"And away we go"

                                                           There's a super-terrific 'line' I need to share, it is =

                                                          "It ain't stealing if ya just TAKE it."

                          I can't name that film but there's another from "Guardians of the Galaxy" that is corollary , it is delivered by the Raccoon who queries

                                                         "But what if I want it MORE ?" . 

                          Nope. STILL not "OK" .  

                          It'd be ABSURD to defend trump with, "He ain't stealing, he's activated an INSTINCT."  Activating that Instinct is in direct DEFINACE of Civilized "Order" where Order is LAW .   I wanted to IMPRESS my Gentle Readers with the Concept of "Tactical Deception" because the POWER of Instinctual Bias is BRUTALLY DIFFICULT to neutralize and its complete nullification may be beyond Human Capacity .   

                           Trump's ego-maniacal Selfishness isn't the sole contributor to his acts of Ethical and Moral Abomination, "IT" goes much deeper into the Vast Ocean of the Un-Conscious wherein reside Elements of Mind and Psyche that are EVOLUTIONAY  DEMANDS .    Evolution DEMANDS "Food" in order to maintain Life, and we are hard-pressed to find that Food anyway we can .   

                          I insist TRUMP IS A FREAK OF NATURE as was HITLER and others like Pol Pot, and Lenin, along with PUTIN .    However, I still-gotta-wonder if Evolution has "stuck" Us with these GROTESQUE HUMAN ABOMINATIONS in order to  Alter a Wayward Evolutionary Trajectory .

Monkey see, Monkey STEAL

                                                          Years and YEARS ago there were debates and discussions over whether or NOT a newborn infant was born with both Instinct and KNOWLEDGE .   The Latin term 'Tabular Rasa' {'scraped table} was applied by those who wanted their infants CLEAN AND PURE, INNOCENT of the HORRORS of the Universe .   But skeptical Others were convinced otherwise, and viewed the Mind of an Infant as NECESSARILY ----> COMPLEX, meaning, within the Mind of an Infant were the contents of ALL HUMAN AND ANIMAL KNOWLEDGE.   For BUDDHISTS this THIS is DOGMA , we are born as the RESULT of Karma with ALL ITS "TRIMMING and TRAPINGS" .

                           Since we are BORN WITH "Stealing" as a "quark" {in Physics a quark is a Building Block of Matter} of our Psyche we MUST-BE >>>>TAUGHT<<<<  to DENY ourselves that particular Instinct because it is COUNTER to Prevailing MODERN Sentiment, where Sentiment is the AGREEMENT that "Stealing" is RWONG* .   No Modern Human WANTS their fruit and berries stolen by a fucked-up ne'er-do-well WHO IS TOO FUCKING LAZY TO WORK FOR HIS LIVING .   

                            Hello CIVILIZATION glad to see ya .

Thou SHALL Steal

                                                           There isn't even ONE PERSON who would disagree with the statement =  "It's easier to STEAL than to WORK" .  I mean, ya-gotta wonder :  HOW THE FUCK DID THAT    "GET THERE" ????    Here's the Answer straight up :   PRIMORDIAL INSTINCT .   I know, rite ?   Mithen insists that "Tactical Deception" is a part of the {Modern} Human Psyche, that it has survived Evolution, rather, it has advanced WITH Evolution and has never left Human Consciousness .  

                     Here's my favorite example of Tactical Deception =  I am a Cave Man hungry for food.  As I wander in my search I come upon a stash of let's say fruits and berries .  I gather them and return to my cave.   Next time I hunger I return to that location but instead of the pile of goodies, I see a fellow Cave Man with his arms loaded with that Same .  I dare not advance upon him, that's too DANGEROUS, so I WAIT IN HIDING [Deception] while he drops his work and leaves to gather more .   Deception IS THE TACTIC to garner foodstuffs WITHOUT PERSOANL THREAT OF BODILY HARM NOR INJURY .   At this point that "IT" ain't Stealing AT ALL .   It's being EFFICIENT, TIME SAVING AND LABOR SAVING .   Saving one's Energy is VITAL to Evolution since when one does NOT have to "Hunt and Gather" one then becomes free to do other things, say 'work' a pelt or skin for clothing .   You can't miss this .  STEALING becomes a sort of "Prime Directive" {dare I posit PRIMAL Directive} .   

                   Mother Nature has a bit of WIT .   

"Tactical Deception"

                                                           It is heartening to see that my Gentle Readers took the time to invest in yesterday's Example of the  I Ching  (pronounced YEE JING  where jing is sounded as the jing in jingle) .   For years I have struggled to find an appropriate Time and Place to introduce the I Ching or Book of Changes, but that has escaped actualization because the I Ching is MONSTROUSLY Esoteric --  ALMOST unavailable to us jus' reg'lar Folk .   

