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Indifference to the Sanctity of Life
Taking a look at collective disillusionment
Disillusioned words like bullets bark
As human gods aim for their mark
Make everything from toy guns that spark
To flesh-colored Christs that glow in the dark
It’s easy to see without looking too far
That not much is really sacred. ~ Bob Dylan / It’s alright ma
Righteous narratives proclaim that western entitlement and hegemony is couched in humanitarian motivations. Deaths of innocent civilians caused by ‘friendly fire’ and drone warfare are euphemistically dubbed collateral damage. Homeless, or to be PC about it, unhoused addicts are living an alternative lifestyle. Likewise, federal Housing First policies devoid of treatment options, assert that shelter alone is the panacea for the homeless mentally ill.
The relinquishing of civil liberties is proudly extolled as one’s civic duty to serve the greater good. Woke social justice warriors blame their financial misconduct and profiting from millions in donations on capitalism. Repeat offenders with double-digit rap sheets for violent crimes roam free due to progressive bail reform laws. The pillaging of natural resources is reframed as an economic model known as extractivism. NATO, responsible for military campaigns against Yugoslavia, Libya, and countless other countries is touted as an alliance dedicated to the cause of peace and the defense of small nations. Brown and Black skinned Arab, Middle Eastern, Haitian and African refugees are regarded as less deserving of sympathy than ‘civilized white skinned, blond, blue-eyed’ refugees.
Maybe we should add selective compassion to the neo-lexicon?
As Orwell predicted we’re in the age of Doublethink and Newspeak, the language of official propaganda. Given rampant irrationality, censorship, the distortion of truth and moral decline, we are also evidencing clear signs of societal collapse.
In “The Limits to Growth” (1972) MIT scientists foresaw how insatiable greed would mobilize the pillaging of natural resources, leading to the collapse of industrial civilization in the mid 21st century, Apparently, we’re right on schedule. Similarly, anthropology researchers (Blanton R., Feinman G.) concluded that even the most formidable societies are subject to collapse due to the…
