Sane zombies? It’s a contradiction in
essence. But that’s the point.
In my last post, I talked about werewolves and
vampires as symbolisms of human monstrosity.
For instance, our devastating effect on the meteorological homeostasis
of the planet. Our relationships revolve around ugly poles: exploiter
and the exploited; consumer and the consumed; nobles and toadies.
The potential to actualize gets sacrificed to
this maleficent trench.
The zombie theme adds another
component: the teeming senselessness. Idiot conformity. Our airwaves endure an orgy of zombie parades,
and small islands of the besieged. The last
stand of true awareness. Ragged heroes,
surrounded by a sea of compromised flesh.
There are two conclusions. We have a huge amount of subconscious disgust
for our fellow citizens. Moreover, there
is catharsis in acting out the role of a mass slaughter. A brutal judge, taking a machete or shotgun
to the skulls of the lost.
Violence simmers in our subconscious. We see our fellow humans as idiots.
There are those who feeds off this, and magnify
it.
Warnings about Donald Trump’s trajectory have
already been written, excellent op-eds in newspapers like the Washington Post
and the New York Times. Here’s a few, one is explicitly Hitleresque:
www.nytimes.com/2015/11/27/opinion/donald-trumps-police-state.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/for-todays-gop-thanksgiving-is-the-ultimate-hypocrisy/2015/11/25/3c66f29c-93a3-11e5-8aa0-5d0946560a97_story.html
http://www.politico.com/story/2015/11/all-hail-der-donald-216197
We all partake in the furtherance of the zombie,
vampire, and werewolf themes. We may not be aware (hence zombie?), but
we buy things, all kinds of things, made by the oppressed. We suck
the life blood of sweatshop workers, and plod along the path of consumerist
devouring.
Another form of it: We in the USA contribute to greenhouse gas
emissions at a grossly disproportionate rate. With the boomer
generation as bellwether--frontline zombiedom, we are blithe in our habits, our
driving of fancy cars, our casual flipping of the coal-hungry electric
switch.
The vertical production chains showcase ways in
which we support (effectively revel in) the degradation of Gaia, and the extirpation
of Her creatures.
Despite all this, as mentioned in the last blog
entry, there is a difference between monsters. That we are all to
blame does not make us equally culpable. Werewolves and vampires can
decide to do good acts. It’s never too
late. Zombies can become more aware, even
if it is in paltry increments.
Trump could become President. He
erects a wall between the USA and Mexico.
He registers Muslims in a data base. He feasts on bloated social
veins of ethnic antipathy. He has said America must do the
“unthinkable.”
Are we to assume his gross narcissism will stop
short of nuclear options? Should we hope he won’t go too far, as
many did with Hitler? Narcissists and sociopaths--and he is both--need
to up the ante, constantly, to get their rise.
Too often we use the idiom ‘nuclear option’ in
casual ways. We need to be alert to the tens of thousands of ICBM’s
launchable by a hate-monger like President Trump, or by any one of the other
leaders in other troubled countries that possess such doomsday
weapons.
India and Pakistan are a rancorous pair, locked
in mutual seethe. North Korea, absolutely Orwellian, has nuclear
weapons. And so on.
It comes down to how we deal with our disgust
and rage. I think Martin Luther King, Jr. had it
right. Only love has a chance to overcome hate. Hitler’s
hatespeak led us into WWII. We can’t afford to let Trump’s hatespeak
reign.
It’s tremendously hard not to mock and taunt the
Trumpites, their starry-eyed chants. They are zombies, though even less aware,
more ignorant, due to their acceptance and spread of White heteronormative patriarchy.
This article came out yesterday:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2015/11/27/donald-trumps-various-rude-and-offensive-comments-havent-hurt-him-at-all
Love is the only way to challenge the momentum
of such rancor. Jesus was compassionate toward the poor and the
weak. If liberals respond to Trump's followers with agape, the kind
of love MLK endorsed, or Buddhist compassion, or any other spiritual tradition
of care, as opposed to attack, it will make it harder for Trumpites to see
those outside their in-group as subhuman. It could disrupt the
black-and-white worldview. Perhaps more importantly, it could influence
those who are still undecided, apathetic or unaware. Those on the
fence.
Still, humanity seems to be marching in good
zombie-fashion toward doom. The USA, with its supreme military,
harbors tens of millions of citizens foaming at the mouth before the infectious
vitriol of their grand hotspur--a needy man of huge ego who, according to his
ex-wife, kept a book of Hitler’s speeches next to his bed.
White protesters with guns in Dallas, standing
near an Islamic sanctuary. Scary, scary photos:
http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/editorials/20151123-editorial-armed-protest-at-irving-mosque-out-of-bounds.ece
Sane zombies. That’s
impossible. So… what?
“The
great way is easy, yet people prefer the side paths” -- Lao Tzu.
"When the power of love overcomes the love
of power the world will know peace."
-- Jimi Hendrix
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