Homo Vulgaris rises...

[Bricktop]

...like a wraith from the groundmist of apathy and ignorance.



The way I see things is that the world is going to change dramatically in the next decade.



Homo vulgaris...the ordinary man...is emerging from decades, if not centuries, of torpor, languor and impassivity to exert power on a world in turmoil.



Vulgaris has come to the conclusion that the pillars upon which our civilisation are constructed are flawed, decayed, perverted and misappropriated by self interest over the cause of the greater good.



The political class is utterly detached from Vulgaris, pandering instead to ideology, noisy sub-classes, misguided concepts and above all, power unto itself.



Government is no longer a service to the plebiscite. It is a tool of political parties through which they impose their ideology for its own sake. Its bastard child, bureaucracy, is a self serving monolith of minions, administering "the law" above humanity, imposing rules for their own sake, and doing all in its power to leech more and more money from the powerless.



Fatuous and irrational abstractions, such as religion serves no-one but its devotees. Religions have no interest except to expand its base through lies and propaganda, and to exert greater power on its numb-brained believers.



Capitalism, or more precisely, corporations, are by definition focussed only upon their own gain. At least they do not attempt to deny their priority; to make YOUR money THEIR money with no regard to the social consequences of their mercenary and acquisitive behaviour. Profit is their only concern, and they will do all that is necessary to maintain and expand that profit, including rewarding themselves obscenely.



Economics has become the mesh fence that has enclaved Vulgaris from the ruling classes. Everything that goes into his pocket and flows out, is controlled by the combined forces of those above. Everything. The concept that Vulgaris has some element of financial control of his destiny is nonsensical.



But the greatest awakening is the cognisance that the one element that binds all the forces of control together, enables their influence and keeps Vulgaris compliant and accepting is the media. The status quo is its raison d'etre, and its control over what we see in the world around us, how to comprehend and interpret it and how to channel our resistance (more importantly, the lack of resistance) is like heroin in our collective veins. The more we see, the less we do.



The collective power thrives on the cowardice of Homo Vulgaris; each jackal of the various stanchions upon which we precariously rest snarls and glares at us, and we cower in submission.



Vulgaris must rise if he is to survive. And soon.

[Anonymous]

Interesting ideas Bricktop.

[Anonymous]

...like a wraith from the groundmist of apathy and ignorance.



The way I see things is that the world is going to change dramatically in the next decade.



Homo vulgaris...the ordinary man...is emerging from decades, if not centuries, of torpor, languor and impassivity to exert power on a world in turmoil.



Vulgaris has come to the conclusion that the pillars upon which our civilisation are constructed are flawed, decayed, perverted and misappropriated by self interest over the cause of the greater good.



The political class is utterly detached from Vulgaris, pandering instead to ideology, noisy sub-classes, misguided concepts and above all, power unto itself.



Government is no longer a service to the plebiscite. It is a tool of political parties through which they impose their ideology for its own sake. Its bastard child, bureaucracy, is a self serving monolith of minions, administering "the law" above humanity, imposing rules for their own sake, and doing all in its power to leech more and more money from the powerless.



Fatuous and irrational abstractions, such as religion serves no-one but its devotees. Religions have no interest except to expand its base through lies and propaganda, and to exert greater power on its numb-brained believers.



Capitalism, or more precisely, corporations, are by definition focussed only upon their own gain. At least they do not attempt to deny their priority; to make YOUR money THEIR money with no regard to the social consequences of their mercenary and acquisitive behaviour. Profit is their only concern, and they will do all that is necessary to maintain and expand that profit, including rewarding themselves obscenely.



Economics has become the mesh fence that has enclaved Vulgaris from the ruling classes. Everything that goes into his pocket and flows out, is controlled by the combined forces of those above. Everything. The concept that Vulgaris has some element of financial control of his destiny is nonsensical.



But the greatest awakening is the cognisance that the one element that binds all the forces of control together, enables their influence and keeps Vulgaris compliant and accepting is the media. The status quo is its raison d'etre, and its control over what we see in the world around us, how to comprehend and interpret it and how to channel our resistance (more importantly, the lack of resistance) is like heroin in our collective veins. The more we see, the less we do.



The collective power thrives on the cowardice of Homo Vulgaris; each jackal of the various stanchions upon which we precariously rest snarls and glares at us, and we cower in submission.



Vulgaris must rise if he is to survive. And soon.

Excellent post Bricktop. And rise we shall.

[Anonymous]

...like a wraith from the groundmist of apathy and ignorance.



The way I see things is that the world is going to change dramatically in the next decade.



Homo vulgaris...the ordinary man...is emerging from decades, if not centuries, of torpor, languor and impassivity to exert power on a world in turmoil.



Vulgaris has come to the conclusion that the pillars upon which our civilisation are constructed are flawed, decayed, perverted and misappropriated by self interest over the cause of the greater good.



The political class is utterly detached from Vulgaris, pandering instead to ideology, noisy sub-classes, misguided concepts and above all, power unto itself.



