The sore throat of yesterday has duly transformed itself into the streaming cold of today. This, coupled with an exacerbated sense of human greed, destructiveness and selfish idiocy derived from The Shock Doctrine has left me a touch down in the dumps.
In a time of mild deprivation it is interesting if somewhat distressing to reflect on the mechanics of greed. The obvious churning need to get even more experienced by those who’ve already got far too much to be able to actually do anything with it of any practical value to themselves is exceedingly odd. What is stranger is that many of these poor folk are said to be highly intelligent, so you’d think they’d be aware of the absurdity of their behaviour, assuming that a degree of self-awareness goes along with that intelligence.
I can relate to greed in terms of a longing for a bigger home, a nice garden, a plasma tv or a state of the art hi fi system, though I can’t honestly say I really want any of those things. But in terms of knowing you’ll stand to gain millions (on top of the millions you already possess) through reducing another country to rubble and believing that this does not somehow compromise your good judgement?
In the meantime, it’s back to Paul Bremer and the looting of Iraq. I wonder where they’ve got lined up for the next feeding frenzy?
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