The Malvina Reynolds effect......

You're born in the West - not Cornwall; THE West...

Millions of people are fortunate to have been born into Western Civilisation. We live in Europe, the USA or Canada for example. I even include Australia - even though it is simply like the UK was in the 1950's, and New Zealand which is like Australia actually was in the 1950's...

Our lifestyles are embarrassingly ridiculous...

In the last 100 years the Human population has grown by around 5.5 Billion, we have destroyed oceans, fish stocks, forests and complete species of animals have been wiped out.

Our seas and skies are polluted and our landfills are full - a large Nuclear Power Station is required simply to recharge our mobile phones each day...

We have more food, energy, cars, gadgets and safe space than we know what to do with; we have more information knowledge and potential than anyone in the history of the world and yet... 

Of the current 7 Billion people on the planet - approximately 6 Billion pray each night to their chosen God for the opportunity and lifetsyles that are only afforded to the other 1 Billion...

And it is this is how that 1 Billion people can be categorised...

1. Under Class of Low Achievers - 5% of the Population

These people fall outside of the predicted norms of society. They don't fit with the expectations of the Middle Class, they are likely to breed more, earn less and do more crime. They appear on the Jeremy Kyle show and have C4 documentaries made about them that show how their lifestyles should enrage the rest of society.

Their main role in life is to be the subject of derision, comment and gossip over dinner parties by the Middle Classes. They give them something to moan about while they sit on their Swedish Self Build Furniture, drinking cheap French Chardonnay whilst eating their Indian Take Away food delivered by a Polish immigrant driving a Japanese car...

They are both irritating and useful at the same time; on the one hand they justify the whinging of the Middle Classes and whilst on the other they provide a distraction from the REAL issues in society that actually need attention;

Namely;

Wealth Distribution
Corporate Greed
Saving the Planet
Starvation & Poverty

You would think that these stereotypical underachievers are the scourge of the planet and should be dispatched immediately - but I beg to differ..

The most dangerous species on the Planet are the...

2. Middle Class Whingers - 85% of the Population

These are the ones who actually cause all the problems - they won't admit it of course but the evidence is compelling...

First they whinge about the Economy, Weather, Immigration, Taxation and of course the Under Class who are to blame for everything in the first place.

These are the people who drive German Cars to American Supermarkets on the Sabbath to spend money they don't have on things they don't need.  They watch Reality TV on (about the Under Class..) on their 50 inch Japanese flat screen TV powered by French Nuclear Electricity - and then wonder why some people choose not to play along with them..
They have been anaesthetised by the media into a becoming nothing more than useless passive carbon based blobs infused with protein and carbohydrate derived fat, investing more into entertainment and self gratification than they do into self development, growth and awareness...

Second, they hang out together in mutual appreciation societies that fuel and support their lifestyles and attitudes - check out Golf Clubs, Fitness Centres, Political Parties and Facebook Groups.

In the vain hope that their desperate lifestyle it is actually sustainable; they support the Banks, Corporates and Institutions that feed their greed for personal possession and property ownership that actually fuels the cyclical economy of boom and bust that they are so addicted to...


This group devour everything in their path; their inactivity towards the important issues in the world is effectively criminal, and yet because they pay taxes to the regime that supports their ideology and reassuringly keeps importing cheap Wine and IPads, they believe themselves to be justified in continuing to impose their rhetoric on the rest of the 6 Billion who mistakenly admire them...

...And they all live in little Boxes and they all look just the same...

Malvina Reynolds 1961 - LINK

3. Upper Class - 10% of the Population

These are the outsiders, the activists and thinkers who don't accept that eveything is perfect; they are the people like you who read Blogs and comment, whether you agree or not you appreciate that someone actually makes a stand.. 

They know that Building 7 was demolished on purpose and that HSBC got away with it in the US Courts for laundering drug money; they don't trust the establishment and have a passion for equality and reason that surpasses the need for Gucci, Apple and Rolex...

You know that Snowden is a hero, that Assange is being hunted and that the CIA, NSA and MI6 are herding the thoughtful into crowded courtrooms on the basis of "natiional security" and watching over us with CCTV in our high streets.

You are the Upper Class - the fact you are reading this and have not asked to be unsubscribed means you already qualify..

So stay special and keep thinking differently - the world and the other 6 Billion people living on it need you now more than ever...

Cheers - Dave...