LIVING WITH MCL

Give 'em their iPhones, iPads, Facebooks, Snapchats, even their own blogs (like this one), and the proletariat (the masses) will become so enamored, obsessed and addicted, they won't realize how miserable their plight really is. At least that's how I see what's going on. If you think  the elite [bourgeois] are out of touch,  think again. Nothing could be further from the truth. They [the bourgeois] know exactly what they're doing. First they placed the notions in our heads that we need to get a job, buy a home [with a big mortgage], raise a family, and build roots in a community? So that once we do, we'll be stuck. No longer will we be free to pursue our true passions (whatever they may be), but instead, having bought into the so called "American Dream", we'll be inextricably coupled to our homes and families. In reality, we have less freedoms, not more! Even our health care system has been designed with that same purpose [control] in min...

Admittedly it's taken me 63+ years, but after reading  James Altucher's latest blog post , I've become enlightened. Everything we've ever been taught, or told, our entire belief system, has been designed with one thing in mind, and that is to control our every action. It used to be religion was the only control mechanism (at least so I thought), but now that isn't enough. It's gone way beyond that. From the idea of home ownership and raising a family, to the necessity of getting an education. Even the design of our health care system has all been designed for one purpose, and that is to change the way we think, and inevitably control our very being and every action. It was L Ron Hubbard who said, If you really want to enslave people, tell them you are going to give them total freedom Think about it. Why is so there so much emphasize placed on the notion of getting a job, buying a home [with a big mortgage], raising a family, and building roots in a ...