This is part of a series called Succinct Shots. It’s based on a practice of stream-of-consciousness writing. But it’s my own variation to use a focal point, instead of rambling aimlessly without intent.
It’s meant to trigger clarity for the writer, listener and/or reader.
The powers that be are formidable.
How does the average person decipher the reality from the real power. It is a dilemma that we encounter each day. The money controls the messaging and the attack is constant.
There is no rest for the powerful, who want to maintain the advantage, the leverage and the keys to economic riches.
Opposition to the status quo is stamped out like a virus invading the body.
All of the resources of the powerful are quick to attack any and all uprisings against the money machine. It creates a dynamic that alters the balance of power and leaves most people to be swayed by special interests.
Sustaining a fight against the goliaths of the elites is a true struggle. It requires a combative attitude. It also requires compassion over comfort.
There are moments in history when the masses can no longer endure the misery. They no longer believe in the system. They no longer see themselves included in the gains of the society.
But is it possible to battle against giants, against mountains of money, against the comfortable class of business titans?
Or is it easier to ease into the digital world of all-day access to videos and fantasy games? Is it better to control a digital world than to be engaged in the real one?
The powers that be are counting on your disengagement. They know that desires to be like a celebrity and worship at the altar of entertainment supercede the time needed to participate in a movement.
Real problems disappear in the digital landscape. Fantasy problems are easier to deal with. There is a reset button. There is a controller.
It seems especially egregious how elites are controlling the narrative and the distribution of money. Everything from politicians to major news networks thwart the rise of any struggle intruding into the establishment norm.
This is really the same as before, but nowadays there is a slight difference.
There are independent voices that can be heard on public platforms like podcasts, Twitter, YouTube, Callin and Rumble. There is social media to connect like-minded people across the globe.
These empowered excursions are scattered throughout the internet medium. Corporate power still dominates, but these independent uprisings cause concern.
They are changing the narrative and counteracting the mainstream messages that manipulate the masses.
They are shifting the balance, they are gaining ears and eyeballs.
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