This Carbon Based Life

By David Glenn Cox

It’s really like looking into a diamond with all the different facets and angles. When you look through the corporate eyepiece, the message is that all is well! Despite all the indications to the contrary, that it’s not coming unsprung. Heavy on the airstrikes, Eugene, and light on Iranian retaliation stories. “It’s all right, Mr. and Mrs. America. It’s gonna be fine.” But once you leave the pale blue light of American media, the world looks confusing.

Many different points of view from so many interested parties, rather than the simple choice of two opinions, either Pro or Con. Is Donald Trump doing a good job? A. YES B. NO. Is Donald Trump doing the right thing attacking Iran? A. YES B. NO. Giving you facts without context or discussion. From a Russian perspective; they see this war very differently. First, they lost Syria, and then they lost Venezuela. Then Trump started bombing Iran and talking about regime change in Cuba. Russia and Russians have a long history of international paranoia. The Russians believe Trump is knocking off their allies, one by one. And once isolated, they will attack Russia.

For China this is a wonderful opportunity to appear statesman-like while having its opponent on the ropes. Trump pledges $20 billion to reinsure oil tankers crossing the Straits. My enemy’s misfortune is my friend. Trump/ Us, are on the hook to make sure that China gets her oil. You bet Trump put up the twenty large, and quick. It’s one of those miscalculated angles. If the war lasts a week, there’s no problem with China, but if it looks like it could constrict oil deliveries and cause an economic slowdown. Then, there is going to be a problem. China has a dim opinion of domestic suffering for Donald Trump’s international ambitions.

From a literary standpoint, the events are Shakespearean, if not biblical. The mad king’s soliloquy on the battlement. “How grievous are these two viperous serpents, dementia and incompetence! That hath brought us here so low, tiny Peter. From thy mouth you did foretell of splendor and quick victory, and we have it not, good sir. Of the world, oh, tiny Peter. On the world does this act depend. For if it were to fail, the whole structure of thy new world would quickly end! There would be no second act with hapless mortals playing on the fields of gods. I have fear for I saw an owl in daylight, which portends evil events to befall me. I have fear he will fuck up. Beware the Ides of March!

In a political light, it is pure, unadulterated Big Brother and Mega Corpse big giant war machine. War with Eurasia is declared! Big Brother and his uber-cool and uber-expensive weapons systems. It’s been four hours, haven’t they surrendered yet? Big Brother will root out and destroy Epstein. Epstein is the source of all evil. We must destroy Epstein! Declare war on somebody! You must give a speech at the anti-sex league extolling your virtue and denouncing Epstein. The king claims he’s been exonerated! And so, the kings has been exonerated. Those missing FBI interviews suddenly reappeared of the 13-year-old and Donald Trump.

On the TV news, they stress that these are uncorroborated stories. But the FBI interviewed her four times. There had to be a reason. If they interviewed her four times, the FBI must have believed her. The victim sued the Epstein estate and won a judgement, so the courts believed her story too. Everyone believes her story except for the American media. Big brother has declared it officially untrue and exonerated himself of all charges.

In a Brave New World the Alphas are doing quite well, while the Betas through Epsilons are taking it up the ass. The corporation has designs on subjugating the whole world. A 21^st Century Roman Empire with all of its vices and none of its virtues. The elites live lavishly in the rarified air of Mount Olympus and fight wars for obscure reasons. Outside of the literary world there was no justification. Israel and the Untied Snakes attacked Iran while in negotiations. On the grounds that Iran wasn’t negotiating fast enough. It’s absolutely Hitlerian. An attack in overwhelming force and trying to make a government capitulate. Like Poland in 1939. We are not the good guys here. Dropping millions of dollars of bombs and missiles to demand their unconditional surrender. Not to the forces of democracy but to the forces of the Elites.

The emperor has demanded it. The Iranian people have lost the right of self-determination by order of the emperor. The Emperor shall choose their leaders for them. The same way that Caesar ruled Britannia. Under a colonial system where the peasants toiled and Elites skimmed off the cream.

Israel gets its neighborhood cleaned up with free rein to go after anyone or any perceived threat, no matter how many Lebanese civilian apartment buildings had to come down. I thought I’d been told this war was about Iran. But Israel is focusing on Lebanon with forced evacuations. What does illegally expanding Israel’s security zone in Lebanon have to do with Iran?

Nothing! But under the fog of war, it’s a good time to get it done. Civilian populations bombed and rocketed and terrorized. For nebulous goals and personal fortunes. Depopulation is a war crime, even if you say you are doing it as a friendly warning. To avoid our targeted unprovoked artillery attacks on your neighborhood. Not sure, can’t say rightly, when you can come back. But I’ll let ya know.

The giant almighty war machine in a post-democratic, authoritarian regime. They can attack anyone at any time for any purpose. Anyone the king says. This is the leader of the free world? Or just another criminal warlord? If Donald Trump is involved, he’s personally profiting by it somehow. His peace envoys are Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff. Two salesmen selling retirement blocks in Brave New World Estates!

The world has become a science fiction movie with evil overlords and death-dealing corporations. Might makes right! Law? What law? Justification? They were dangerous. Everyone said so, real dangerous. So we just went ahead and attacked them first. It wasn’t a surprise attack, it was sort of a pre-advanced retaliation. They were going to attack Israel, so we went ahead and attacked them first.

Does anyone else know how this story ends?

“Are you sure That we are awake? It seems to me That yet we sleep, we dream.”
― William Shakespeare