Saturday, May 2, 2009

Don't Bother

I have come to tell you, that your struggle against me is doomed to failure. You may try to create a culture where the environmentalism is valued, but you soon will discover that people care less about saving the Earth, and more about appearing to be. They will flock to your projects, working at community service, so they can get into college and buy your recycled shirts, to impress their friends. No matter what victories you seem to achieve, in the end, you will find that they never left us. For them, you’re just another brand, trying to sell another product. You’ll never be able to compete with us, because we can make our stuff cheaper, bigger, and better. You are trying to sell them a fundamentally inferior product. You are trying to sell them of a life of sacrifice, with no reward, a life of small portions, small cars, and small houses. We offer a life of luxury, letting them plug into the Matrix of consumerism, living in hermetic homes, with air conditioning, and televisions, but no windows. They’ll never have to think again; we’ll do it for them, telling them which television to buy, which car is the best, what is true, and what is a lie, told by evil monsters trying to steal their hard earned wealth. They’ll live in a bubble, protected from terrifying world by us, their noble benefactors. They’ll never have to work or think again. And best yet, it’s practically free, because we are able to externalize our costs in a way you’ll never be able to, running our industries on their happiness and the future of the world. They may not be happy, but they think they are, because we told them that they are. And why would we ever lie to them? We are their protectors, and we would never hurt them. We live in a world of opinions, not facts, and we control the media, the government, and the world. And what do you have? A couple scientists, and hippies? You may try and get the truth out, but your one small voice will be drown out by a million voices, telling the world you’re wrong, and perhaps more importantly, about the new low low price on the Chevy Tahoe. You may have the truth on your side, but we have everything else. You will try to fight us, but you will never win, until it is too late, for you will discover that humanity wants nothing more that to listen to our beautiful lies.
Give up, join me, and let us raze this pitiful world to the ground. Humanity does not want to be saved; let us give it what it wants, and we shall live like kings.

2 comments:

  1. My only complaint is that the lies make us suffer so. I'm content with illusions, but disillusionment is so painful, and so inevitable with what you propose.

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  2. Also, did you write this? You should have it printed in the Phillipian... would generate fantastic debate.

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