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Patrick Powers's avatar

The Iron Law of the USA : sooner or later, everything becomes a vehicle for advertising.

CK's avatar

That’s one of the finer attributes of Western Capitalism.

teddyG's avatar

My takeout will never taste the same again!

Davina's avatar

It is thoroughly sickening that anyone would pray that their bombs kill more innocent people, let alone little children, about bombs that should never have been built, and never have been used against a country that has not attacked first, nor threaten to attack the two countries that attacked without provocation.

Nor should any country state it will drop "the mother of all bombs", on people who have done nothing to threaten its people, but is defending itself from sudden attacks by these two countries mentioned above. One, of which, thinks it is the ruler of the world, the other thinks it is better than anyone else but needs the weaponry of the boastful country to join them in attacking countries IT wants to destroy so IT can become the ruler of the world, and the one that currently thinks it is the ruler the world, has leaders to dumb to see that it is allowed to have that belief, for now, because it is not very well educated, is terribly aggressive so best to just let them have their little belief - anything for a quiet life for the rest if us.

jamenta's avatar

NeoCons and Trumpsters and HeMans made of Hegsbreaths - equate their masculinity and worthiness on what they can destroy, whom they can smash and assassinate - what girls they can use. In their expensive suits, big planes and boats, and oh so well groomed hair - they thrive in their fantasy world of golden goblets and golden ballrooms - and well paid sycophantic MSM talking heads.

And living beneath these monsters - the ordinary person just wants to live a quiet life. Maybe give to the world in some way - in the oh so very brief time they are here.

Gabriel's avatar

Damn, all of this and this is an image that is seared in our collective memories I think, yes?

“That we may safely bomb their schools

and turn their children gray.”

CK's avatar

The US Congress continues to support that.

Expurt's avatar
13mEdited

Anyone who can kill innocent children in a foreign country is capable of doing it anywhere imo. We’re simply of no consequence to them and they run the world.

jamenta's avatar

"What is good for a bootless bene?"

With these dark words begins my tale;

And their meaning is, "Whence can comfort spring,

When prayer is of no avail?"

.

"What is good for a bootless bene?"

The falconer to the lady said;

And she made answer, "Endless sorrow!"

For she knew that her son was dead.

.

~Wordsworth, #TheBoyOfEgremond

slowpygmy's avatar

“Johnny Got His Gun”…

DMarlene's avatar

Just a fantastic poem

Ned B.'s avatar

Poetry in notion.

Hassan Al-Mosawi's avatar

أحسنت النشر والقول – سلام غزة و القدس عليكم - العزة والنصر حليف محورالمقاومة وحلفاءها والذلة والعار لمحور الشر وجماعة أبستين (امريكا و بريطانيا وفرنسا وتركيا والسعودية وقطر والامارات و دول الناتو والنازية الجديدة والماسونية والصهيونية و أسرائيل) وحلفاءه

Susan T's avatar

Alice in Wonder-ad

The Revolution Continues's avatar

Thank goodness the fortune cookies we got today were of the traditional variety with a fortune and zero ads!

Tom High's avatar

“Whatever late capitalism is, it seems to be careening into this embrace of growth by negation. Through that prism, it’s hard not to see the advances in something like artificial intelligence less driven by technological breakthroughs as by a society that has, over years, over decades, become normalized to a greater and greater magnitude of both loneliness and theft, such that a sputtering algorithm badly trained on the stolen work of real human beings might be celebrated with a straight face as something approximating humanness. Under this ordering, it is not some corporation’s increasing capacity for better that drives the extractive world, but everyone else’s increasing tolerance for worse.” - Omar El Akkad

jamenta's avatar
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Apparently, basing an entire civilization on greed alone, and worship of the uber wealthy - leads to 10+ ads for every youtube video you watch, and a pound of Walmart hamburger that might kill you.

Dan Mage's avatar

Don't forget cruelty as another "core value" of those who claim the title "society." Don't watch TV anymore, because of that, and until I can't afford it paying not to have advertising with music and videos is worth it. What I save on doing without the worthless garbage they sell covers it, for now.

ML Yaeger's avatar

Tell us how you really feel, Caitlin.

😢

Aamir Razak's avatar

what a dystopian world we live in, these insane betting sites allow for bidding on likelihood of people's deaths and coups, and now they are in fortune cookies??

Indu Abeysekara's avatar

Caitlin ( & Tim ), Lots of love and hugs.

🤗❤️🙏

Dan Mage's avatar

Great Poem! The bloodthirsty deity referred to at the end actually has three faces however. Waiting for verification of some other stuff and I will be looking at this. What Men, yes this is gender specific have created in their own image to justify authority, war, subjugation of women, and enslaving and murdering whatever race or religion is disfavored by the specific sect, is not the real one. I remain an agnostic with regard to those things and respect the beliefs and practices of sincere people however this entirely false god and what is done in his name I reject. Stay tuned, working on it.