Thursday, November 25, 2010
Tea Bag Metathesiophobia
I was more woeful than a Libertarian looking at his foreclosed home from the sidewalk.
You are probably asking yourself: What does Metathesiophobia mean? The first thing you should know about basic psychology is the difference between fear and phobia. Fear occurs when you realize a piano, suspended above, is about drop upon your head. You instinctively move out of the way because you fear for your life, or at least to avoid serious injury (i.e.: a concussion). That fear is quite normal. Phobia, on the other hand, is an irrational fear. For example, you are afraid to walk down a particular street because you know that a black cat lives in that neighborhood and it very well might cross your path.
Metathesiophobia is the fear of change. Now, for many decades, I’ve noticed certain patterns among various social/political groups. WASP conservatives have always advocated the belief system of social stagnation. Why is that? What’s so scary about change? Tradition? Okay—when is tradition social stagnation? There is nothing wrong with tradition unless it manifests into something like a traditional sex role (i.e.: the male must be the breadwinner, the protector, and the one who mows the lawn).
Who is to blame for social stagnation? Is it racial pride? Class status? Gender? Religion? Or is it a bad personality? Maybe attribute it to some one astrological sign? It is a combination of all those elements (except astrology).
Existentially speaking, the physical universe is predicated on constant change, like the weather, or one’s health. You will always change your socks or underwear, unless you are antisocial. Night becomes day, then night again. I know that a lot of humans measure time and space by their own mortality. Seventy years may be a long time to us, but it just a brief moment in physical, material eternity.
So why is there fear of change? Stagnation is perfect for the insecure human. No worries whatsoever. You have no expectations of life because you know what will happen next. You don’t need intellectual curiosity, just common sense. You need only be misoneist and conform to the rules of the Aryan Plutocracy. Just go with the flow and you will be rewarded for your docility. While the ruling class gets their cosmetic surgery and has sex with the upstairs maid, you are praying to Jesus that your wife doesn’t die of cancer because your company outsourced your job and you lost your health insurance. You listen to Right wing propaganda that teaches freedom is sacred and cannot be violated. The rich propagandists lecture the poor about self-reliance while the rich pig has the butler tie his shoe. The propagandists for the rich scare the middle class about how life will change for the worse if the Left succeeds. If the Progressives win, then everyone will be in labor camps, like in Cuba. The rich pay millions, if not billions of dollars, to engrain that fear in our minds. The Tea Party activists are acting out in fear that has been programmed into them. What so tragic about this is that they think they fighting against socialist robots, when they are Corporate automatons themselves!
Freedom does not exist. It will never exist. Freedom is very subjective: for some it is not freedom—It is just exclusionary liberty. Freedom will never exist unless everyone is free! All the rationales of social Darwinism or stoicism are just smelly shit! Gratitude for others’ sacrifices does not make a patriot. Unless you are willing to die for freedom yourself, stop advocating that others should die for you!
Do you hear me, rich pig!?!
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