They seem to think that bombarding me with consumerist, commercial gimmicks, “must haves” and “right nows” will increase their relevance; make me relent, to “buy” their thinking and ways.
They are wrong.
Every day I am more and more detached,
repulsed.
… Walk away.
(To be continued…)
©SvetkaSamizdat
…
Nothing seems to motivate people
(and evil)
quite like the prospect of wealth
and power.
Treason against self and collective,
“better angels” left to piss in wind.
©SvetkaSamizdat
…
In modern liberal democracy
(as much as in oligarchy),
they who control the levers
of the mass media,
control the people.
Hearts, urges, ideas.
©SvetkaSamizdat
…
Gutted…
eviscerated, complicated, violated,
overwhelmed by stimuli,
need peace,
shut eyes.
©SvetkaSamizdat
…
It’s the selfish,
self-centered,
greedy, manipulative,
exploitative,
self-aggrandizing,
driven to humiliate,
(apparently instinctive),
nature of humanity
and society
that makes me believe
there is no hope.
…
I want and need
to escape!
©SvetkaSamizdat
…
He wore a $670,000 wristwatch.
I’m amazed that’s even possible.
Certainly it’s immoral
that such things exist.
©SvetkaSamizdat
…
Ah, the 1913-14 Tango Craze,
alas,
I remember those days.
For those who could,
decadent dreams of uninhibited consumption…
Tango dance, Tango chocolate, Tango underwear.
Meanwhile workers and peasants are squeezed to death,
and our hero’s mother dies of consumption
(L’Autre).
…
In so many ways,
Art imitates life
and,
like a dog to vomit,
the sick society eats itself.
Selah.
©SvetkaSamizdat
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