6/3/17 - "Dollar a Day" I will take this time to explain a predominant, glaring fault in American ideology. It stems from the ideological pride of the working man. When the common working man hears that someone has made money on their own, he becomes jealous. The first thing this man tends to do is question the means by which the entrepreneur acquired his earnings. If it is found that there was any technical "illegitimacy", according to the written law, this man becomes enraged, attacking these individuals with great zeal. That is why so many working men believe in the criminality of drugs, and (more to the point) drug-dealing. The idea that anyone cheated THEIR fine system of economics completely irks them, and they support bills for tough sentences on drug-dealers and other fraudsters. They hold to their psychological reaction despite it's blatant contradiction of American values: "Every man should be free to earn capital, and live out their dreams." Working men often dream of one day building their own business to truly enjoy American freedom. Subconsciously, they know it isn't really possible, and they want everyone to have to suffer the same enslavement that they do; never letting an earned cent go unaccounted for, through some corporation. The problem this man has is that he focuses on one dictate of his ideology at a time, believing in whatever he is currently focused on. He focuses on the ideal of American freedom, and he believes. Then he focuses on the idea that every ordinary man should have to earn their living the same way - through an hourly wage to which they dedicate their lives, and he believes that too. If an ordinary man earns a dollar by himself, without the help of a master, he has done something wrong. The masters of his society earn millions and millions of dollars and give back only a tiny portion to their slaves, but if a man who is a peer to other slaves makes his own money, it is treason, a grave sin against society. The common man does not attack his enslaver because he cannot win... But attacking another common man will likely yield victory, and he will be able to punish his disobedient peer. The masters have them focused on the wrong men! They are taking out their pent up anger on each other rather than the true source of their problem. In accepting their position, the slave often becomes endeared to his master, and may even defend him for keeping himself and other slaves. That is the insidious nature of his ideology, forming itself on the basis of a primitive psychological instinct between captor and captive. It allows the ideology held by common men to state contradictory values - That men should work hard, and on a fair premise, for their money; And, that men should be free to earn their own money, and live out their dreams. Clearly the ideology is centered around the means by which their life in society operates, the money that supports it. So, it is understandable that the common man forms an emotional attachment, and adamant beliefs concerning it personal use, and implementation for the people. One man makes a million dollars by building a corporation on a novel idea, he is a hero. Another man earns a million dollars selling cocaine, he is a villain. Both men earned their money based on a good idea - sell something wonderful and new to the public. (The truth is, the man with the novel idea may have generated such a great whim through the use of cocaine! It is a drug that would inspire many American dreams, if it were used. Secretly, your hero might have been a villain before his fame. If not, the case is trivial.) Earn your dollar a day. Account for the earnings of others. Worship the great provider! He gives you his love for your obedience, each and every day. Never doubt the virtue of money, or the sacred machines that bore it. And never, NEVER subvert the provider by providing for yourself. He is watching... |