Consumption Will Hide That Pesky Reality

Those that have jobs consume. Those that do not have jobs fall off the face of the planet. Those who have jobs have someone to look down on and think, well thank god I have a job, and then go on consuming. 

Consumers have been single handedly carrying the Economy. Nothing Else.  No manufacturing, no investment in capital, and no new jobs created, except those for millennials who "demand" hand crafted jobs that will cater to them. 

 

They consume because that is what is asked of them, and what advertisements are consistently reminding them. I have sworn off commercials. They are meant to Brand people so that they can be fooled into accepting the consumers lifestyle, and of course eating as much meat and dairy as possible. Sure, we would not have all this entertainment and sports without them, but when they cross the line, they must be held in check. So I swear off of them. Every blue moon or so, I will look at what they are selling and promise to purchase an Item, just to keep the pony show rolling, but I will not cater to their greedy vision of mass consumption and a fairy tale ending, usually at the mall.

I am also weary of the Chinese. It seems that the entire country is visiting the Southern California area, on a mission to prop up the economy in the United States, so they can go about stealing our jobs. I am convinced that their employers give their worker free vacations to the United States, so as to pump money from the jobs that they stole from us, so we go on thinking that everything is Hunky Dory. 

The numbers are skewed, the information is false, and many people are yearning for the days where our government was just "a little" corrupt. I guess that is the lesson they would like to teach us. If we complain, then they will give us a glimpse of what it could be like. So vote back in the establishment, suckers, and don't forget to thank them on your way out of the Voting booth, with that false sense of sold optimism that spans from the elementary schools to the retirement "communities". 

I would like to be wealthy for a few weeks or so to see what is on that side. Then again, wealthy people are not the same as they used to be. They used to live in mansions and drive limos, take first class vacations, and make others jealous. Apparently now it is more of a predatory situation. They want to bully people in traffic, they want to be seen in public as a better breed of person, and most of all they want more "power". That sweet concoction of power, the ultimate aphrodisiac to strive for, nothing else will do the trick. The suckers will put more of them over this hurdle,  the .1%. Just getting close to it means living the rest of your lives in relative luxury, but you can never attain that heavenly mixture that is sealed off.

So there it is hook,line and sinker. I feel like I have been taking a book from Bernie Sanders. Yet that is the truth. Many people are falling off the face of the earth, and those that are not are living in fear, consuming like there is no tomorrow. It makes for good conversation with the newest brand of 18 dollar wine and that new recipe from the Whole Foods, meat and dairy included, of course. Then again these things have never been acceptable, because it forces people to really look at themselves, and to accept the fact that they have been misled.  This is why poor Bernie did not win the election. They knew that if they rigged the election close enough to the beginning, there would be enough people in denial, or in another tax bracket who would continue harping status quo and keep the greed train on the path. Life is good, after all, if you close your eyes far enough.