listening to buffalo daughter:: sky high
i usually have music playing in my room, even if no one is here. i like to walk into a nice atmosphere :)
current thought resolution= 33% pretty sad
ok... so no one can read this yet, but i have to get my arse in gear! i have to move soon, change my address... and make songs under the kubrick name! i want to actually have a few songs to put up on a website. i noticed that escalator records is accepting mix tapes. wow! that would be rad! if i got on that label... goose bumps. haha... unfortunately i lack a few choice pieces of equipment... namely- synth ( too many to list ), couple of technics mk-1200's, mixer, a decent sound card for the computer, and the all important akai mpc2000xl... i really really really want one o those and they're starting to show up under a thousand! wow! i'm conflicted though. cuz i could get some certifications (mcse, unix, linux, ccna, maybe some programming cert's) and then go corporate and afford all these things, but it would mean sacrificing my ideals... like actually finishing and continuing school, and i remember corporate america, and overtime... i would be very burnt out and probably not feel like making music or art anymore. ultimately it would suck and i don't think it would be worth it. still, there's a part of me that says "oh just do it for a year and then get out after you get what you want."... i don't know... extra money, and an easy lifestyle... seems all too complacent to me. i was thinking the other day that there is a need for more rebelious political organizations. what does it really take? just a bunch of like-minded ppl with high ideals and a drive to spread a message. it's all really quite scary (yes, i think of politics among other things... how boring eh?) if you think of it. it's like there was an evolution of how to keep a civilization under the influence of power. at first, there was a tribals system... where grouping and organizing meant a better chance of survival. then there was / is religion... which, sadly, is still a force to keep people sedate and following and also if you think about it, makes ppl comfortable with the mindset of being ruled under a higher power. this gave rise to the slave / master system. then there's the monarchy system... which is just a direct mirror of the religious system (just look at the catholic church!). fascism and dictatorship didn't come directly after this, but it's just another incarnation of it under more extreme circumstances. the problem with these, is that eventually the majority (working class) get's peeved enough to overthrow the few ppl ruling. it's happened more times than i could count throughout history. then there's communism... which actually has NEVER existed... at least not the marx concept of it. what communism is today, is actually socialism and oligarchism and there's another term that means military rule... well anyway it's not communism-- that's for sure. and of course socialism, oligarchism, and that other one... are really just tributaries of fascism anyway. ok ok ok ... so like i said these all are weak cuz eventually the government grows weak and the ppl revolt. i think all governments have only one goal...and that is to control and manipulate and to survive in that role.
but just as religion got more complex and reshaped itself into something agreeable... just look at the evolution of religions across the world. eventually the ones that don't sacrifice ppl and have vengeful gods... only those remained. even christianity in the old testament, god is someone to be feared, but in the new testement he's buddy jesus! and everyone is all hunky dory and love him and shite! where was i? oh ya, ummm... democracy! the problem with all of those other goverments/ruling classes (same thing) is the more obvious imbalanced distribution of resources and power among citizens. democracy takes care of this... at least early on. i truly believe the founding fathers were luminaries... especially for their time period. but it's all changed. what the hell is the electoral college for anyway? and george washington was actually very very very opposed to having political parties. he thought all politicians should be independent of party affiliations. the basic structure of our gov is not that bad actually... there are some nice checks and balances. but capitalism has overshadowed democracy... and greed is everywhere. who is the real power in the world now? the USA or the WTO? my money is on the WTO ( pun intended ). here is an organization who decides not only who get funds appropriated, but they regulate or draw out their own regulations on how they see fit to use and distribute world resources. like effing loansharks... and there are protests, but does it matter? no! cuz we're not a nation moved by democracy. it's corporate america! big business rules everything... especially with republicans around. i'm not taking any sides, but i find it interesting that a group like republicans can stay in power. it's because of complacency. a lot of ppl say, that if you vote then you can change things. not true, cuz you're still voting for a group of ppl going for the same goal under two different visages. this country is too big... that's one of the problems. there are so many issues, that little gets done. we're cumbersome. also, there really isn't a seperation of church and state... some states even have bible study classes... wtf! i