well...

Our behavior is dictated by that nature...and any protestations to the contrary...are not supported by the observable data...

YouSir

Hmm.. The goal of humanity seem to always have been overcoming or beating nature, and separating ourselves from other species and nature. We thrive when we live in artificial environments. So going with this logic, we will end up existing in a purely digital form, floating in space in a steel box. This will be considered by humans as the pinnacle of evolution, we already are trapped in our smartboxes everyone keeps staring at, no more aging disease reproduction or death.

a reply to: nugget1

Thank you for sharing your profound insight into the reality of the situation.


If only one person reads that and understands, then it makes all the difference.


The sad part is, if you could get on the world stage and make people understand this, would they face their deepest conflicts or call you the antichrist?

a reply to: ColeYounger

Terence McKenna gets it.