Friday 28 September 2012

MICHAEL DES BARRES: Another communique

I WANT TO RAISE THE STAKES FROM PETTY SELF AGGRANDISSMENT AND EGOIC NONSENSE,AND USE MY RETURN TO RAW SIMPLICITY AS A METAPHOR FOR SIMPLIFICATION.OUR QUEST FOR CHANGE AND RECONCILIATION IS AKIN TO A POST WAR ASSESSEMENT.THE WAR OF COURSE HAS BEEN WAGED AGAINST A FAIR SOCIETY BY CORPORATE GREED AND THE INSATIABLE APPETITE FOR POWER.OUR CULTURE BOTH NUMBED AND COMPLEXIFIED BY PRESCRIPTION DRUGS AND INCOMPREHENSIBLE MALEVOLENT MANIPULATION OF OUR POLITICAL CULTURE.YOU CAN BUY THE PRESIDENCY OF THE UNITED STATES..THE ISOLATED BILLIONAIRE DIRECTS THE WORLD MARKETS ON A LAP TOP FROM INSIDE HIS AIR CONDITIONED LIMOUSINE,FROM HIS SLEEK PRIVATE JET AS IT GLIDES ABOVE THE DISASTER MOVIE WORLD BELOW.VERSAILLES AND IT'S KING IS ANALOGOUS WITH THE GILDED MANSIONS OF THE DARK, PINSTRIPED BILLIONAIRES IN THE SHADOWS.THE MOST DANGEROUS OF SUPER VILLAINS.THE SUPERPACS..KING LOUIS WAS EXECUTED AND THE RUFFLED,BEJEWELLED ARISTOCRATS GUILLOTINED AND HUNG FROM LAMP POSTS.WE,THE PEOPLE ARE A COMMERCIAL BREAK AWAY FROM DESOLATION.THE REVOLUTION IS WITHIN.BE KIND,BUILD A COMMUNITY.PRACTICE COMPASSION,CONCERN,GIVE OF YOURSELF.CONNECT AND CONSIDER WHERE THE RAPE OF THE EARTH AND EACH OTHER WILL INEVITABLY LEAD.


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