XI
The same basic principles, with regards power
and hatred, are also forthcoming from the structure of the national economy.
Ranging, as usual, from general arrogance (the reason poor people are poor,
is because they don't work hard enough), through to outright hatred
toward the oppressed. The controller/s of the structure (politicians),
attempt, and usually succeed, in sharing their hatred of
those they oppress, with their cohorts as they pander to the base instinct
of the electorate and, in particular, those above the point of balance,
the middle classes.
In the case of the national power structure,
certain claims, thoughts and beliefs are invariably
forthcoming from the politicians and even, on a perhaps
unsurprisingly large scale, the middle classes. It is
here were we can see definite cases of hypocrisy
forthcoming from certain individuals, namely, the
politically correct brigade. For example, certain females
within the structure, championing the cause of sexism,
are in actual fact themselves, guilty of everything they
condemn. It is not uncommon, for just such individuals to
start moaning about the cost to them as taxpayers, of the
ever growing number of single mothers struggling to raise
their children to the best of their abilities on state
benefits, with claims of "Why should I be expected
to pay for the upkeep of their children?", "What
should we do about these women who breed with no visible
means of supporting their offspring?" etc. Such
claims, and various ones of this ilk, are common traits,
and blatant signs of arrogance, within that particular
structure, with regards their thoughts, views, and
opinions of those below them. They're more often than not,
accompanied by claims of not being able to afford such
payments within their personal taxation, and yet the
reverse is true. In their arrogance, they actually
believe that they are doing poor people a favour by
giving them benefits (such state benefits are nothing
more than allowing the recipient a small portion of their
God given right to their fair share of the national/global
economic wealth, allowing others to cream off the excess
to finance their opulent lifestyle), and are blissfully
unaware of the purposes behind such economic conditions
as poverty.
Taking a closer look at the economic structure,
and the part that poor people play in it, we see that far
from those above the point of balance doing those below
it a favour, it is those that exist below it, that are
actually doing the favours for those above it. Looking at
such a structure, and such claims that are invariably
forthcoming from those that control it thus:-

In the above standard theoretical economy, we see as is usual, that the
oppression currently being experienced by those below the point of balance
is an equal counterbalance for the power that is being experienced above it.
And taking claims of those above the point of balance doing those below it
a favour into account, with their cries of "We simply can't afford to
support these peasants", "There are just too many of them",
"They are a burden to society","They are strangling the
economy" etc. We can see just exactly what would happen if the
controllers of the structure waved goodbye to those currently experiencing
oppression (poverty).
Whether such an action came by way of letting poor people set up their own
economy, whereby they had
absolutely no connection, or any subsequent 'reliance', with the rest of
the nation, or whether the controllers of the structure took the much more
simplistic step of shooting dead all peasants, isn't really important. The
fact of the matter will remain, that the poor people of that structure
would have been removed from it for good, by whatever means the controllers
of the structure saw fit:-

As we can see, the point of balance has
shifted right up the scale, as has the base line of that
economy, resulting in some of those that had previously
been above the point of balance, now finding that they
are below it. But this is not the end of the story.
Whilst the structure has contracted on the grounds that
there are simply less people within it, the action of
removing the poor people hasn't actually run it's full
cycle. The reason so much power was being extracted and
shared out by those in power, was simply because that was
the amount of power that they enjoyed experiencing. And
with the shifting of the point of balance, the subsequent
levels of both power and oppression (riches and poverty),
within that structure have been altered and contracted
accordingly. And taking into account that those
controlling the structure enjoyed experiencing that
amount of power in the first place, there is no real
reason to believe that they should suddenly see the error
of their ways, and accept what has effectively been a
huge drop in their previous standard of living. With that
in mind, the controllers of the structure will promptly
set about 'putting things right', whereby they will
reclaim their original levels of power, and so their
original standards of living. The knock on effect being,
that in order for the same amount of power to be
extracted from the structure as before, then the same
amount of oppression must be forthcoming from within that
structure, and with the same amount of oppression now
being shared out amongst a lesser number of individuals,
the amount of oppression being experienced by those now
below the point of balance, individually speaking, is
even greater than before, thus:-

