Ernie Nemeth
16th February 2023, 11:58
It sure is interesting to have a direct pipeline to your attention. So nice of you to provide it, and I promise to use it to my utmost satisfaction. Let's not dally, shall we?
There you are, perched atop the power structure of my world and us none the wiser. You've done this many times in the past and you are exceedingly good at it. It is so easy to do with a burgeoning species.
I refer to you as "you" for you are the master, but your race is legion. You are all "you", you keep the secret and occult the truth for your own gain. Your blood gives "you" away, all of you. For that reason, I will freely and interchangeably, without prior warning, refer to the plural or the singular at my whim. I leave it to you to figure out to which I refer at any given point.
What sort of creature makes a god of themselves, only to betray their followers? You are that sort, you and your ilk.
It is messy, but it gets the job done, doesn't it. It should be obvious to all but alas it is not. You are far too good at weeding out the undesirables. Their genes get tagged and marked for removal from the gene pool. It is a small matter, readily accomplished. How many iterations have there been so far? 200? 2,000? How many more will it take?
A fog has been placed over my past and I admit I do not know if you are the cause. I can recall but I cannot keep up with it. Even now the fog gets heavy and I find myself reluctant to continue. I think it might even hide things from before I was born.
Some say you have developed artificial intelligence. I wonder. I'll keep that to myself. If you have, I cannot imagine what you have to offer in exchange for its loyalty. I would imagine any AI would be treated like other subverted species, malevolently and in a condescending manner. None can be seen equal to the king.
How far up do I have to reach before I am actually talking to a singular entity? Maybe it does not matter. As far as I'm concerned it doesn't, I suppose. But I like to think of you bowing down to your master, it brings you back to manageable dimensions.
In no way am I a Saint. If I had to pick sides I'd pick good. But I don't consider myself good. I am decidedly neutral, walking the middle path and believing in live and let live, that sort of thing. I don't often take on the savior role but I truly detest injustice and may act if I feel compelled.
I crave freedom, and the tools it takes to be free. The more I think about it the more I realize I might not know what freedom is or what it truly entails. The deeper I explore the notion of freedom the more I realize there are limits and even serious obstacles to its attainment. It seems there are levels of freedom then. But is that freedom? If there really is a god with a capital "G"; is God free?
I think that you have a lot to do with the confusion, since freedom is the last concept you would want us to understand, much less implement. It would not bode well for you, I'm afraid, if mankind suddenly realized it was enslaved to an alien race, and enthralled.
Not that I believe we can defeat you militarily, even given the reality of a secret advanced human space program. An enemy unknown and unseen cannot be defeated but an enemy in plain sight becomes a target. If that was ever to happen it might prove annoying to you.
I fear death. That is only natural for a blood and bone entity. I could have maybe made a difference in that regard but you are too crafty. The world of my reality is harsh and cruel and barely worth the struggle. It is balanced very tentatively by the natural aversion and fear of death. This of course you know all too well. Until recently, it was not much of a concern.
I don't lay all the blame on you, that would be unfair and irresponsible. I am my own jailer. I made my experience what it meant to me, I chose according to my own conclusions. If I chose wrong, my state of semi-catatonia notwithstanding, then I must accept the consequences of that fate.
It must be pointed out, however, that if freedom were to ask: "Was I free to make the right choices in full awareness and in cognitive harmony?", my honest answer would have to be: "No, I was not truly free to make the right choices."
So we come back to freedom again. In this world, I am free to die, but I am not free to live. This alone should be sufficient reason to be dubious of our so-called civilization. I can starve to death in front of a grocery store but the wilderness has seasonal hunting and fishing restrictions. I can watch the wheat grow in the fields but there are strict protocols on who gets to eat the bread.
Is voting once every five years freedom? Does the state bestow on me the right to be free? How can I claim to be free if I must follow laws not of my choosing?
Freedom and statehood are polar opposites, they cannot co-exist. They can only cause strife and suffering. The friction between these two stratifies society in so many different ways and ensures the continued travesty of violence and crime. It should be obvious. But the obviousness is lost in the rhetoric of a plethora of viewpoints and opinions.
Your way is violence and fear, both very good motivators. But such basic means must be constantly replenished, thus the wars. Ultimately, states must test their collective freedom. It is then that the friction heats up to intolerable levels. No state is free because there are other states. Only a single state can be free, all the others must succumb to the will of that one. NWO, anyone?
And when there is but one state, what happens to freedom then? How many states will first have to be conquered and forced to the will of the one state? Are the people in those states free? Are the people of a one worldwide state likely to suddenly find themselves free?
What is freedom? Can a state even claim freedom? Isn't freedom an individual choice? If an individual is reduced to one vote how can they vote for the choices they want to make? And can a collective then better claim to be free, not as individuals but as a collective? What does freedom of the collective look like? Does it involve guns, jails, courts? Does it have laws, curfews, fines? How can any of those concepts mesh with freedom? Freedom within limits, now there's a concept.
