US AND THEM
Do you feel it...?
There’s a sense in the air of “Us & Them” and I can’t quite
figure out why. Let’s discover some answers together in a positive, forward
thinking fashion. Although the contents of this article might on the surface
seem morbid, I’d implore you to interpret them with an open mind & an
honest heart.
Let’s get stuck in.
Division is a funny thing – it takes the very essence of
ignorance to take lightly and the mind of a psychopath to manipulate. For you
& I to say we are exactly the same, exactly the same, is preposterous; of
course we have differences – Many in fact. We have genetic differences which
lead to biological & psychological differences, we have cultural
differences which lead to a different perspective & approach to the world,
we have educational differences which means that what we fundamentally know is
different and we have differences in belief, to mean that what we think is at
the root of everything will be in some way different. As far as what sets us
apart goes, that’s just the tip of the iceberg, so let’s look at what binds us
together.
We’re all on this ship & its sinking.
Woah! Did you feel that? There was some real honesty in that
statement & it’s a scary truth to get your head around; we’re doomed!
Luckily for all of us, that’s not our only similarity. We’re
much better off than that.
What we truly share at the heart of everything is that we
know fuck all. Sure, there are some that would stand up and say “I’m absolutely
certain of everything I say & everything I’ve been told” but they can’t be.
The problem we face is that we are living in an age of kids playing “adult”.
The majority of people are barely given a chance to socially mature before
being tossed through education & work, marriage & reproduction,
mortgage & pension. Above all else there is a high level of bullshit,
misinformation, propaganda & hearsay; creating a confusing undercurrent of lies
& deceit, often put to use by the aforementioned psychopaths. More &
more people are “opting out”. There is also a somewhat sensible sounding thread
of truth out there if you can follow it. Unfortunately, you only have to study
something wild like the “holographic universe” theory or even some basic
neurological perception studies to put the whole thing in doubt again. When we
measure up what we can truly prove or know against what we don’t, we come off
looking like a bunch of clever con-artists. That’s not to say we are at all
unintelligent or benign – we have clearly shown some progress over the space of
our existence. If indeed that existence can be proven.
Let’s get back to the point.
Aside from the fact that we don’t know whether we exist or
not, there appears to be the ability to think & collaborate between us. We
share the ability to take care & consider things, as well as having
hindsight. We share a history. Not necessarily a pleasant one in all cases but
that history is shared nonetheless; good and bad. Most of all we share the
ability to affect the lives of everyone else around us. We’re pretty great,
right? Go us!
So, if that’s “Us”, who is “Them”?
Let’s go back to talking about division for a moment.
As far as I can tell, no bad can come from diversity alone.
If anything, throughout my life I have witnessed a healthy merging of cultures
here in the UK, mostly involving food & dancing. What I do see is that some
fundamental factors of those cultures are prone to clashing – usually due to
fear-mongering media & politics, or simple close-mindedness. It appears as
if it’s not the differences themselves that cause a social divide, it’s the
attitude of the individual(s) presenting those differences as a problem.
So who do I think “Them” are?
If we are to follow the trend of mainstream conspiracy, we
are to believe that “They”, “Them” or “Those Cunts” are a select bunch of
reasonably wealthy business owners, politicians, celebrities, religious leaders
& cultists. A point that was made to me recently, probably by me, was that you
wouldn’t necessarily have to have the most money in the world to control it –
only enough. Say, for instance, if this theory were true, Trump would be high on
the list of psychopathic geopolitical puppeteers. I don’t however believe in
this concept which I’ll explain in a moment. The Yang to “Us” is whatever “Them”
decide. “They” can infiltrate us, sum up our differences & “Those Cunts”
will tear us apart; all the while reaping the benefits. I genuinely believe we
have a whale of a time doing this for ourselves – quietly contemplating our
levels of contempt for each other, based on nothing but meaningless divisive
bullshit.
Let me try to sum up in some way, however premature that
seems.
I’ve come to realise in my travels, in my work & in my
encounters with people that there is no “Them”. From my point of view we all
seem to be in the same shitty situations, with the same neuroses and with the
same childlike attitude to the world. There are those of us who seem so sure
& so tuned into it all that we follow them blindly into the dark, only to
find out they’re as lost as we all are. Even if the conspiracy theory stands;
what’s to say that they are separate from us? Who is to say that they are any
better or worse off than us? We’re all here & for the sake of sanity we
need to begin living together in some shred of harmony.
First of all, the quashing of open conversation has to stop.
The immediate call to arms needs to stop. The close-minded, divisive &
pointless bullshit has to stop. I don’t believe this lightly, I find these
things to be a daily embuggerance. If we want to put to rest the idea of “US
AND THEM” we need to start the conversation.
“What’s wrong with us?”
“What’s right with us?”
