85 vs 3.5 Billion

by Dennis••0•Posted inJournal

I can’t quite find the words to express how I feel about the recent report that came out that concluded that the top 85 wealthiest people in the world, have the same combined wealth as the poorest 3,5 billion people. That type of wealth inequality is both soul destroying and mind boggling. The ever-widening gap stands as a testament to the complete and utter moral bankruptcy of our society.

The Crooked Kind, Radical Face

by Dennis••0•Posted inJournal

I heard you tellin’ lies
I heard you say you weren’t born of our blood
I know we’re the crooked kind
But you’re crooked too, boy, and it shows

Some get dealt simple hands
Some walk the common paths, all nice and worn
But all folks are damaged goods
It ain’t a talk of “if,” just one of “when” and “how”

So, collect your scars and wear ’em well
Your blood’s a good an ink as any
Go scratch your name into the clouds
And pull ’em all… down

The rest of the song is rather meh. But the first three verses really touch me for reasons I can’t quite put into words. It’s strange how sometimes the most unlikely music manages to appeal to you. I guess I feel like I pretend I’m not of the crooked kind.

What is Wrong With Our Culture?

by Dennis••2•Posted inJournal

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMDu3JdQ8Ow

Another confronting video that hits me like a truck, not because I didn’t know these things, but because I am guilty of a few. Certainly not the materialism, but surely other things. My brain tries to convinces me to go for the lowest hanging fruit of entertainment sometimes, too. Be the change you want to see in the world? Put a bomb underneath what you know? I wouldn’t know where to start, but I’ve found the wire, and I’m trying to follow it back to the detonator.