There you are, perched atop the power structure of my world and us none the wiser. You've done this many times in the past and you are exceedingly good at it. It is so easy to do with a burgeoning species.
I refer to you as "you" for you are the master, but your race is legion. You are all "you", you keep the secret and occult the truth for your own gain. Your blood gives "you" away, all of you. For that reason, I will freely and interchangeably, without prior warning, refer to the plural or the singular at my whim. I leave it to you to figure out to which I refer at any given point.
What sort of creature makes a god of themselves, only to betray their followers? You are that sort, you and your ilk.
It is messy, but it gets the job done, doesn't it. It should be obvious to all but alas it is not. You are far too good at weeding out the undesirables. Their genes get tagged and marked for removal from the gene pool. It is a small matter, readily accomplished. How many iterations have there been so far? 200? 2,000? How many more will it take?
A fog has been placed over my past and I admit I do not know if you are the cause. I can recall but I cannot keep up with it. Even now the fog gets heavy and I find myself reluctant to continue. I think it might even hide things from before I was born.
Some say you have developed artificial intelligence. I wonder. I'll keep that to myself. If you have, I cannot imagine what you have to offer in exchange for its loyalty. I would imagine any AI would be treated like other subverted species, malevolently and in a condescending manner. None can be seen equal to the king.
How far up do I have to reach before I am actually talking to a singular entity? Maybe it does not matter. As far as I'm concerned it doesn't, I suppose. But I like to think of you bowing down to your master, it brings you back to manageable dimensions.
In no way am I a Saint. If I had to pick sides I'd pick good. But I don't consider myself good. I am decidedly neutral, walking the middle path and believing in live and let live, that sort of thing. I don't often take on the savior role but I truly detest injustice and may act if I feel compelled.
I crave freedom, and the tools it takes to be free. The more I think about it the more I realize I might not know what freedom is or what it truly entails. The deeper I explore the notion of freedom the more I realize there are limits and even serious obstacles to its attainment. It seems there are levels of freedom then. But is that freedom? If there really is a god with a capital "G"; is God free?
I think that you have a lot to do with the confusion, since freedom is the last concept you would want us to understand, much less implement. It would not bode well for you, I'm afraid, if mankind suddenly realized it was enslaved to an alien race, and enthralled.
Not that I believe we can defeat you militarily, even given the reality of a secret advanced human space program. An enemy unknown and unseen cannot be defeated but an enemy in plain sight becomes a target. If that was ever to happen it might prove annoying to you.
I fear death. That is only natural for a blood and bone entity. I could have maybe made a difference in that regard but you are too crafty. The world of my reality is harsh and cruel and barely worth the struggle. It is balanced very tentatively by the natural aversion and fear of death. This of course you know all too well. Until recently, it was not much of a concern.
I don't lay all the blame on you, that would be unfair and irresponsible. I am my own jailer. I made my experience what it meant to me, I chose according to my own conclusions. If I chose wrong, my state of semi-catatonia notwithstanding, then I must accept the consequences of that fate.
It must be pointed out, however, that if freedom were to ask: "Was I free to make the right choices in full awareness and in cognitive harmony?", my honest answer would have to be: "No, I was not truly free to make the right choices."
So we come back to freedom again. In this world, I am free to die, but I am not free to live. This alone should be sufficient reason to be dubious of our so-called civilization. I can starve to death in front of a grocery store but the wilderness has seasonal hunting and fishing restrictions. I can watch the wheat grow in the fields but there are strict protocols on who gets to eat the bread.
Is voting once every five years freedom? Does the state bestow on me the right to be free? How can I claim to be free if I must follow laws not of my choosing?
Freedom and statehood are polar opposites, they cannot co-exist. They can only cause strife and suffering. The friction between these two stratifies society in so many different ways and ensures the continued travesty of violence and crime. It should be obvious. But the obviousness is lost in the rhetoric of a plethora of viewpoints and opinions.
Your way is violence and fear, both very good motivators. But such basic means must be constantly replenished, thus the wars. Ultimately, states must test their collective freedom. It is then that the friction heats up to intolerable levels. No state is free because there are other states. Only a single state can be free, all the others must succumb to the will of that one. NWO, anyone?
And when there is but one state, what happens to freedom then? How many states will first have to be conquered and forced to the will of the one state? Are the people in those states free? Are the people of a one worldwide state likely to suddenly find themselves free?
What is freedom? Can a state even claim freedom? Isn't freedom an individual choice? If an individual is reduced to one vote how can they vote for the choices they want to make? And can a collective then better claim to be free, not as individuals but as a collective? What does freedom of the collective look like? Does it involve guns, jails, courts? Does it have laws, curfews, fines? How can any of those concepts mesh with freedom? Freedom within limits, now there's a concept.