“Won’t this create a backlash among consumers?”, I asked. “What will they do without jobs?”
“Some of them will revolt. We have taken that into consideration. We will direct their revolutions into wasted efforts. In many ways, the wars of the last century have been fought by people resisting the changes. which we are enacting globally. We expect, these conflicts will escalate in number and size, from where they are now.”
“The story of human civilization has been a story of war. Nearly all the wars have been a part of the same conflict between self interest and altruism. Civilization has always had to fight for it’s right to exist. People want to tear it down.
“As the more evolved subset of the species, we have had our silent war with altruism and sharing communities for thousands of years. Granted, altruistic people have not known that we ware at war. They are too stupid. They are simple minded people, who have accepted enslavement and selective breeding to become docile servants. They cannot think for themselves or take charge of their lives. Their sharing keeps them in poverty. Any one of them could rise up to join our ranks, if they would only give up their empathy and compassion for others, and stop helping each other. They drag each other down. Just as they have dragged down humanity for millennia. It is pathetic, and I cannot wait to be rid of them. We must sacrifice any altruism, as it is the enemy of our humanity, and civilization.”
“Soon that will all be over. The role of capitalism is coming to and end. We just need to put the new plan in place to control what little remains of the consumer population without it.”
I was a little surprised by the viciousness with which he spoke. At times, he starts sounding like some sort of fanatic, which I suppose he is. Sharing is the foundation of all human societies. Without sharing, we have no families or friendships. Every person would be a single unit in competition with all other people. Of course that is what he wants, individualism.
Now I know he sees our differences, the social and cultural differences between rich and poor, not just as a game, but as a war, which his side needs to win. He still has not told me what is going to happen to the consumers once this war of his is complete.
I wanted to ask. However, I also wanted him to calm down. He was so worked up that I was scared of what he might do if we continued the discussion. I left it where it was and started making dinner.
A little while later, he said, “Since you are under my care, I am responsible for your actions. If you endangered us, I would have to exact punishment. Kill you if necessary, to maintain my own standing and the peace we have achieved on this island.
“Would you do that?”
“Yes, I would. It’s the only way to maintain our way of life. You and I can care for each other, and provide for each others needs, but that must never come before the social order. Anyone who is a threat to the social order must be eliminated, so that humanity does not revert back to it’s simple minded and emotional ways.
Again, he said, “God chose us to be rich and intelligent because we are superior. It is the natural order of things.”
These threats and belittlement feel like a form of abuse. The constant reminders that I can never be good enough to be one of them. His need to put me in my place to justify his own superiority. I see now, the relationship between rich and poor is one of constant dehumanization and abuse.
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