"𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧"

"Demonization"

If you follow what's presented as "news" in this year of The Lord 2024 you no doubt have witnessed more than a little unmasked and unbridled demonization being served up. 

Question is, who does that serve? And, by the way, not just currently, but going on now for a long time.

Witness the 24/7 non-stop assault on Donald Trump by the Dems and their media supporters. The Republicans warnings about "socialism". Biden calling Putin a "butcher", a "war criminal", a " mass murderer". Trump, well, he is past master of the withering put down. The Israeli leadership labeling Palestinians "non-human". Many Muslin countries regarding the US of A as the "great Satan". [Which, by the way, we might want to consider their point of view, not just toss it off as they're jealous of our way of life. In fact, they may just most likely see the West as threatening their way of life.]

Mr. Trump is currently as of this writing, he's selling Bibles. The irony being that the castigation of one's opponents is now ratcheted up to "biblical" proportions. Never mind if it is laughable to you that book even fits in his hands. Donald! What would Jesus do? It's in that $60 book you're peddling.

What are they thinking? If I'm convinced that one or the other of the candidates, if they get in office, it's the end of the world ... then, what would you expect it to look like if a whole bunch of us hoi polloi get that in our heads that that is a possible reality, not just political rhetoric? What do you think a citizenry all cranked up to a fever pitch level would look like out on the mean streets? What are they thinking? 

Never mind the global game of chicken in Eastern Europe. Or, the ever escalating carnage and destruction in the Middle East. Just to name a few on a very long list of shit storms going down around the world as we speak.

Oh, you say, it would never get out of hand. You think It is out of hand! Just, maybe, let's assume we can contain it to where it's at, and not on our shores. What could go wrong. So, vote the right one in, and prevent armageddon and the annihilation of Humans and the Planet.  

We should be having a shit-in-your-pants moment if we're reading the news these days. But, apparently not. We're all up over who wore what at the Oscars, and who won the awards. And, what's her name and her publicity linked footballer boy friend having been seen holding hands at some swell restaurant. Or, what some high profile twat is wearing showing off so you can get your eyeballs on her "charms". I bet some reading this are more offended by the use of the word "twat" than any of the stuff actually going on in real time. If so, what does that make you? A cunt. Which being offended by that, proves it!

So ... "demonization". What's it good for? Apparently, for votes. Like war, what's that good for? Who said it, "Fighting for peace is like fucking for virginity".

So, Pilgrim, let me ask you this: Are you all wrapped up in the back and forth over who's your "demon"? Who's your Daddy? With all the justifications you've certainly come to on your very own without any influence by the manufacturers of consent with their so skillful propaganda narrative machinations? Are you? That is, so wrapped up at that level of black and white, good and bad, our way or the highway, that you miss the game itself. It is afoot. Missing it, the foot's up your ass. But, maybe it's clenched so tight you forgot that it wasn't there to begin with. Just sayin'.

Never mind for a moment being invested in taking sides. The game itself, not that. The game of  "demonization". Just another spin on "Taking Sides". Never mind the justifications. If you can't read this without simply seeing the game itself, then I don't know what will get you out of the game. Games are fine. They are played, then they're over. The game of demonization has an end-game too. And, it ain't gonna be pretty. Maybe not like in sports where we watch then go to other business. The end-game currently on the world collective screen has no winner. And, hell to pay for the losers and the winners.

Time to call the game. And consider playing something where we all can win. Zero-sum is so over. Profit at another's expense. How about a world oriented to service. What can I offer my fellows ... the Planet.

We may be in a moment of "cultural shift". A fin de siècle of the Cartesian dualistic game board with which we've been playing good versus evil. Or, as we also call it in this permutation, "demonization". Same thing. Just, the latter, writ horribly large and mortally threatening. 

So, you want to consider "cultural shift"? What to do?

Do this: Take stock. 

Spend some regular time away from the daily grind and look at what is it that you want in life. What is important to you? What you want for your loved ones; for all every one of us God's children? What ideas do you hold so close? Prejudices? What agreements have you made with yourself, with others, that are set in place? 

Do that with no judgment. Just a simple honesty with yourself. Know that all of that, it's based on choices. Some still applicable, some maybe need to be modified or tossed out altogether. Consider choosing a world you would want; not just what some smarty pants or pol climber says you should have and you believe them because they're wrapped in the flag and besides the other guy is a bona fide bum. 

You have choice.

Stop playing the game. Start living into your best self. Trust you basic goodness. Maybe even pray.