Government is no longer a service to the plebiscite. It is a tool of political parties through which they impose their ideology for its own sake. Its bastard child, bureaucracy, is a self serving monolith of minions, administering "the law" above humanity, imposing rules for their own sake, and doing all in its power to leech more and more money from the powerless.



Fatuous and irrational abstractions, such as religion serves no-one but its devotees. Religions have no interest except to expand its base through lies and propaganda, and to exert greater power on its numb-brained believers.



Capitalism, or more precisely, corporations, are by definition focussed only upon their own gain. At least they do not attempt to deny their priority; to make YOUR money THEIR money with no regard to the social consequences of their mercenary and acquisitive behaviour. Profit is their only concern, and they will do all that is necessary to maintain and expand that profit, including rewarding themselves obscenely.



Economics has become the mesh fence that has enclaved Vulgaris from the ruling classes. Everything that goes into his pocket and flows out, is controlled by the combined forces of those above. Everything. The concept that Vulgaris has some element of financial control of his destiny is nonsensical.



But the greatest awakening is the cognisance that the one element that binds all the forces of control together, enables their influence and keeps Vulgaris compliant and accepting is the media. The status quo is its raison d'etre, and its control over what we see in the world around us, how to comprehend and interpret it and how to channel our resistance (more importantly, the lack of resistance) is like heroin in our collective veins. The more we see, the less we do.



The collective power thrives on the cowardice of Homo Vulgaris; each jackal of the various stanchions upon which we precariously rest snarls and glares at us, and we cower in submission.



Vulgaris must rise if he is to survive. And soon.

Excellent post Bricktop. And rise we shall.

People are not on the rise in Canada. We take our carbon taxes and all the refugees we can handle and call it all ice cream.

[Anonymous]

...like a wraith from the groundmist of apathy and ignorance.



The way I see things is that the world is going to change dramatically in the next decade.



Homo vulgaris...the ordinary man...is emerging from decades, if not centuries, of torpor, languor and impassivity to exert power on a world in turmoil.



Vulgaris has come to the conclusion that the pillars upon which our civilisation are constructed are flawed, decayed, perverted and misappropriated by self interest over the cause of the greater good.



The political class is utterly detached from Vulgaris, pandering instead to ideology, noisy sub-classes, misguided concepts and above all, power unto itself.



Government is no longer a service to the plebiscite. It is a tool of political parties through which they impose their ideology for its own sake. Its bastard child, bureaucracy, is a self serving monolith of minions, administering "the law" above humanity, imposing rules for their own sake, and doing all in its power to leech more and more money from the powerless.



Fatuous and irrational abstractions, such as religion serves no-one but its devotees. Religions have no interest except to expand its base through lies and propaganda, and to exert greater power on its numb-brained believers.



Capitalism, or more precisely, corporations, are by definition focussed only upon their own gain. At least they do not attempt to deny their priority; to make YOUR money THEIR money with no regard to the social consequences of their mercenary and acquisitive behaviour. Profit is their only concern, and they will do all that is necessary to maintain and expand that profit, including rewarding themselves obscenely.



Economics has become the mesh fence that has enclaved Vulgaris from the ruling classes. Everything that goes into his pocket and flows out, is controlled by the combined forces of those above. Everything. The concept that Vulgaris has some element of financial control of his destiny is nonsensical.



But the greatest awakening is the cognisance that the one element that binds all the forces of control together, enables their influence and keeps Vulgaris compliant and accepting is the media. The status quo is its raison d'etre, and its control over what we see in the world around us, how to comprehend and interpret it and how to channel our resistance (more importantly, the lack of resistance) is like heroin in our collective veins. The more we see, the less we do.



The collective power thrives on the cowardice of Homo Vulgaris; each jackal of the various stanchions upon which we precariously rest snarls and glares at us, and we cower in submission.



Vulgaris must rise if he is to survive. And soon.

Excellent post Bricktop. And rise we shall.

People are not on the rise in Canada. We take our carbon taxes and all the refugees we can handle and call it all ice cream.

The people will be pushed too far and once they are traitors like Trudeau will fee the wrath of all us.

[Anonymous]

...like a wraith from the groundmist of apathy and ignorance.



The way I see things is that the world is going to change dramatically in the next decade.



Homo vulgaris...the ordinary man...is emerging from decades, if not centuries, of torpor, languor and impassivity to exert power on a world in turmoil.



Vulgaris has come to the conclusion that the pillars upon which our civilisation are constructed are flawed, decayed, perverted and misappropriated by self interest over the cause of the greater good.



The political class is utterly detached from Vulgaris, pandering instead to ideology, noisy sub-classes, misguided concepts and above all, power unto itself.



Government is no longer a service to the plebiscite. It is a tool of political parties through which they impose their ideology for its own sake. Its bastard child, bureaucracy, is a self serving monolith of minions, administering "the law" above humanity, imposing rules for their own sake, and doing all in its power to leech more and more money from the powerless.



Fatuous and irrational abstractions, such as religion serves no-one but its devotees. Religions have no interest except to expand its base through lies and propaganda, and to exert greater power on its numb-brained believers.



