Thought 142: Austerity as Welfare

Public austerity

is private welfare.

Poem 14: Snob's England

Tat and bellies

It's all about monies

As made-up tarts

Play alluring part

Amidst buildings

Of red colouring

That mire the view 

For the poetic few.

No culture here

Just plenty of beer

To drown out the fear

Of what's most near:

The cycle of need

Yoked by greed

—an insufficient feed

For snobs like me. 

Thought 141: Two Definitions of Capitalism

(1)

'Capitalism is a system of economics

in which production is based on profit

for those who control the capital.'

—Carroll Quigley,

Tragedy and Hope—

A History of the 

World in Our Time

(2)

'Capitalism is the profit system

of market capitalisation where

money is at the source.'

—Tom Romer

ScruffyOwlet's Tree

Thought 140: Economicless

Economiclessness is Householdlessness.

Art 17: Monst Drying

Thought 139: Musical Nourishment

Classical and Jazz are to music, 
what fruit and vegetables are to food: 
nourishing and consciousness expanding.

Thought 138: Employment, Unemployment

To be employed 

is to be used.

To be unemployed 

is to be unused.

Thought 137: I'm a Liar

The title of this blog post is not a lie.

Thought 136: Money as Collective Consciousness

The fact I don't trust in money

doesn't mean others don't

which means I have

to trust in money.

Thought 135: Floating in Space

Trippy thought: 
we are floating 
in space right now—
by way of planet earth. 

And what is all this 
stuff around me? 

Who are we actually? 

What is this contraption 
I'm typing on? 

What, why, when, how?

Thought 134: Power as Drug

Power is the only

natural narcotic.

Thought 133: National Dispositions of Europeans

The British: the most socialised and hypocritical.

The French: the most civilised and resentful.

The Italians: the most gregarious and superficial

The Spanish: the most individualistic and proud.

The Germans: the most disciplined and humourless.

Addendum: National Disposition of Americans

America = Greed + Lust + Vulgarity?

While I'm at it,

I will extend

the equation:

America = Greed + Lust + Vulgarity + Brutality

+ Hypocrisy + Technocracy + Scientism +

Degeneracy + Puritanism + Moralism + 

Stupidity + Utopianism + Arrogance 

+ Narcissism + Nihilism

+ Totalitarianism?

And yet all

the technologies

I use to spread my

ideas are of 

American

provenance.

Americans

own me.

In truth,

I have always

got on well

with the

Americans

I have

met.

Thought 132: Words

Words are a sword;

they cut and stab

but also protect

and save.

Thought 131: Free Education

 Free education is not free:

to educate oneself

requires resources

and time.

Thought 130: The Meaning of Community

Those we trust.

Thought 129: Know Your Enemy

Who is the real enemy of free-spirits,
the cunning manipulators of systemic control
or the stupid masses who bully exceptions?

Thought 128: Money and Moneye

Money is the number of technological society.

Moneye is the wisdom of spiritual vision.

Thought 127: Food and Consciousness

The food we eat does not just affect our body, 

it also affects the brain as a bodily organ,
and therefore also the
quality of our 

consciousness.

Thought 126: Forbidden Fruit...

...are the tastiest.

Thought 125: Straightening One's Political Thinking

To straighten one's

political thinking

is to realise where

one's cruelty lies.

Thought 124: Twitter

Twitter is for twits like me.