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all appreciate i saw on a discovery special not too long ago about what would happen during times of starvation apparently people have been documented traveling vast distances as they starve often spiritual leaders arise who promise to lead their people to a promised land we know also that extreme hunger can cause delirium hallucinations and the like so the notion of a long distance march may be quite plausible in a dystopic environment especially one driven by mystical or religious experience some inner motor must lead us on blindly during these times of starvation in that sense the exodus like wanderings are a demonstration of faith the inner experience of belief in hope instead of confined to the spiritual world our physical longings are brought to reality through the unifying event the apocalypse and all the woes it spawns including of course hope in the infallibility of nature and faith in our fellow man dark future fantasies i ve always been a fan of movies like the omega man with charlton heston in that movie heston is the sole surviving human immune from a virus at least he thinks so until discovering others like him one aspect of these kinds of movies are the circumstances under which these scenarios which could occur and how the concordant dystopia would unfold or society unravel how did we get there we think of these thinks mostly to prevent them i guess or perhaps better cope with them should they happen though how someone will react is anyone s guess trying to determine a time that tetwawki occurs has become can be a bit of a challenge i guess when law and order break down and laws can no longer be enforced we ve entered mad max level one gangs will rise in such an environment interestingly we don t need an apocalypse to cause tetwawki nor do we need a nuclear winter nor zombie vampire takeover to start the dystopia ball rolling tetwawki is a subjective experience a child leaving their home could mean and an end to all their expectation of the world outside if it s limited to that we ve had plenty hells on earth they need not require much space at all heck a serial killer s basement could provide the setting once started the dystopia ball gets rolling and further acts of depravity increase as civilization breaks down this is the lesson of both movies the dark specter of fear that colors the stories in each we cringe at the the thought of losing what we hold dear it s a threatening notion that strikes us on a personal level it s not so much the actual apocalypse that gets us and provides a compelling story line but the shocking realities that ensue we enter these movies not as voluntary mary poppins style wanderers down the yellow brick road of endless smiles but instead are pulled dragged unwilling prisoners to the dark side of our nature the idea of dystopia makes for good entertainment precisely because we want to see deep down inside of some repressed part of ourselves nature exact some vengeance george carlin sums it upped magnificently in his video clip from 3m15sec on saving the planet as well as in his hbo special life worth losing unavailable on youtube at the moment people are drawn to natural disasters because they want to experience their mortality or to contradict the arrogant notion that people are masters of their universe floods and calamities are nature s way of getting back or so carlin iterated deep down inside we may all dread yet almost expect calamity to strike disaster films have grown more popular with scenarios of global warming asteroid collisions and similar issues some of which humanity can endure it s the purpose of a movie to entertain so rare it is to see a movie where all the humans die off i can t think of any titles the road comes close to killing all hope as you develop a personal attachment to the survivors it s hard to wish anyone dead but dying is a typical condition in a post apocalyptic world the movie 2012 which i saw recently as well echoes the theme of worldwide calamity yet even there africa survives even if america doesn t the 70s saw a jolt of these movies airport7_ the poseidon adventure etc see a list of here about halfway down the idea of getting wiped out en masse has been central to entertainment for some time perhaps there s some auto response in our brains that let s us accept death should it come through some wild event affecting us all simultaneously maybe the shock of the attack releases a surge of serotinin or some naturally biological response takes over kind of like what s thought to happen to animals killed and eaten alive on the african savannah observing these victims in their death throes the animals often seem quite docile despite what must be an immense desire to flail and kick internet movie database imdb com references the book of eli the road the omega man complete synopses for the movies are available at all links labels apocalypse disaster dystopia movie review posted by jbpeebles 11 32 pm 1 comments monday august 02 2010 myths and lies guide u s policies we re seeing the culmination of bp s gulf oil spill pr campaign in the mainstream press the event has been characterized as winding down surface oil has become harder to see or so they report also the media consensus not entirely supported in fact is that the oil no longer poses the threat it did fishing grounds have been reopened the other looming issue is whether the well can be closed bp has been saying that the wellhead has been secured but other leaks and seepage in the area raise doubts whether the well and not just the wellhead is really sealed this week a top kill effort to inject cement and mud from above and below through the relief well will occur the use of toxic dispersants is the real backstory the media doesn t want you to hear about the dispersants have created a new problem airborne oil the oil is in tiny globules which can be lifted into the rain clouds that form over sea which then blow inland and deposit the oil along with whatever chemicals and fumes are associated with the spill we ll see unreported in the mainstream media naturally reports of acidic strange smelling rain of chemical burns in vegetation as well as a telltale oil sheen in the rainwater as it flows into gutters the scope of contamination could move quite far north whatever the chemical composition of the rain it s safe to say it s something people want to avoid we ve traded one problem the oil for a couple more surface oil for more sub surface oil plus the dispersants bp s logic for using dispersants has been clear from the beginning to hide the scale of the disaster by eliminating as much surface oil as possible bp has sought to avoid transparency in regard to how much oil it s collected from the leaking well so it d be keeping with the trend to oversell the well s possible closure while claiming the amount of oil at the surface and hence below as well are dissipating the pr perception game limits public admission of realities that contradict bp s it s over theme bp seeks to claim it s over as a way to limit its ongoing responsibilities in the matter the media will simply echo what bp and the coast guard say enshrining the company s pr with government granted credibility denying victims their legal rights on the legal front bp is demanding that those who receive compensation from bp sign away their right to sue we saw this before in the management of compensation for the families of 9 11 victims new york attorney