within this Timeless Reflection

I could not find the Way

to Be - in perfect Harmony

with Broken hands - of clay

You are a pin in a sea of needles. Just like every other, you prick to the touch. This is both the greatest and saddest part about life.

Action: A feat rarely employed by the general populous of societies, nations, world powers, and the lot.  The above mentioned statement instead, is to be edited such as to include: a feat rarely employed by a populous unless there is a personally benefiting outcome such as a monetary trophy. Peasants to royalty, the underlying motive remains succinct.

Focusing now on the "royalty" aspect of the issue, the decisions made by the prior mentioned social class dictates the conditions in which the less wealthy populous exists within. The ever popular organization dominating the blame list of a profound number of citizens, being the oil industry and the companies in which it consists of, is of the most controlling of global economic and social progressions. The wealth of oil and gas processing organizations is, by no means, discrete to common knowledge. The vast impact, both environmentally and politically, these organizations have on the world is also of no surprise to a multitude of citizens populating the same earth in which these companies indirectly impose themselves upon.  Are these decisions, of which are dictated by entities secluded from the population's input, of too important a matter as to be removed from the attention of the populous it affects so acutely? Should the word of a rich man over rule that of a destitute one? Even more so if destitution was wrought in the majority of the society?  Whereas the increasingly deepening hole oil companies in conjunction with numerous other contributors have been deepening in the pursuit of increasing profit, the nameless citizen has few outlets in which his/her input is noted.

Social order innately obstructs the will of the financially lesser to impact the society itself in which it exists.  A system against one's own being.  A system driving the lower class into the earth. On the note of earth, digressing to the earlier subject of oil refineries, these more powerful companies have left the world with highly important issues to cope with as the bank account rejoices.  Global warming, an already taboo subject amongst those who aid in its intensity, remains quite possibly the most impacting result of the higher class pursuing its own agendas over the well being of the lower.  By now, the average citizen should at least have a vague understanding of the repercussions on global warming and the ill future on its way. When the levee breaks, who will take the brunt of the effects?  Will the shelters be relinquished to the poor while those who imposed this future sustain the consequences of their actions? Did the prior question require an answer? The importance of the answer is irrelevant if one is consumed by the effects of a world gone awry.

    In a society such as today's, appearance outclasses content.  If a man speaks in a suit over a microphone, that man appears official and thereby appears informed as well.  The actual knowledge he possesses is simply assumed to outclass one’s own. A man dressed in overalls with a lisp; however: social fodder.  Neither man can be judged to have a guaranteed high IQ simply through observation.  Nonetheless, the formally dressed man stands upon a higher podium of which to convey ideals thus creating the appearance of trustworthiness.  This guise of intelligence (be it truthful or not) is not limited to appearance alone.  Take these articles for example.  They are written in a decent structure with a diverse vocabulary.  These attributes; however, are of little relevance to my actual knowledge on subjects in the articles below (and above). 

People can be swayed by appearance; be it physical or psychological.  Taking this into thought, it can be assumed that one doesn't have to be intellectual to succeed in a venture where knowledge is mandatory.  As long as the appearance of being educated is maintained, it will provide one with the respect and trust of a truly informed person.  This opinion; however, may be ill founded.  The knowledge I posses on this subject may be questionable and thereby not of a genuine nature.  It comes down to an individual’s own decision.  Am I correct or is my opinion flawed?  Take in the information presented and come to a conclusion through one’s own reasoning.

Conscious thought prevents a populous from simply absorbing information without question.  Doubt, curiosity, distrust, and numerous other attributes aid in maintaining this consciousness.  If this ability to make decisions for oneself is lost, then what is there to separate man from machine?