This is so true, Chang, I've wrote about this back in May, 2025, but it has been heavily on my mind since forever. We actually feed the beast we hate.
Even when we protest... all the money that is spent on placards, signs, T-shirts and whatever else, it feeds Empire. The Empire managers know this about us. They know we are slaves to modern convenience so they are the least bit move by our protests.
We have to think more creatively, how to resist without feeding Empire.
I also think about the Global Military Industrial Complex that ignores its "carbon footprint" and destruction of the planet's eco-system all under the guise of "homeland security." It is one of the most expensive and destructive enterprises humans engage in... then in the same breath they talk about sustainability and climate change.
I've written over and over again for years about how our consumerism feeds the Beast, and how reticent we are to pull back from our addiction to modern convenience and our so-called "way of life" or "quality of living".
The real revolution won't be televised because it begins on "home base". That is where we give the big finger to Empire.. and I'm not too sure us Westerners are willing to reduce our consumption and watching the so called Global South go the way of consumerism.. it looks like we may need a real reset...
WE ARE ALL PASSENGERS ON THE KILLING TRAIN OF EMPIRE
Excerpt: "We can keep pointing a finger at the Warmongers at the top. They are the easy targets. We can protest in the streets, that may be a bit more effective, but until we realize our own complicity; stop voting for narcissistic psychopaths; pull back on our own consumerism; scale down our “wants” masquerading as “needs”; have a more relational connection to the natural world and become more self-sufficient; the genocide of the Palestinians in Gaza may stop, but it won’t stop man’s desire to continually grasp for more and more of the resources needed to maintain Empire."
This is so true, Chang, I've wrote about this back in May, 2025, but it has been heavily on my mind since forever. We actually feed the beast we hate.
Even when we protest... all the money that is spent on placards, signs, T-shirts and whatever else, it feeds Empire. The Empire managers know this about us. They know we are slaves to modern convenience so they are the least bit move by our protests.
We have to think more creatively, how to resist without feeding Empire.
I also think about the Global Military Industrial Complex that ignores its "carbon footprint" and destruction of the planet's eco-system all under the guise of "homeland security." It is one of the most expensive and destructive enterprises humans engage in... then in the same breath they talk about sustainability and climate change.
I've written over and over again for years about how our consumerism feeds the Beast, and how reticent we are to pull back from our addiction to modern convenience and our so-called "way of life" or "quality of living".
The real revolution won't be televised because it begins on "home base". That is where we give the big finger to Empire.. and I'm not too sure us Westerners are willing to reduce our consumption and watching the so called Global South go the way of consumerism.. it looks like we may need a real reset...
WE ARE ALL PASSENGERS ON THE KILLING TRAIN OF EMPIRE
https://topicsfromatoz.substack.com/p/we-are-all-passengers-on-the-killing
Excerpt: "We can keep pointing a finger at the Warmongers at the top. They are the easy targets. We can protest in the streets, that may be a bit more effective, but until we realize our own complicity; stop voting for narcissistic psychopaths; pull back on our own consumerism; scale down our “wants” masquerading as “needs”; have a more relational connection to the natural world and become more self-sufficient; the genocide of the Palestinians in Gaza may stop, but it won’t stop man’s desire to continually grasp for more and more of the resources needed to maintain Empire."
👏👍 Well said!