don't care about what other ppl believe, but i hate hate hate religion! i don't know if i agree with drastic means as a way to promote change, but i can understand the logic of some of the more radical activists. yes, i mean timothy mcveigh... the government has just filed me as soon as i publish this. i'm sure the NSA has logged me, and checked my background and a file has started in the FBI... or maybe it's been there for a while. in actuality, i think i'm just behaving like a citizen for the future... or like a citizen our founding fathers envisioned... constantly questioning the motives of those who rule, independently thinking, ready to act on what i beleive. well... since the NSA, FBI, CIA or who ever is cataloging this, it should be mentioned that i am nonviolent and believe heavily in what ghandi represented. which is more dangerous than violence, i think. if i could stop commerce by enlightening the workers who run everything i would. of course, ghandi did fail in one respect. he met his goal, but didn't have a plan for the future... and as soon as brittain was out, the uneducated stupid followers were left with their petty disputes and it ripped the country apart. we have some pretty petty fucking disputes in this country as well. but note, that it does not rip us apart (segway is coming, cuz i got way off tangent again). this is all because of complacency. americans believe that their vote counts (it doesn't). they believe that if they rally together, then they can accomplish something... possibly yes, but not where it matters. politicians to a commendable job on diverting the attention of americans to trivial and banal matters... usually things dealing with morals. and in these trivial matters, americans have a vote on whether or not we act.
war is the prime example here... plain fact is that there are always wars in the world... at all times. it's just that most of the time we're not made aware of it. america only notices wars that effect our profitability. politicians make sure never to make it that kind of issue though. it's always a "human" reason... this governement over here is murdering ppl and they're corrupt and immoral... see? and then the ppl say "oh ya! they're evil... let's get 'em!". how predictably sad. like effing lemmings! well it's the same here in the USA with how things are run. i remember ralph nader actually had some good points in his campaign.. and in a perfect world he would have won the election. but ppl don't ever read about the candidates or what they represent. the truth is that nader was going after a serious problem with government... it's structure... it's fuel... it's corruption. he was trying to seperate the business from politics. meanwhile the other candidates tout their views on the stupidest things... which are actually the "biggest" concerns in america. like taxes, or abortion, or crime... these are all really really trivial. what else? hmmm... well, i can't remember, i'll need another election. oh ya! the white house scandal with the clinton / lewinsky thing... c'mon! how completely irrelevant all of that was, but i guarantee you that was the only reason bush won. and bush is a fucking bumbling puppet! if the government decided to just get rid of social security (not important to me), then what would ppl actually be able to do about it? if they decided to raise taxes and never increase minimum wage... what then? they can keep chipping away at small personal freedoms... and america becomes more and more complacent. for the most part everything important that the government DOES do, is out of the hands and/or knowledge of the citizens.
unlike other fascist incarnations... american democracy is not so blatant. instead of ruling with and iron fist... it's playing mind tricks... it's training it's citizens slowly. i would say that america is the most powerful nation in the world, not because of it's commerce or military prowess... but because it's citizens are the least likely to rebel against government. they've been drugged with just enough freedom, just enough standard of living, just enough education... to let them lead satisfied / ignorant lives as worker bees. why do colleges exhibit more political activism per capita? because college is academic... educated... and smart ppl know what's happening to them. the number of college educated ppl today is higher than in the past, but we're still not on par with the rest of the world... are we still #14 as far as world education goes? maybe worse. i think that's actually the main problem. america is stooopiderest than ever! here's a drastic measure... make it so no one can reproduce unless they pass extensive testing... then mandatory birth control / abortion for the rest. the whole goal is to create a generation of extremely intelligent independent minded children. i see a really big picture and so it would take a longer time than i am willing to spend 2nite to explain all of it. so i'll just stop here... not that anyone really cares. i just hope ppl know that i'm out here, thinking and observing what goes on... soaking up information anyway i can... and constantly drawing patterns in my head. it's ok... it's ok to think of these things. i'm thinking of possible solutions too... cuz patterns reveal that there's a staggering imbalance in the advancement of technology and science when compared to the advancement of sociology. social scientists unite!