So, as can be seen, those above the point of
balance are in no real position to lay any claims of
doing those below it a favour, just as the rapist cannot
legitimately make any claim of doing his victim a favour,
in fact quite the reverse.
Further examples of the emotive feelings
toward those they oppress, within the context of the
national economy, are exhibited by the controllers of the
structure, and encouraged within their cohorts, the
middle classes, as in the cases of health care.
We undoubtedly hear claims from just such
people, along the lines of "Why should I pay for
life saving surgery for that peasant?". The
particular peasant, or grouping of peasants, will vary
dependant upon the current fashion, most commonly in
today's society with the case of the smoker.
No doubt in their quest to justify such
appalling statements, such people cry "Self
inflicted", but then, so is the soldier returning
from the battle front on a stretcher, he knew the risks
when he took the job, and there's little point patching
him up now, when he'll only come back in the same
condition at a later date. As is the case with any car
accident victim, they knew the risks when they got in
their cars. Public transport is freely available, and if
they can afford to buy and run a car, then there is no
reason why they can't afford the bus/train fare.
What annoys the perpetrators of such claims
most, isn't the fact of whether or not such conditions
may be avoided, more the fact that they have to pay.
Allowing us to see them in their true light. When
confronted with a sick or dying person laid out before
them, and asked to do the decent thing and exert some
form of effort in order that such an individual may be
helped, these are the ones who stamp their dirty little
feet, with their offensive little cries of "Why
should I?".
Whether or not such life threatening
conditions were self inflicted, is not the primary
concern of such a bleating individual, more the
disturbing fact that they have to pay and, as such, will
try every conceivable trick in the book to escape their
responsibility, and do the decent thing.
Such pathetic bleatings are also exercised by
those that fester within the insurance industry, with
their refusal to honour their bet citing their tiny
little get out clause, one of many millions taken from
the book 'How to freeload your dirty little way through
life without bloody well paying'. Whenever some innocent
individual attempts to make a legitimate burglary claim,
they are invariably met with claims of "Oh, you left
a window open, therefore the burglary was self inflicted,
henceforth we refuse to pay". Presumably the same
ducking out would occur should such a company offer
personal insurance protection against unpleasant
experiences, i.e. rape, with the obligatory "Oh, you
were wearing a short skirt, therefore the rape was self
inflicted, you were asking for it, and we therefore will
not pay".
As in all the above cases, as is usual, the
justification for such blatant acts of abuse is shifted
squarely from the shoulders of the abuser and on to the
abused, with such claims as "We are refusing you
health care, and consequently telling you to fuck off and
die, on the grounds that 'you', whatever", "We
are refusing your insurance claim on the grounds that 'you',
whatever", just as in the standard rapists claims of
"I am raping you because 'you' are walking/talking/looking
like that". As is usual in all such cases, the
reason why the abused experienced abuse, wasn't because
the abused anything, more for the fact that the abuser
was an incompetent, psychologically inadequate runt.
It isn't the fact that such people are
contracting such life threatening conditions, nor the
fact that they are being cured of them, which after all
is what cures were invented for. It is the fact that they
have to pay, or at least in part, out of their pocket. A
fact which they dislike intensely, they're starting to
enjoy this power game, so much so in fact, that they want
more. Eager to bury their snouts in the trough, if they
can't increase their incomings, they'll decrease their
outgoings, leading to them sucking up to any political
pervert who offers decreased public spending on just such
activities as life saving medical procedures, and indeed
any public spending, especially so on the peasants,
benefits etc. For with that, comes a decrease in the
already poor standard of living experienced by just such
peasants, by way of the higher levels of oppression being
forced upon them, which surprisingly enough, allows for
greater levels of power, and subsequent riches, to be
extracted from the structure as a whole, and dished out
in whatever manner seen fit by the controllers, amongst
their friends above the point of balance, who,
coincidentally, do not require such expenditure from the
public kitty, on the grounds that they are wealthy enough
to indulge in private health care.
Copyright Sean Copland 1995-2010
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