                        Still, I must leave said Introduction down,,,,,, something 'arrived' this morning during my prolonged "Mull Period" and I feel it Relevant to our ongoing Investigation of  Social Norms and the Individual Traits and Characteristics that define Modern Man = US .   What 'arrived' was "Tactical Deception" and its Source was `out of`  Steven Mithen's --- THE PREHISTORY OF THE MIND ----THE COGNITIVE ORIGINS OF ART, RELIGION AND SCIENCE .   His VOLUME  is a Classic Textbook and is written for a purely ACADEMIC "audience" ,  so SUPER-Technical shit is the "Fore" of each and every page, meaning, he acknowledges the foundational works of SUPER-BRAINED Others as he provides HIS explanations, descriptions and theories .   I KNOW Others will consider such Science dreadfully boring, flat, dry and an Intellectual TRUDGE .   I am  NOT "one of those" but I DO caution my Gentle Readers and for that matter EVERYONE who "picks up" this Work, to be PATIENT ,   take his work in "small bites" so it can be chewed properly and swallowed without choking .   This Text ain't for 'sissies' .

The Cost of Joy

                                             From the I Ching --- 58.  Tui /  The Joyous, Lake

                    "True joy must spring from within .  But if one is empty within and wholly given over to the world, idle pleasures come streaming in from without .   This is what many people welcome as diversion .  Those who lack inner  stability  and therefore need   amusement,   will always find   opportunity   for indulgence .    They attract external pleasures by the emptiness of their nature .   Thus they lose themselves more and more, which of course has bad results ."

                             Consider ... .

The Right to Strife

                                                         Look at this passage from the "Declaration of Independence" :

                            "WE hold these Truths to be self-evident, that all Men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness"  and that to secure these Rights,,,  Governments are instituted among Men..."

                            

                         Can you see IT ?   "By their Creator"...  so what if you DO NOT BELIEVE IN ANY 'CREATOR', you DON'T BELIEVE in God or ANY God ?    Does that then NULLIFY those "Unalienable Rights" ???    Logic dictates YES .   Hello conservatives .

                         What about the so-called "Right to Life" ?   Conservative argue that even Life on the CELLULAR LEVEL is also within the "Right to Life" .    Pragmatically, there is the question of "Does that Right to Live involve the Right to PLUNDER (as conservatives view it)  the wealth of a fellow Citizen ?   

                        Here it is were Democracy is none-other than THE WILL OF THE CREATOR .   No Creator, No Democracy .  {The Truth of} Logic can be abusively PUNISHING .

                          

Tax axe

                                                           Democracy has "Genetic Flaws" {Flaws is gentler than DEFECTS} that, despite their presence, still regulate Growth and Development .   One of the Responsibilities of Democracy is the "Redistribution of Wealth", the MANDATE to >use< Taxes TO BENEFIT the Society and Culture of ALL Americans .   But there are PROBLEMS, are there not ALWAYS Problems ???    Taxes are Collected NOT from "All Men are created EQUAL" but from the POOREST and the Modest, >>>ONLY<<< providing an un-needed reprieve to the filthy rich, and squalor wealthy as well as corporations (Romney :  "Corporations are PEOPLE")   and industries whose profits are extended to that same caste of Filth and Squalor .    Here it is where EXISTING TRUTH is summarily DISMISSED, and "the Rich get Richer" is the Result of both BLATANT and EGREGIOUS Political and GOVERNMENTAL Malfeasance .   

                             When conservatives enflame,  "The Government should stay out of OUR [personal] Wealth", what they MEAN is this ;   Redistribution of Wealth should NOT include >>>MY <<< wealth .   Here it is where Taxation is considered THEFT .   That "IT" looks like this .   A man acquires wealth and another POOR man MUST HAVE ACCESS to that Wealth AS THE LAW DEMANDS .   Conservatives are "beside themselves in Rage and Fury"  they bellow IT'S NOT FAIR, and on an INSTINCTUAL LEVEL that "IT" is, IN FACT, Un-Fair .   But here's the Deal, Taxes MUST BE PAID BECAUSE >THAT< IS THE "AMERICAN WAY" .   Democracy CANNOT EXIST without Taxation .   When you are Born in America YOU ARE BORN INTO TAXATION .   You wanna Believe that "WHEN EVERYBODY PAYS, EVERYBODY >>>WINS<<<" .   I mean, you'd think .