A guide to “Sticking it to the Man” for any of my more ill-informed or less experienced readers. This does not have all the answers or even all of the questions, but it serves as a decent jumping off point for the indoctrinated.
STEP ONE: You’re the Man’s Bitch
The man uses many tools at his disposal to make you become his bitch, and it’s not really your fault. You were most likely born into it, as was I. It can all really be traced back to two things: money and ignorance – he uses his money and your ignorance. I could go into a long tirade about central banking, lobbyists, the U.S dollar dissolving the gold standard, the laws that gave big banks more power under the guise of being libertarian-esque movements (see some of Ronald Reagan’s policies), the relationship between big business and government (see the relationship of the Secretary of Treasury and Wall Street – Goldman Sachs in particular.) I encourage you to review the campaign speeches of presidential candidates vowing to put a watchdog on lobbying and campaign finance reform, and then review the track record if that ever happens.
This is the information that is readily available, god knows what kind of backdoor deals we don’t know. Look at the lobbying numbers for example, as outlined here: https://www.statista.com/statistics/257337/total-lobbying-spending-in-the-us/
We’re talking about 3+ BILLION dollars a year that lobbyists spend in Washington, these represent the big industries such as oil, military industrial funding, communications (cell phones, internet; google: net neutrality), auto manufacturers, you name it – the list goes on. You think companies such as these, that answer to their board of directors and shareholders are likely to give out campaign contributions as a GESTURE OF GOOD WILL?? You’re out of your mind, they wouldn’t give a cent if they didn’t think the favor was going to be returned in the future. Look up videos of Donald Trump talking about the politicians he bought off if you don’t believe me.
What does this have to do with anything? You have to understand how the odds are stacked against your favor. That the big businesses own government and the government makes the laws and owns the police force. So if you do something they don’t like, you’ll be thrown in jail. How many people got thrown in jail for the 2008 housing market crash? I think it was like 2 fall guys went to jail, when there were hundreds – if not thousands who were complicit in the irresponsible actions they were taking in complete contempt to the average 401K contributor. The man uses money to control you, and he uses many different tools to accomplish his goal.
If you’ve seen the movie Fight Club, then you pretty much already know the idea. You work a job you hate to buy shit you don’t need. There are many systems in place to encourage this train of thought, the biggest culprit being media and pop culture. Your wife sees the ad for the new iphone and has to have one, well that’s not a big deal – we can pay it off in 50 easy payments of $30 a month. Add on top of that your credit card debt, you’ve acquired to buy that new car, the house you can’t really afford, and whatever other bullshit you spend money on. So now you have MONTHLY PAYMENTS you are obligated to deliver or your credit will get ruined and you’re fucked forever. So you continue working that job that you hate to continue paying for shit you don’t need. Paying money that mostly siphons up to the top .1%, that in turn gets siphons to the politicians who look out for the big businesses, not you – the electing constituent. You’re seen as a commodity, a general populace that must be maintained in good order to continue turning the cogs on the machine. And what are you going to do about it?
The answer is, not jack shit. If you’re like 90% of Americans you’ve already bought into the two party system we live and die by. If you’re a Republican you watch Fox news and think all the liberals are full of shit, and if you’re a soft spined liberal you watch any of the other media sources and are convinced that the nation is being turned into nazi Germany where citizens are openly persecuted. So these media companies, who are all owned by just a handful of people, spew their agenda and you gladly buy into it. So when the next election comes, you’re “proud” to vote for your candidate of choice, unknowing that it’s all a crock of shit. I encourage all of you to research the actual differences between the major candidates that don’t involve emotional issues such as gun control, abortion, immigration, etc. They all support big businesses, big banks, the military industrial complex, obscene government spending, etc. So that, in a nutshell folks is how you’re fucked. Don’t worry, people have been fucked like this basically since the dawn of a centralized government, so you’re not a unique case.
STEP TWO: So We’re Fucked?
The short answer is yes, the long answer is pretty much. But wait, THERE IS HOPE! First of all, STOP WATCHING CABLE NEWS, don’t buy stock in the big evil investment banks, and stop buying shit you can’t afford. Get your grubby little hands on some bitcoins and other crypto currencies.
Get an 80’s Firebird with a loud exhaust and some flames on the side. Wear cool sunglasses (blueblockers preferred) and listen to bands like Van Halen while crushing Miller Lite tall boys. Watch cool shows where the protagonist sticks it to the man on the reg. Study his behavior, learn from his actions and methodologies. Grow a beard, wear your hair in either a mullet or a pony tail. How many Hawaiian shirts do you own? The answer is probably not enough, so GET OFF YOUR ASS AND GET OUT THERE AND GET WHAT’S YOURS.