Someone at my work said there will be a violent revolution if things continue as they are (referring to the economic/ cost of living crisis)
People are too angry with the status quo, he said.
Our financial situations are too dire to go on much longer before people snap, he said.
He was getting worked up and quite adamant that it was only a matter of time before the insurgency against the state began.
In a separate conversation he had also said he’d be buying the new GTA 6.
The poor, deluded fool.
I’ve anticipated his feeble protests and made a game that will waste his life force and make him forget for a while his anger, or at least dull it.
I’m sure this new video game will keep him busy, and every other revolutionary for a while.
You wanna revolt. Go ahead. Your peers who race off the starting blocks with you with unbridled enthusiasm will, the next time you look over your shoulder, be pacified within a few steps. Their comfort blankets of media, trinkets of shiny technology, dangled carrots of more money, promotions, indebtedness to the system, will seize their attention and you, the one who decided to rebel, will be the only one left to carry the brunt of my full retribution.
Will you take that risk?
Will you step out into the clearing alone?
No. I thought not.
You simpleton.
How much action have you ever taken in your life to rebel anyway?
Actively that is?
What actions have you taken?
Your grumbling is my breakfast.
Your whining over how bad things are, repeating the same mantra of your poverty is a 3 course meal for me.
Tell me again how annoyed you are. Delicious!
You have been programmed your entire life to be distracted by entertainment and drama.
You can’t help but be curious to be stimulated by exciting news. Gossip. Scandal. Your mind races telling made up stories and reliving warped moments of memories again and again, day in day out.
Distracting you is easy.
You are predictable.
Your outbursts of discontent have been factored in to your rearing. We’ll call it an another tantrum of your adolescence.
The guide on how to grow your own slave says you’ll grow out of it.
You’re upset.
You see I have more than you.
You want a fairer distribution.
You don’t care about the consequences anymore.
You’ll take it from me by force.
Ok, but first I made a game for you.
Oh, and here’s some more sports.
And what about the new McDonalds burger?
The latest iPhone I can get you a great offer on.
Would you like to go on holiday? How about a raise?
Your kids should really learn an instrument.
Isn’t it time for that new extension on your house you’ve always promised yourself?
You’d look great in those jeans.
I can create unlimited distractions out of my a** to keep you from swinging at me.
I put you here, peasant.
This is modern serfdom.
You’re free range, organic cattle on my farm.
Your attention span has been stretched beyond any hope regaining elasticity.
Your phone rules your world.
You’re not awake enough to be a threat.
Tell me again how upset you are.
I’ll stroke your head while you cry yourself to sleep.
There, there.
…. But hey! If you are serious about being an active participant in your own escape…
If you can do more than grumble.
If you see the futility of drama and you are truly ready to play a different game then there is hope for you.
Well maybe not for you specifically, but maybe the person reading this after you.
You’ve probably already been distracted by a new thought or some other rubix cube for your mind - the laundry needs doing. You’re hungry. Did you send that important email? Who will win the next celebrity show?
Go and satiate your craving. You deserve to scratch that itch.
But for you who might truly be ready.
Ignore the rabbit holes.
Ignore external sources.
Resist anything but the present moment.
Focus your attention from moment to moment.
Silence your mind.
Look deeply into SPX6900