feinberg managed both bp s and fedgov s system of 9 11 payouts he s got experience in damage control which is likely why he was chosen if bp s 20 billion is handled anything like compensation for 9 11 first responders we re in trouble recently a bill compensating first responders was killed enraging congressman weiner of brooklyn on the house floor weiner rightfully berated congressman king of new york for his non support of the bill offering payments for the responders many of whom have died as a direct result of their intervention into the asbestos laden smoke of the fallen towers in the first hours after the calamity see the video at huffpo not paying the sick responders is truly callous fedgov views us small people as expendable and our legal rights as dispensable our government has become so tolerant of corporate polluters and their lobbyists that oversight and punishment are mild even for as egregious and criminal a spill as the deepwater horizon or massey energy s coal mine explosion without the ability to hold bp to account through the courts it s unlikely the victims will ever receive their just due already feinberg has told all the fisherman and boaters who ve helped lay boom that whatever pay they d receive would be deducted from any cash awarded them by bp let me get this straight bp by its negligence eliminates an entire way of life for thousands along the gulf spews toxins into the gulf air destroys vast reaches of key spawning habitat and the survivors and responders are forced to sign away their right to sue how convenient for bp is it just no more than it would be for a criminal to control how much restitution he s willing to make whatever the extent of damages to the victim this feinberg administered fund looks like a pre emptive maneuver on bp s behalf more than a real effort at restitution although it will likely be framed as one us on a path to fascism it s worth noting that extralegal exceptions and preferential legal treatment are typical of fascist systems through which corporations gain undue control over the legal system the best examples are probably south american juntas from the 70s where an elite ruling class cavorts with corporate cronies and foregoes unpleasant and unprofitable inconveniences like victim rights and pollution controls such a system is great for those in power and certain favored business interests but not so great for the little people how similar is our new system from a fascist one not that far divorced in my opinion as long as corporate money controls the elections and the corporate media keeps the public uninformed and gullible the subversion of our democracy which requires an informed and participating public will continue until the people see it as their responsibility to control their government they will likely be controlled by it and face higher taxes longer wars more police state tactics and repression rather than see our democracy as a fait accompli in our country we need to see it as a work in progress mary parker follett explains democracy is not a goal it is a path it is not attainment but a process when we grasp this and begin to live democracy then only shall we have democracy the presumption that we ve attained democracy that we don t need to question authority is a highly dangerous proposition jefferson admonished us to stay eternally vigilant as the price of democracy franklin said we d have a republic if we can keep it no one wants to imagine american democracy as broken down and in need of repair yet i ve warned of this particularly since 9 11 and the rise of the national security state a bureacracy inherently incompatible with american democracy our form of government may be alien or lost history to many americans maybe we ve never had as pure a form of representative democracy as we think there have periods in the american past where a gilded age of robber barons and industrialists set policies yet a big difference between then and now is global competitiveness carnegie and j p morgan came from the industrial age where american industry dominated producing real things meant real exports and a rising standard of living for all tiers of americans except perhaps the rural poor it s the chinese who are now industrializing and grow their middle class in contrast the american economy of our time suffers from too much debt and foreign competition now free trade has been sold to the public as a good thing since the days of the neoliberal clinton but it hasn t been fair labor rights and environmental protections have been so weakened in nations thought to be reliable trading partners like columbia where labor organizers were murdered on the shop floor of a coca cola distributing plant meanwhile here in the us coca cola is treated as a venerable benevolent icon so revered it s even got its own cnbc special no one mentions the effect of coca cola s rabid theft of ground water in india a problem so severe it s led farmers to commit suicide as their crops failed for lack of water unfairness is at the center of our trade policy because those in power look the other way presuming that corruption exists here in america is a healthy exercise dissent has been curtailed despite its valuable role in keeping the powerful in check and encouraging the media to be more aggressive common sense dissipates in the face of militarism patriotism and hysteria mass media pied piper to the willfully ignorant the media has played a big role in the failure of our democracy myths that emerge out of the media echo chamber fall on unquestioning ears people hear what they want to hear we now know how hard it has been for our government to turn off the hate and propaganda we re being lied to on a daily basis the american people may have their suspicions about why we re fighting and the chances of success but they re reticent to share them openly lest they be considered unpatriotic real qualified thought facts the truth have been sacrificed so people don t have to question their faith in our government and the wars it wages the wikileaks reports provide plenty of reasons to explain why our government lies all the time crystal clear it is that the way we re conducting ourselves makes extracting ourselves from afghanistan nearly impossible few people seem willing to accept that our policies have intentionally led us into a quagmire then again who wakes up and likes to question all their assumptions most people want life as simple as possible and americans judging from their lack of knowledge about geography and world events can t possibly decide what s the best course of action to take they ve been fed the lie that we can win that victory is inevitable against the enemy all the while the real enemy those that participated in and enabled 9 11 lies in our midst claiming to know how best to respond to the event we can t distinguish between the taliban and alqaeda because we ve been told to believe the two are the same while in fact al qaeda is a construct of the western intelligence agencies a leftover of charlie wilson s war the taliban are simply fundamentalists who want to be left alone now they may be into some evil crap but that s no reason alone to enter into permanent war with them the truth has had a hard time gathering enough supporters to lead to any meaningful change in policies whether in trade financial regulation or land wars in asia on that last one didn t we learn our lesson in vietnam americans want to believe that we can win i smirk at the i...