Disconnect

“It seems like everyone would benefit from these technologies.”, I said. “Maybe they could reverse global warming.”
He agreed, “Yes, of course, they will be instrumental in reversing global warming. They will end the need for most resource extraction too. The only reasons they cannot be implemented now are all social. The electrical grid exists the way it does because it is easier to control large numbers of people. If they start rioting or getting out of hand, we can contain them, and cut off their power, until they become more complacent. If solar and hydrogen systems were adopted publicly, people would contribute extra energy to the grid instead of being dependent on it. They would support each other, and we would lose the control mechanism of the electrical grid and centralized power production. They would also purify their waste water instead of being dependent on a centralized water delivery systems.”
“Fortunately, consumers don’t have the intelligence or foresight to implement these technologies on their own. The wealthy have always had better technology, because we are willing to pay for the development and creation of superior technologies. The consumers don’t care, they’ll buy anything that’s available to them, no matter how limited or disposable it is. The technologies they use restrict their freedom, and they don’t see it. It is pathetic. They could spend the extra money and buy the technology to free themselves, but they won’t. They don’t have the capacity to understand the differences or the implications in what they use.”
These parasites really hate the rest of humanity. I do not think that could ever be over exaggerated. It's like, deep down, they know that we are all the same, but they do everything they can to deny it. In their world view, they must be superior to all other humans, otherwise they are the most awful people anyone can imagine. The kind of people religions and mythologies have warned people about for millennia.
I have heard similar comments around the pool. I cannot believe the disconnect these people seem to have in their understanding of the world. He repeatedly talks how poor people have every opportunity to do better in life, at the same time, he tells me about all the oppressive control mechanisms they have enacted to keep people from organizing, and living better lives. The way he sees it, these are traps which everyone should be able to recognize and avoid. It is outright victim blaming.
He talks about these things with such sureness, certainty, and contempt. It is foundational to their belief systems, and how they center themselves in history. I have seen him dismiss my attempts at humor as if nothing could shake his reality. These people have forced and manipulated most of humanity into a system of willful slavery, then look down on them, because they go along with it to survive.
These were the things I was thinking when he interrupted my thoughts again .