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This brings us to getting around. For the longest time, this could be done by that amazing process known as walking. Now, relax, I’m not going to ask you to start walking everywhere (though, if you’re tubby, it certainly would help) – I’m going to point out something. For a long time, cities were designed so that people didn’t need …
For a long time, people bartered. Now, let me be clear, I’m for currency, but I want to point out a trend that few notice. Bartering is such that two people come together and trade things. They have a thing of value, and both agree to a swap of equal value, or the transaction aborts. The downside is that each …
There was a time when no one worked for anyone else, and when they did, it was temporary. It was a learning time, an Apprenticeship. The objective was knowledge. Once that was gained, it was expected that the person would go into practice for themselves. If someone was forced to labor for another’s benefit, we called it what it was, …
You are surrounded by systems of control. Some subtle, some blunt. Ultimately, there is no difference between you and the Slave, the Master simply having realized it is in their best interest to convince you of your freedom and let you buy things. In some fashion, you are someone’s property. Your masters bark, and you obey, thankful for the scraps …
From “All is I”, to an “Us” or “We” First, we go back to the beginning – what we know as the Hunter-Gatherer state of existence. It is important to first see that consciousness as we know it was radically different then. Objectivity as we know it was not part of the equation. To primitive humans, there was no separation …
A commonly used symbol is the Pyramid of the Illuminati. It would be better to call it the Human Pyramid, because it is not describing a hidden agenda, so much as a naturally occurring social phenomenon. Often, it is wildly cited in conspiracy theory, to much amusement to those in the know. Few understand it, and most have a misguided …