Usury goes deeper than rich people taking advantage of poor people by lending them money on terms that are sure to make them fail. ..
It is the theft of what sustains life,by thugs.Usury is extortion.and a racket that began long ago...of the strong exploiting the weak, a sort of planned social control. A deliberate social system of extortion that to most people not being subjected to harsh deprivation,for them, it is invisible,this engineered social darwinism.That enables anti- life, planet destructive,
socially toxic, civilizations such as ours,to occur.
We live together with countless other species of animals and plants. Together sharing a planet supplied with soil,rain,and sun. So plants grew from the soil,nourished by sun rain.The plants eventually bore fruits that contained seeds.This process was working fine long before people existed or invented gardens.
Plants grew and fed many animals for millions of years all for FREE.And the seeds left behind made sure the food supply never ran out.Yes there were droughts and floods, but for the most part creatures survived and some,died.Earth was a self ,contained,self perpetuating ,mutually beneficial,yet sometimes individuals died,but it was a system that supported but was not good to life all the time.
Than as time went on, plants still grew and food was FREE to any who would desire to eat it,birds, bears or tribal humans they all ate the fruits of trees and plants for FREE.
The seeds got spread around through the feces of all those who ate the fruits,and the plants flourished and there was food everywhere for FREE..Every breakfast,lunch and dinner was FREE.
Free..Until some asshole greedy piece of shit human made up a con game,made up social hierarchy, instituted the rule of bully over weaker(through widespread abuse, rape, trauma,and colonialism).This very selfish agenda is called getting control-over.
To Control,people, the dominator took away the food and water, hung a price tag on the plants,and claimed he owned it all himself,and he took possession of it by driving out others and keeping it for himself and his posse..So for outside people to eat the fruits of plants, they had to pay "the man" with the most weapons and willing loyal servants hellbent on hoarding what was once free, for everyone, for themselves.
And so with the invention of social hierarchies,resource theft and extortion human existence became a Pay-as-you-go situation.
By pay-as-you-go, I mean if you don't pay someone else for what grows in the dirt for free you don't get to live.This is a very brutal extortion racket , tolerated by humanity .
This is the real problem, psychopath bullies, controlling people with theft(usury),trauma,and extortion.
Some people think they can OWN the water, air or the land,and and this "owning" mythos gives them because people BELIEVE in it,a right to deprive others of a place to live,food and water.
What happens when the "owners" die? The truth comes out, they don't own their own bodies or possess their last breath.How can they own the land,the space beyond where they dwell?
So Inheritance was invented and 'legacy' so that generations of exploiters would ALWAYS have an advantage over the others..
And they still do today.
Still the Earth grows plants.But paying off the corporate extortionist to eat the fruits of plants,that shit applies only to humans.
The earth has animals here too. Prey animals are still FREE for cougars, lions and tigers,they get their food for free. Once prey was free for humans and the animals that could catch them. Today humans must PAY other humans or their corporate paper stand in's to eat prey animals.
No lion pride pays any human for the"privilege" of catching and eating food on land..Yet humans pay humans for the 'privilege of food to eat and land to lay their heads down.Why?
Because humans have been DOMESTICATED.
Humans have been dominated and have accepted the yoke of a self declared master and play by the rules the games these masters say they must play by. Games like carrot and stick..Job or be homeless. Accept the bribe,shut up or be shot. Humans are ever faithful and obedient to the dominators, and the unfair,destructive system of the extortionist.
The system of usury works by a lie called hierarchical social order.By domination,and threat and use of force(a loyal posse,army,well bribed mercinaries)to force 'compliance' of the domesticated, others until the submit to an unjust system that exists by making free things cost something to people who don't "own" it..
This evil system of extortion and domestication exists just so some people can get more from others than they ever give back to anyone So the biggest bullies could live comfortable,decadent lives.So some could have control and power with none of the responsibility.So some can get something for nothing(profit)at everyone else's expense.
We can agree water has been around a VERY long time. Water was once drinkable and everywhere, in springs that bubbled up from deep in the Earth, in lakes rivers and it was all FREE..But that is no longer true, for human made for profit industry has polluted the waters so that in some cases fish can't even live there.
Water existed and slaked many thirsts long before some asshole came along polluted it,bottled it, "filtered" it and hung a price tag on it,and sold it at a cost back to us,you know.
So now water that is drink-able has been stolen from us.
Water was once,FREE,to any who thirsted and saw a spring,they drank from it bird, cat, plant or human,it didn't matter.
Water Buffalo do not pay some water company for the privilege of drinking and bathing in a river.Nor do birds. But we humans PAY and PAY and PAY with tokens that represent life time not lived,toiling at a 'job' just to pay a rich person,just to have the privilege of drinking WATER?? and bathing...WTF??
Usury began I think long ago,it began right before"civilization" came to be.One bullying person believed he was superior to others and claimed he had a right to deprive the others (because they were inferior to him)of access to food, water,shelter,companionship, warmth, all those things on the Maslow's hierarchy of needs.The bully was a sociopath,and a very clever,clever enough to domesticate millions and make them believe they want to pay a rich man for the 'privlege' to exist..
