Paradise Lost, Obligation Gained

Statism is the legitimation of violence. Whereas the natural world transcends violence through necessity, humankind's bloated, unnatural, technology, property and eternity worship transcends necessity through statism. Thus is the innate and seeming unresolvable dichotomy between self-annointed and pet-worthy beings. Meanwhile, Church, State and Science argue over which immutable truth can resolve the dichotomy. History says: Good luck with that! but it explains why useless eaters pray that every veil lifting, pouring out awakening is a divine, at least apocalyptic, reset.

Recently, the 30-year treasury yield surged to 5.23%, its highest level in 19 years. Owen Benjamin assumed they ate Charlie Kirk. And I was nearly in a three car collision that was only prevented by the oncoming car pulling off the two-lane road to prevent the truck that passed me from hitting it head-on. The people who count think they can put the eye on the pyramid, that people who don't are easily tricked to volunteer for death. But they can't and most of us won't. Always expect more free trade in insanity. You can't fight City Hall with City Hall. It's a K shaped world and most of us live and die on the down leg of it. Rich, poor, naive or cynical, we only find peace, maybe joy, in serving faith outside conscription to self, stuff, society and institutions.