A recent news story I
came across has upset me deeply, even more than the literal content of the
report should normally do, see: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-26236820.
This article I've written is highly speculative, but I do not apologize for
that and I think my speculation is worth expressing publicly in this case. It
seems to denote a psychological and cultural trend I've been examining for many
years now, that of the perceived justification of oppression based on the ease
by which said oppression can be carried out. In other words, in any parasitic
or abusive relationship between two people, or two groups of people, the blame
lies with the oppressed party, not the oppressive. Why is that? It all comes
down to social Darwinism, a dark vision of mankind that projects onto internal
human society the very same forces that drive the biological world in general:
natural selection, "survival of the fittest" and "might is
right". The morality of this philosophy is simple and stark; during your
adult life, if you are violated in any way by any other man or woman then it is
completely your own fault for allowing yourself to be violated. The violator is
totally innocent. Your own vulnerability to violation is a weakness and
transgression on your part; your abuse at the hands of another is your just
punishment. Hopefully you will learn from the experience and become more
resilient next time; and this resilience must include being an oppressor
yourself, for the oppressor or the oppressed are the only two possible
interactions any humans can have. I hear you scoff... but think about it! How
often have you said, or found yourself thinking: "She really needs to
learn to stand up for herself!" or: "Anybody so stupid that they'll
fall for a conman like that deserves everything they get!" How are these
phrases, in essence, any different from the rapist saying: "She was asking
for it!"? There was a Porter at my hospital who was part of a Gen-shift
section of four Basics and a Senior, yet he used to do half the work on his
section single-handed. He would end every shift exhausted to the point of
unconsciousness, even on quiet days when the others would be cooling their
heels in the lodge. I once challenged the section about their behaviour and
their reply was extremely revealing; they all said, even the Senior: "It's
his fault, he lets us do it!" Is social Darwinism an inevitable part of
our biological make-up? Are we hardwired for it? Are we talking about an
unchangeable thing which is "just human nature, Mate!"
Despite the title of this article I have no idea what
motivated that group of young men to plan the robbery and murder or Dean
Mayley; sadly the purpose of our legal system is merely to deal with the
questions "what" and "who", never "why?". I gave
the article the title that I did because of my feelings for the TV soap opera EastEnders, or as I like to call it, TavistockEnders. This is a programme
loaded with multiple themes which promote social Darwinism; there are numerous
storylines in which characters who are timid and socially vulnerable who are
exploited and abused by other characters who are harder and more aggressive (I
won't use the word "strong" because it's inaccurate, even though it
would be on most people's lips in that sentence), and this state of play is accepted
and even championed. TavistockEnders
is definitely not the only offender, there are numerous others; in fact social
Darwinism is the basis of most Reality TV series, see: http://hpanwo.blogspot.co.uk/2007/11/reality-tv.html.
It's very likely that Ryan Beresford and his fellow defendants have been
subjected to some of these TV shows over the course of their childhood and
teenage years. When we see Phil Mitchell shoving somebody's head down a toilet,
does anybody really imagine that nobody is going to think of a person in their
own lives to whom they are able to do the same, and not say: "Well, we
better do it then!" TavistockEnders
portrays the bullying, exploitation and humiliation of other human beings as
justified; not only justified, but glorified and glamourous. What Beresford and
his accomplices did was in line with what an Alpha-male TavistockEnders character would have done, even if they were not
consciously incited by it. Unless we wake up to all this, then a time is coming
in which Beresford et al wouldn't
even be charged; their actions would not be considered a crime. Indeed, they've
provided a worthy service to the New World Order by ridding society of a
"useless eater".
