Mass media is where solicitations, e.g., commercial advertising, abound. And an accompanying pretense regarding hierarchy, that the solicitor inhabits a lower station than the one being solicited (the one who occupies the La-Z-Boy recliner).
Prior to the Industrial Revolution of 1750, people worked out of necessity. With mass production, however, a subtle shift occurred. Necessities were always at hand, plus a multitude of non-essentials appeared, garnering undue importance. Storage spaces throughout the U.S., combined, equal the square footage of Los Angeles (individuals seldom warehouse essential items).
Leastwise, the stipulation is to solicit a mercenary organization for employment to gain the money now necessary to purchase expedient supplies—plus indulgent pleasures. Once approved by strangers, approach on one’s knees and follow orders. Perform admirably, and your handlers will confer a reward, condign for a well-trained animal. In this scenario, the solicitor indeed occupies a lower standing than the one solicited (the one occupying the executive chair).
Alas, power lies in the hands of businesses and government regulators. Closet shame for exchanging self-rule for self-indulgence spurred the masses to conjure up the notion that being a wage slave is righteous. Nay, acquiescing to interlopers who contend with family is quite absurd.
This setup is queer, favoring abject weakness. Distracted, obsessed souls are “away with the fairies” (mass media, mobile phones…). Again, observe the individuals who cannot do for themselves, yet persist in growing numbers. Almost one in five in the U.S. qualify as elderly; contrasted with the ever-downward trend in family size.
An unbalanced society, indeed. The framers wrote the objective standard of a U.S. citizen. Not able to cope, huddled masses raise a subjective standard based on personal preferences. Therefore, one remains idle while leading lights engage in deficit spending each year. Citizens also passively accept the nullification of Article One, Section Eight of the famed U.S. Constitution.
The same principle insinuates itself concerning the person of God. Not able to cope with the objective standard as seen in creation, put forth in the Scripture, people turn to their ominous imaginations, conjure a subjective interpretation that matches their limited capacity for the truth.
Those architects, or square-shooters of the 18th century, proposed a central governing authority on the inane premise that the riff-raff would possess overall control. However, the responsibilities proved too much for the amateur hoi polloi. The experienced “framers” just banked on inherent human frailty, thus a relative few realized constitutional authority over the masses. The rabble further sank into relative ease after the Industrial Revolution of 1850.
Today we have a puerile citizenry incapable of mounting an intelligent response to the blatant indiscretions of their guides. No shortage of time and money spent on gadgetry and amusements, however.
Irretrievably stupid masses or just faithless? Despite patent evidence supporting the former, I choose the latter. As the Scripture saith, “the just shall live by faith.”
People go wrong from the beginning, attempting to justify their contrary stance to the Scripture via their puny intellect. Thus, betray themselves, for they cannot even cope with, accept the truth concerning their own kind. Rather, they look away, ignoring the facts, cultivating and advancing self-deception.
So it is.
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