The psychopaths who would live like kings,knew they had to create the illusion of power and specialness around themselves, to have 'authority over others,said psychopath had to take away from the others something the EARTH provides for ALL,and deprive them of sustenance to CONTROL them,to use them to make them do the psychopaths bidding on command.He had to domesticate humans.To teach them to fear power,symbols of power and threat.
He knew he had to get together with mean psychopathic posses of ambitious greedy thugs like himself,to be his fists and spying eyes to make him a "big man" .He had to let other thugs come into the gang, let them in on the deal,secure loyalty with bribes,and promises of power,sex and a life of ease ,Give the thugs a cut of the profits or special access to something the thug desired..These deals had to be made if said upstart despot wanted to be able to hijack and control land that had a spring that supplied water to many people a whole tribe,and animals,and "possess it" for himself to control who lived and who died.Like some god..
He needed a loyal posse happy in their servitude to him to his symbols and system, who were ready to kill for a higher status in the group,adept at playing this bullies game of power-over, to force or convince the ones who were NOT in the"elite" gang, to PAY the bullies, for access to water from a spring that bubbled up from the earth that once was there for FREE, open to all that thirsted..But because of the bully and his posse of thugs this watering hole has become territory that is occupied.
In the Savanna,Antelope, Gazelles, Zebra,Crocodiles,Birds,Hippos and Lions all drink and bathe from the same sources of water.There is a recognition in the animal kingdom that water is necessary for life.The Lions know if the Gazelle,Antelope,and Zebra don't get a chance to drink at the watering hole..The Lions won't get to eat,after all the prey perishes of thirst. No species occupies the water hole all to itself.
Humans caught up in games of power and control,domination and submission,have forgotten this democratic reciprocal relationship is what life on this planet requires for all to live. Usury is theft of life. Theft that is so accepted, seen as normal as "property rights" and the only way societies can function has blinded us to our past and our future ways.
A society can live without an authority figure or costly social hierarchy.A society can thrive in peace IF psychopaths, bullies and despots are contained, killed or NOT trusted or given power.
Usury/extortion,pay as you go existence is the ONLY way a TOP DOWN, master and slave hierarchical cultures can exist.Every dominator needs an OTHER to dominate.So some are trained and conditioned to accept being dominated and deprived,always asking permission and paying the master.A dominator that cannot dominate anyone is just an asshole.
A owner that is disbelieved when it comes to what he takes from the others ( that which he says he owns), is greedy despot,and if his pitch of lies is believed by the people,he will tyrannize to the point of being a toxin to humanities well being and destroy the natural state of democracy and the solidarity of kin and community that keeps false power in check..
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn3248-democracy-be...Because of the systemic ABUSE bullies and their posse regularly do to humans through generation after generation,people have gotten used to their chains and roles.The mental bars in their minds rule out any alternatives to the system they are conditioned to think they wanted...We have been taken advantage of by the usurious bullies despots for a very long time.And it has taken a toll on our happiness,potential, wellbeing and health. We are now forced to work all the days of our lives away just to pay some corporation for what the Earth itself gives for FREE,enriching the thugs that "own" us.
Usury is evil wrong,and cruel.Yet by many people are so used to being abused and paying for things they will defend this usurious lie and belief system even if it kills them to do so. Property is usury is theft.
And no one has a right to own the things that existence and the earth gives us all for free.NO ONE.For when one has what others cannot get but need to live this is EXTORTION. Extortion on a grand scale,normalized.
Look at the animal world,they do not play this game,or have usury. Why? Because animals know what survival requires it requires kin and community and sharing. .Humans have forgotten this basic lesson and soon we will kill this planet with our usury game gone out of control..
Compare animals to humanity in regards of usury.WE are the ones fucked in the head,the weirdest monkeys..
Humans are the only species convinced by it's most destructive members, to pay life and toil to a despot,tyrant,bully and his posse for the 'privilege' to eat and drink what the earth gives to all that live, freely.
We as a species must stop playing make believe about'ownership' ,control, and that empty sound called 'authority' and letting corporations(paper bullies) and human bullies dominate us to cheat us out of our natural rights by imposing a pay- as- you - live extortion on every human being.This zero sum game has to STOP...
"New American Century"
by KMFDM.
Count your blessings
Walk the line
Don't move too fast
Or fall behind
There are rules you must obey
They get re-written by the day
Don't do this - don't say that
Your every move is logged and tracked
By the all oppressive eye
Spy satellites in friendly skies
The new american century
Has only just begun
No one exempt from the tragedy
Counterattack start pushing back
Fight the power
That chokes your speech
Fight the power
That makes you bleed
Fight the power
That propagates lies
To keep you weak
Keep you in line
Fight the power that reigns you in
Divides and conquers
Defines your sin
Fight the power
For one and all
Before the power swallows us whole
No one dares to say a word
Our panic drives all human herds
In the land where cash is king
Our silence bought and sold for free
The future's banging on our door
When real I.D. will be the law
Love thy neighbor and turn him in
It's call patriotism
The world is watching in disbelief
Chanting shame on you
How can you stand by so quietly
Letting them rape your liberties
You can't be bothered or concerned
You see no reason for alarm
Prejudice, religion hate
Usher in new mandate
Absolute and resolved
One nation under one god
Lack of interest has its price
As we're stripped of all our rights
Those who cannot learn from history
Are doomed to repeat it!