Torture as Business (Revised 2011)

torture works, man
the vice gets tighter er'ry day
torture works, man,
you gotta pay to play

phlebotomy, or
secrets, for
security.
more....!?
fraudulent loans,
for homes,
now government owned.
how degrading,
when you gotta cheat to eat.
pulling out fingernails, dollars and souls.
torture works, man!
the vice gets tighter er'ry day.
torture works, man,
you gotta pay to play.

no one's immune.
interest rates impugned,
placed on heads of avariced goons
how does it feel?
when cracking whips get louder still.
so now we're all stretched thinner.
what's for dinner?
milk will cost a leg,
vegetables an arm.
we might as well eat each other.
torture works, man!
the vice gets tighter er'ry day.
torture works, man,
you gotta pay to play.

we're in stocks,
for stocks.
in bonds,
for bonds.
men under keys and locks.
hedged bets,
versus stacked decks.
mortgaging futures,
for futures,
when none exists
its gettin' hot in this convection oven!


overstuffed slave ships,
turns into
overtaxed wages and tips.
cold war defense systems,
now a different war
supported by new -isms.
Dow Jones got you disheveled?
or maybe just terror threat levels?
all of it increasing bottom-lines.
torture works, man!
the vice gets tighter er'ry day
torture works, man,
you gotta pay to play.

we're not averse to torture,
ends justify means.
its part of our culture,
blood stains the fabric of our jeans.
choose to comply,
or be an example.
our steeds pull men apart,
the others are trampled.
torture works, man!
the vice gets tighter er'ry day
torture works, man,
you gotta play or pay!

-the thelosopher

Complexity is a boon to Terrorists, Multinationals and News/Market Makers

we are falling head long into an era of defacto-communism. security and financial threats are causing us to infuse the federal govt. with more and more power. the federalization of airlines, border and market security, as well as gov't. bailouts of failing companies, will have us waking up a communist country. case in point; because the financial markets have become so diffused by derivatives (implemented by middlemen to usurp wealth) so as to be almost completely detached from the individual consumer/investor. therefore, miscalculated valuations of securities cause (supposed) severe central bank collapses* , enter the "Fed". secondly, physical security is also in question. with bureau (Homeland Security) stacked on top of bureau (FBI, CIA, NSA, State/Local Police ect.), the efficiency needed in prevention and reaction is hampered (another example of a derivative/complexity problem)*. every business/reasonable-minded person can understand the diminishing returns of added complexity*. the problem is that large, slow and wealthy institutions are unwilling (or unable; due to stockholder pressures and/or gov't. regulations) to scratch the current trends and simplify*....enter private equity, exit Dow Jones! Dow Jones is the equivalent of the daily "Terror Threat Level"; an agent of fear mongering/economic terrorism! (so is the daily local/national news for that matter). we are living in a time where "news" is the impetus for economic volatility (instead of the other way around). therefore news-makers have the power to create/destroy the wealth of nations. John Kerry once said, "we need to treat terrorism like a mere nuisance." to do otherwise gives terrorists (economic or islamofacist/CIA assets) the power to actually end our democracy.

*this is conventional logic made null by the superstructure known as "multinational corporations"

The love affair with the lie of individualism

modern western philosophers such as Locke, professed individualism and personal sovereignty, while oxymoronically espousing God's sovereignty. it is this paradoxical idealism that created the United States and sealed it's fate simultaneously. all rationalizations of avarice, disguised as manifest destiny extend from these precepts. a nation of individuals is no nation at all. the "American Dream" propaganda deeply veils the establishment of a new creation in the earth; a corporate superstructure, that usurps all previously known powers and establishments. two men can no longer barter for sustainability, because this new power provides all reference and value. the freedom myth of America extends far into our psyche, making it hard to reconcile that the very establishment of a society marks the beginning of the end of freedom. by definition, a society has norms, boundaries and customs, these are all forms of control; the antithesis of freedom.

Why do we form societies? One word; fear. We (humans) believe that we must control variables, establish knowns therefore create for ourselves a rational reality, however absurd. We fear unknowns and are predisposed to avoid the pain of confronting random events. war is the confluence of avarice and fear, with the stated purpose of ensuring security and sustainability (another paradoxical paradigm. war begets more war decreasing both security and sustainability).

as we look through the looking glass we see this corporate superstructure in all its unconscious mechanics. the rise and fall of civilizations are synchronous to market ebbs and flows. all humans are chattel and human endeavors are inconsequential. the dynamo powering this mechanism is human fear. fear is the devourer of freedom. in the history of man and cosmopolitan metropolises, there are very few things that can be agreed upon. unfortunately these things are fear and greed. these are the building blocks of societies, societies that ultimately crush humanity, and we did it to ourselves.

See this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jufT3v1roaU