You might argue that I'm an idealist who simply dislikes
what is quite plainly true and doesn't want to face up to it, but if you do
then I have one question: Why is it that this “just human nature, Mate!”, this
"natural, survival of the fittest, Man!", requires constant
maintenance? The manipulators jump through hoop after hoop and sweat buckets in
their effort to keep us at each other’s throats. If it is a natural and
inevitable state of affairs, why don’t they just sit back and watch the show as
we tear each other to pieces? I think it's the other way round; I think it is
social Darwinists who are the idealists. Being a social Darwinist is an
enormous weight off one's conscience because it means you never ever have to do
anything that is motivated by ethics; and, in my view, this is the psychological
reason why some people are drawn to it. You can do anything you want and just
shrug your shoulders and say: "It's a dog-eat-dog world, Mate!" That is
why this article will make uncomfortable reading for those kinds of people. I
can hear them now: "Shut up, Ben!... I don't want to hear it!... I don't
want to know!... I don't want to believe that this might be true!" But
unfortunately what you want to be true,
or untrue, has no bearing at all on what is, or is not, actually true. You can deal with it... or you can bury your head in
the sand and pretend it's not there. If you do that then you are acting exactly
the way the New World Order wants you to! This subject has lately become a
visible subtext of society, even among those who don't acknowledge it
knowingly. This is because we feel that we are on the brink of some kind of apocalypse;
the "collapse of civilization", "Leviathan will eat
itself,", the "downfall" etc. This may be due to predictions of
peak oil, climate change, economic catastrophe and many other nightmarish scenarioes,
or a combination of them. The vision of a world in which refrigerators don't
work, the taps don't give water and there's nothing on the supermarket shelves
has made people ask: "what then?" The question of millions of people
fighting over a few scraps has slapped the concept of social Darwinism right
into our faces. Of course, in such an eventuality Phil Mitchell would prevail.
But the mindset that leads to this understanding has been installed by the government
media, it's not just something that has emerged with the prospect of the Apocalypse
looming. Why is that? Why would the government media need to get us thinking
about the Apocalypse before it's even happened? They've even filled our heads
with images of zombies, see: http://hpanwo-voice.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/ben-emlyn-jones-live-at-truth-juice.html.
I think this is because the Apocalypse, and everything associated with it, is
not something inadvertent that is just an unintentional side-effect of our
human activities; it is something artificial that is being engineered. All the
feared causes of the Apocalypse, the energy crisis, environmental destruction,
war, famine, disease etc, are created deliberately and purposively, and
therefore can be stopped if the agenda to create them can be exposed, see: http://hpanwo-voice.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/earths-population-reaches-7-billion.html.
If the manipulators of this situation have their way then the propaganda of
social Darwinism will be vitally important during the aftermath of Apocalypse.
It may surprise you, but when the shops are empty and people are trawling the
streets with iron bars and raiding each other's houses for the essentials of
survival, images of Phil Mitchell, Sir Alan Sugar yelling "You're
fired!" or "You are the weakest link, goodbye!" will emerge from
those carefully-implanted lockers of our subconscious. Out of the chaos of the
Apocalypse will emerge the order, a New World Order, and social Darwinism will
be one of the bricks of its foundation.
See here for
important background information: http://hpanwo-voice.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/channel-4s-psychopath-night.html.
Hate Eastenders with a passion. Tavistenders is bang on the money. I actually notice people acting like they are in a soap - not just the expressions of social Darwinism, but more subtly, in their facial expressions and need for constant drama.
ReplyDeleteTrue, Anon. The slogan is "everybody's talking about it". The BBC will claim that TavistockEnders merely reflects society, but I think it's more often the other way round.
ReplyDeleteYou just wait 'til Peggy hears what you've been saying, son. I'll deck you and I'll bed your wife!
ReplyDeleteAw Phil!!!
ReplyDeleteI've decided to be a bit more philosophical this time. Doctor Legg says I've gotta stop punching for a fortnight (arthritis, you know).
ReplyDeleteWhat you perceive as bullying is what I like to call 'normative equality'. We can't just have any soft sod poncing around the street, you know. We're not really trying to create a superman, it's more like the 'incredibly bland' man (or woman). So before you accuse anyone of being a bully again, just remember, bullies are normative activists.
Now where's that Ian?
I'll differ with you on that. What you describe as "normative" is something that requires constant incitement and indoctrination. This is social engineering for a sinister purpose.
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