what would you sell to keep your power -
yours?
*
Who cares!
Right?
Because
keeping our power ours is worth selling -
anything.
Right?
*
If your power to rule is at stake -
what would you say to keep your power -
secure?
*
Would you speak the truth?
the whole truth?
and nothing but the truth?
Or
would you witness and testify anything including
lies?
whole lies?
and nothing but lies?
Who cares!
Right?
Because
keeping our power to rule secure is keeping our power -
ours -
period.
Right?
This apologism for immoral and unjust ways and means by which we keep our power ours including immoral and unjust ways and means by which we keep our power to rule secure
is why
the power to rule is not the power to choose who rules.
the whole truth?
and nothing but the truth?
Or
would you witness and testify anything including
lies?
whole lies?
and nothing but lies?
*
Who cares!
Right?
Because
keeping our power to rule secure is keeping our power -
ours -
period.
Right?
*
This apologism for immoral and unjust ways and means by which we keep our power ours including immoral and unjust ways and means by which we keep our power to rule secure
is why
the power to rule is not the power to choose who rules.
*
To wit:
if your power is not the power to rule, but instead, the power to choose who rules
whose power changes the world?
the ruler whose rule is at stake -
or
the ruled?
Epilogue
Even when rulers sell anything including
hope and fear -
even when rulers witness and testify anything including
lies, whole lies, and nothing but lies -
More
I
The powerful fear powerlessness and impotence.
So they wallpaper reality with a fiction that flips the truth upside down:
But it takes more than declaring a fiction: real honest to command and control the ruled.
Right?
So the powerful who double down on lies with lies without apology double down with:
But:
rulers are not stupid.
Are they?
They are exceptionally aware that they wallpaper reality with fictions that are lies, whole lies, and nothing but lies. After all, they exploit fictions to command and control the ruled to keep their power theirs and to keep their power secure. Nevertheless, all the wallpapering in the world cannot make a fiction: real honest, nor can all the fictions in the world make a truth untrue, for:
Because:
II
Hope is no panacea.
It presumes (1) that the ruled can't handle the truth and (2) that the ruled are powerless. Hence, the pushing of hope to command and control the ruled. Because the powerless can be commanded and controlled by hope pandering. Right?
Likewise fear.
Fear too presumes (1) that the ruled can't handle the truth and (2) that the ruled are powerless. Hence, the pushing of fear to command and control the ruled. Because the powerless can be commanded and controlled by fear pandering. Right?
But:
the ruled are not stupid.
Are they?
They are exceptionally aware that the hope that they are sold and that the fear that they are sold
are frauds
sold by rulers to command and control the powerless. For:
Nevertheless, hope and fear as insincere and disingenuous as poisoned fruit and promises can neither command nor control the ruled
much less buy the allegiance and the obedience of the powerless
if
the ruled believe:
III
Is it courageous to choose:
After all
apologism isn't courageous.
Is it?
Nor standing with apologists nor standing for apologism.
Right?
is not courage, nay: cowardice what we stand for
without apology?
M
Nota Benedicta
Though there's far more to apologism
the credo of the 'only humans' whose campaigns of lies, whole lies, and nothing but lies flip truths upside down to self serve from dust bowls to chalices
than explored vis a vis this post:
who cares!
Right?
After all
apologism impervious to the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth believes:
M
hope and fear -
even when rulers witness and testify anything including
lies, whole lies, and nothing but lies -
the power to change the world is still held within the hands of the ruled.
Today. Tomorrow. Forever.
I
The powerful fear powerlessness and impotence.
So they wallpaper reality with a fiction that flips the truth upside down:
the powerless and the impotent are the ruled.
But it takes more than declaring a fiction: real honest to command and control the ruled.
Right?
So the powerful who double down on lies with lies without apology double down with:
the ruled need rulers.
Especially rulers who exploit hope. Especially rulers who exploit fear. Especially rulers for whom morality and justice are props as insincere and disingenuous as surrogates.
To save the ruled.
Not, to, above all, self serve. Much less: to keep their power theirs and to keep their power secure. Never.
But:
rulers are not stupid.
Are they?
They are exceptionally aware that they wallpaper reality with fictions that are lies, whole lies, and nothing but lies. After all, they exploit fictions to command and control the ruled to keep their power theirs and to keep their power secure. Nevertheless, all the wallpapering in the world cannot make a fiction: real honest, nor can all the fictions in the world make a truth untrue, for:
the power to rule is never secure.
Never.
Because:
the ruled choose who rules. And the ruled who choose who rules are the ruled who change the world.
Today.
And tomorrow.
And forever.
II
Hope is no panacea.
It presumes (1) that the ruled can't handle the truth and (2) that the ruled are powerless. Hence, the pushing of hope to command and control the ruled. Because the powerless can be commanded and controlled by hope pandering. Right?
Likewise fear.
Fear too presumes (1) that the ruled can't handle the truth and (2) that the ruled are powerless. Hence, the pushing of fear to command and control the ruled. Because the powerless can be commanded and controlled by fear pandering. Right?
But:
the ruled are not stupid.
Are they?
They are exceptionally aware that the hope that they are sold and that the fear that they are sold
are frauds
sold by rulers to command and control the powerless. For:
hope sold by rulers and fear sold by rulers buy the allegiance and the obedience of the ruled who believe:
lies, whole lies, and nothing but lies including
the powerless and the impotent are the ruled.
Nevertheless, hope and fear as insincere and disingenuous as poisoned fruit and promises can neither command nor control the ruled
much less buy the allegiance and the obedience of the powerless
if
the ruled believe:
the power to change the world is the power of the ruled.
Is it courageous to choose:
the apologist? to rule?
After all
apologism isn't courageous.
Is it?
Nor standing with apologists nor standing for apologism.
Right?
*
Oris not courage, nay: cowardice what we stand for
without apology?
M
*
Though there's far more to apologism
the credo of the 'only humans' whose campaigns of lies, whole lies, and nothing but lies flip truths upside down to self serve from dust bowls to chalices
than explored vis a vis this post:
who cares!
Right?
After all
apologism impervious to the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth believes:
so long as I stand alone then more likely than not:
I stand unbelieved.
M
