tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5001867295510218749.post7962177377010683963..comments2024-03-20T16:05:23.293+00:00Comments on The Cynical Tendency: Losing The PictureDemetriushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17198549581667363991noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5001867295510218749.post-68393914485767941222012-05-15T16:21:59.526+01:002012-05-15T16:21:59.526+01:00Alas, the 'why are they doing this' conund...Alas, the 'why are they doing this' conundrum?<br /><br />Shouldn't our 'self-professed betters' know better?<br /><br />I offer ONE POSSIBLE answer/reason and it hinges on maintaining the status quo.<br /><br />The only way (I can see) that those whose power comes from oil can maintain their positions of power is to reduce (massively) the number of 'end-users', artificially creating/returning to 'abundance' (in the short term.) <br /><br />While this approach is patently 'evil', those striving to 'preserve' their (wasteful) 'way of life' seem to think the ends justify the means.<br /><br />We (the balance of humanity) are nothing more than 'surplus headcount' to the 'masters' among us.<br /><br />Worse, to opine otherwise is heresy! <br /><br />what they DON'T do is more telling than what they do do...(and what they say is absolutely meaningless!)Gegnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01918737715343158105noreply@blogger.com