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So I propose to you that the corporate "aliens" have, using credit and mainstream media and pharmaceutical drugs and services that deconstruct neighorhoods and weaken family bonds, done many of the things that the aliens in Falling Skies have done.
The latest episode ends with a military leader betraying children, selling them out and delivering them to the aliens. We've seen countless examples of legislators doing this-- betraying constituents for corporate "aliens."
When the Aliens take over the brains and minds of humans, the humans side with the aliens. They defend the aliens. They even kill for the aliens. Sound familiar? Can't wait to see the commenters defending corporatism on this one.
We live in the era of "boiled frog syndrome." Our situation is getting worse as the war against the middle class, perhaps started under Ronald Reagan, if not earlier, proceeds into another decade. It's hard for some people to imagine the wealthy paying the 50% tax rate that were the norm under Reagan, let alone the 70% taxes that were the norm under Nixon. Boiled frog syndrome. We are being lulled into thralldom. This is not fiction. This is reality.
What's the solution to this apocalypse? The same as it always is in this kind of movie-- kill the invaders. Wipe them out. HG Wells showed simple human germs doing the killing in his oft re-told WAR OF THE WORLDS. We're not going to have it so easy. To extend the analogy, we're going to have to take control of and massively modify the functioning of the corporations and the machines of destruction they've been wielding, and also the humans they've enslaved or taken over. I'll again say that one step will have to include debillionairizing the planet. Billionaires serve the corporations and have no place on a planet for humans. I've written about how to go about debillionairizing the planet in my article "De-billionairize" the Planet.
The thing about apocalyptic movies is they always give the message that even if there are only a few humans left and the odds are overwhelming, there is always room for hope and ways to fight back.
Ditto for reality.
So I propose to you that the corporate "aliens" have, using credit and mainstream media and pharmaceutical drugs and services that deconstruct neighorhoods and weaken family bonds, done many of the things that the aliens in Falling Skies have done.
The latest episode ends with a military leader betraying children, selling them out and delivering them to the aliens. We've seen countless examples of legislators doing this-- betraying constituents for corporate "aliens."
When the Aliens take over the brains and minds of humans, the humans side with the aliens. They defend the aliens. They even kill for the aliens. Sound familiar? Can't wait to see the commenters defending corporatism on this one.
What's the solution to this apocalypse? The same as it always is in this kind of movie-- kill the invaders. Wipe them out. HG Wells showed simple human germs doing the killing in his oft re-told WAR OF THE WORLDS. We're not going to have it so easy. To extend the analogy, we're going to have to take control of and massively modify the functioning of the corporations and the machines of destruction they've been wielding, and also the humans they've enslaved or taken over. I'll again say that one step will have to include debillionairizing the planet. Billionaires serve the corporations and have no place on a planet for humans. I've written about how to go about debillionairizing the planet in my article "De-billionairize" the Planet.
The thing about apocalyptic movies is they always give the message that even if there are only a few humans left and the odds are overwhelming, there is always room for hope and ways to fight back.
Ditto for reality.
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