Yes, gentle reader, I put both of my novels on the Kindle countdown plan, Edge of Eternity starting the 28th of April and Unplugged starts on May 2nd, 99 cents get 'em while they're hot!
Now for the piece I was contemplating but didn't get to yesterday, the topic near and dear to all of our hearts, Freedom.
Interesting word as the dictionary defines it as 'the state of being free'...and it stops...free from what? It doesn't say so we stupid humans 'imply' and make up our own (often quite fanciful) definitions, many of them overburdened with the shortest word in every language, 'I'.
Which brings us to the burning question; is 'personal freedom' even possible, considering human beings do extremely poorly when left to their own devices?
TV is filled with 'rugged individuals' taming the wilderness on their lonesome...or so the none too bright would think.
Which is to point out that we all want the 'freedom' to go about our affairs unmolested and in exchange for that 'freedom' we allow others to do likewise.
The problem begins when you live under a system that puts your well-being in direct conflict with your desire not to be molested. First we, since it was here when you/we got here and nobody had a choice in the matter, we have the work for pay, a swap that allows (other) individuals to profit from your labor...often making more off of your efforts than you do (and I don't mean that collectively, in extreme cases this happens individually...and these corporations are quite large! [where did you think billionaires come from?) The common thread here is, believe it or not, is the government.]}
Not to say this is a bad thing, it just means our/everybody's government is corrupt to the core, which extends to our/their justice system, which is also in the pockets of those who would let our civilization crash itself to pieces on the rocks of injustice...
Um naturally this is all tied together, making it difficult to address singular aspects, the cause and effect chains cascade throughout society, which is why the fabric of our civilization is being torn asunder with frightening regularity.
Not to poke the stick into the cage (too hard) but most of us would agree that total freedom is a bad thing, just as total truth is something our species is incapable of handling at this time.
Now for the piece I was contemplating but didn't get to yesterday, the topic near and dear to all of our hearts, Freedom.
Interesting word as the dictionary defines it as 'the state of being free'...and it stops...free from what? It doesn't say so we stupid humans 'imply' and make up our own (often quite fanciful) definitions, many of them overburdened with the shortest word in every language, 'I'.
Which brings us to the burning question; is 'personal freedom' even possible, considering human beings do extremely poorly when left to their own devices?
TV is filled with 'rugged individuals' taming the wilderness on their lonesome...or so the none too bright would think.
Which is to point out that we all want the 'freedom' to go about our affairs unmolested and in exchange for that 'freedom' we allow others to do likewise.
The problem begins when you live under a system that puts your well-being in direct conflict with your desire not to be molested. First we, since it was here when you/we got here and nobody had a choice in the matter, we have the work for pay, a swap that allows (other) individuals to profit from your labor...often making more off of your efforts than you do (and I don't mean that collectively, in extreme cases this happens individually...and these corporations are quite large! [where did you think billionaires come from?) The common thread here is, believe it or not, is the government.]}
Not to say this is a bad thing, it just means our/everybody's government is corrupt to the core, which extends to our/their justice system, which is also in the pockets of those who would let our civilization crash itself to pieces on the rocks of injustice...
Um naturally this is all tied together, making it difficult to address singular aspects, the cause and effect chains cascade throughout society, which is why the fabric of our civilization is being torn asunder with frightening regularity.
Not to poke the stick into the cage (too hard) but most of us would agree that total freedom is a bad thing, just as total truth is something our species is incapable of handling at this time.
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