Having exchanged liberty for servitude, the collective permits guileful leaders for fear of deprivation. The subtext “get in lockstep, or else!” resonates more than patent warning signals arising from scandalous clerical actions. Thus, billions of beleaguered consciences in no time submit to stave off excommunication from the church of simplicity.
It starts with suppressing God-given conscience, adopting the ragged lie that human beings are innocent. Then the frayed notion that erring humanity merits overall trust conveys itself. Nay, despite ample resources, seven thousand years mark chronic discord and lacking. Moralizers (particularly those upscale) place blame on the Creator, and parody well-wishers of the lower order. Consistent, however, with their private deliberations (should they come to light, materialize on a digital billboard, say in Times Square, for all to appraise). Indeed, the impost “sell that thou hast and give to the poor” is blarney to our temporal high priests.
Partisans don’t bother with transactions that implicate their idolized political officers. All is well, if allowed to draw glorious lucre and elope, pair with a senseless gadget in reverie. What passes for money and the dreamy portrayals emanating from mobile phones predominates (cravings that approach evilogia).
Colossal financial obligations? But of course. Southern border incursions? By all means. Genetic code trials? Anytime.
