I’d forgotten about this song. Thankfully, Grim’s Hall reminded me about it.
Charlie’s got the right idea; common sense and self-determination. Neither a victim nor an oppressor. What could be a silly little ditty feels strangely… adult. Charlie preached self reliance in the 1970’s. Cardi B’s Wet Ass Pussy is a yowling housecat in heat 50 years later. This is not progress.
Here’s your chance to shine. Hold the line! Remove yourself from the maelstrom.
It’s the 21st month of 2020. It is the Nth year of social decline. Your neighbor has been trained to think your vaccine status will alter how their vaccine works. Our “news” is lies. Vote counts are sketchy. Laws don’t mean what they say. Social media has us wound up. Australia reverted to a penal colony. New Zealand went full retard. Europe has riots more or less constantly… as do some parts of America. We can barely keep the lights on. This is the kind of mass hysteria that lets world wars and genocide get a foothold. Everywhere people focus on running each other’s lives. Everywhere victims cry out in pain.
You don’t have to be that way. Misery inevitably comes from bossing around other people. Don’t be a source of misery. Stand athwart the stampeding herd and say “I won’t do what you tell me and I won’t tell you what to do.” Be free. Do that, and you’re a fully realized human being.
Some will appreciate the gesture. They might gain that little bit of courage. Others will seethe… as their twisted soul recognizes its own hollowness.
Humans are not widgets. They are not pieces on a gameboard. They are not burdens to manage. To act so is a sin. Even if the whole world forms a line and marches into hell, don’t go with them.
This isn’t a new theme. I discussed my aversion to bossing other humans around last month: “Rational or not, no matter what you did… it’s completely not my problem.“