Capitalism, or more precisely, corporations, are by definition focussed only upon their own gain. At least they do not attempt to deny their priority; to make YOUR money THEIR money with no regard to the social consequences of their mercenary and acquisitive behaviour. Profit is their only concern, and they will do all that is necessary to maintain and expand that profit, including rewarding themselves obscenely.



Economics has become the mesh fence that has enclaved Vulgaris from the ruling classes. Everything that goes into his pocket and flows out, is controlled by the combined forces of those above. Everything. The concept that Vulgaris has some element of financial control of his destiny is nonsensical.



But the greatest awakening is the cognisance that the one element that binds all the forces of control together, enables their influence and keeps Vulgaris compliant and accepting is the media. The status quo is its raison d'etre, and its control over what we see in the world around us, how to comprehend and interpret it and how to channel our resistance (more importantly, the lack of resistance) is like heroin in our collective veins. The more we see, the less we do.



The collective power thrives on the cowardice of Homo Vulgaris; each jackal of the various stanchions upon which we precariously rest snarls and glares at us, and we cower in submission.



Vulgaris must rise if he is to survive. And soon.

This all sounds reasonable on paper. But, you and I know nothing will really change.

[Bricktop]

It will change through the one thing they dare not touch.



Our ability to cast them out through the ballot box.



All we need is a lightning rod candidate, like Trump (but not LIKE Trump) to snap the people out of their glaze eyed stupor.

[Anonymous]

It will change through the one thing they dare not touch.



Our ability to cast them out through the ballot box.



All we need is a lightning rod candidate, like Trump (but not LIKE Trump) to snap the people out of their glaze eyed stupor.

Even of they succeed at the ballot box, they will not get their agenda through.

[Anonymous]

It will change through the one thing they dare not touch.



Our ability to cast them out through the ballot box.



All we need is a lightning rod candidate, like Trump (but not LIKE Trump) to snap the people out of their glaze eyed stupor.

Even of they succeed at the ballot box, they will not get their agenda through.

I couldn't imagine anyone in the political arena in Canada saying we need to take in  fewer refugees and immigrants. Will not  happen.

[Bricktop]

It will if you demand it.

[Anonymous]

It will if you demand it.

They won't listen.

[Anonymous]

It will if you demand it.

I don't see an upheaval anytime soon.

[Anonymous]

We had a populist movement/party in this country that shook things up in the nineties. They sold their souls for power and that was the end of it here.

[Anonymous]

We had a populist movement/party in this country that shook things up in the nineties. They sold their souls for power and that was the end of it here.

Whatever happened to Reform's bottom up idealism? They sold out.

[Twenty Dollars]

...like a wraith from the groundmist of apathy and ignorance.



The way I see things is that the world is going to change dramatically in the next decade.



Homo vulgaris...the ordinary man...is emerging from decades, if not centuries, of torpor, languor and impassivity to exert power on a world in turmoil.



Vulgaris has come to the conclusion that the pillars upon which our civilisation are constructed are flawed, decayed, perverted and misappropriated by self interest over the cause of the greater good.



The political class is utterly detached from Vulgaris, pandering instead to ideology, noisy sub-classes, misguided concepts and above all, power unto itself.



Government is no longer a service to the plebiscite. It is a tool of political parties through which they impose their ideology for its own sake. Its bastard child, bureaucracy, is a self serving monolith of minions, administering "the law" above humanity, imposing rules for their own sake, and doing all in its power to leech more and more money from the powerless.



Fatuous and irrational abstractions, such as religion serves no-one but its devotees. Religions have no interest except to expand its base through lies and propaganda, and to exert greater power on its numb-brained believers.



Capitalism, or more precisely, corporations, are by definition focussed only upon their own gain. At least they do not attempt to deny their priority; to make YOUR money THEIR money with no regard to the social consequences of their mercenary and acquisitive behaviour. Profit is their only concern, and they will do all that is necessary to maintain and expand that profit, including rewarding themselves obscenely.



Economics has become the mesh fence that has enclaved Vulgaris from the ruling classes. Everything that goes into his pocket and flows out, is controlled by the combined forces of those above. Everything. The concept that Vulgaris has some element of financial control of his destiny is nonsensical.



But the greatest awakening is the cognisance that the one element that binds all the forces of control together, enables their influence and keeps Vulgaris compliant and accepting is the media. The status quo is its raison d'etre, and its control over what we see in the world around us, how to comprehend and interpret it and how to channel our resistance (more importantly, the lack of resistance) is like heroin in our collective veins. The more we see, the less we do.



The collective power thrives on the cowardice of Homo Vulgaris; each jackal of the various stanchions upon which we precariously rest snarls and glares at us, and we cower in submission.



Vulgaris must rise if he is to survive. And soon.

Excellent post Bricktop. And rise we shall.

People are not on the rise in Canada. We take our carbon taxes and all the refugees we can handle and call it all ice cream.

Because you view this as an group thing. It's not. It's an individual thing. In Canada, China, or anywhere else.