The game of control

Strange how human beings are only now noticing how they have become simple buying machines and work units 
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Cynically used to service our faltering materialist capitalist economy.
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When according to capitalist theory the economy should be servicing our needs instead.
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We notice this but can do little about it as we are too busy trying to satisfy the demands of our employers. 
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We have been programmed to be terrified of the economy collapsing.
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Persuaded to welcome flexible labour practices. 


Which result in having to accept lower pay and often longer hours.
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And for some reason, even with no population growth.
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A non-growing economy leads to increasing unemployment.
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When logically, it should just lead to the same level of employment where people consume the same as they did last year. 
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And just why is it considered better to having an endlessly growing economy?
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Society can be organised is such a way that de-growth is a legitimate option.
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And it is also clear to see that our present consumption in all areas is quite adequate for any reasonable human being. 
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But humans today are only useful to this society if they can be persuaded to buy ever more stuff. 
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Regardless of it's utility. 
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Or whether or not it produces any increase in satisfaction or happiness.
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And all this even as the environment we live in becomes increasingly barren because of the insatiable needs of the system. 
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Supporting this is a technology which is designed to keep us in a constant state of desire and dissatisfaction. 
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While the system itself would also like us to be in a constant state of anxiety and fear from the possibility of losing our jobs and livelihood. 
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Thereby making everyone more tractable.
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Nothing new in the above then.
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Just wonder how long it takes before the masses suss it out.
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Maybe never so long as they have ''just enough''
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Then again this might still take some time as it is pointed out to them every day on the telly how others have it much worse.
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One day not so far off though the corruption of the system will cause it to implode.
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So much greed in all areas creates an ever increasing acceleration of corruption. 
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And at some point pfut along comes the Black Swan or unexpected event and down we go!