"One" Is One Too Many, "One More" Is Never Enough..
The Elite And Their Addiction To Power - The Problem With Financial Status
If you’re reading this, there’s a pretty good chance that you’re one of the 7.888 billion human beings that call Earth “home”. What does that mean? Well, since I too, am a human being, it means that you and I are supposed to have the same basic human rights and are deserving and worthy of being treated with decency. Being human makes us equal. Or, at least, it's supposed to.
If you’ve been paying attention at all during the last few years, you should have noticed (at least once), that sometimes people aren’t exactly treated equally.
The reason behind inequality is often misunderstood, or perhaps even purposely misrepresented as something else, as well. This often leads to further division and inequality amongst us human beings.
Slavery, as well as the modern inequality that occurs in every part of the world today, has always been about wealth. Often, people have the misconception that such has always been about race, and that most slaves were people of color. In reality, those that were slaves in the past all had one thing in common, and it was the fact that they were all on the poor end of the spectrum, regardless of their skin color. The wealthy have always, (in the past, and in today’s current world), been the ones to live good lives, and receive special treatment, while the poor have had to put up with unsafe and hazardous working conditions, minimal pay, and poor treatment, just so that they can afford to barely scrape by. On top of that, wealthy people are more likely to be permitted to do things that those of lower financial status are not. The wealthy also often avoid accountability for their actions, and get away with the things they have done wrong, like committing crime, while those on the poorer end, end up being slapped with unreasonable penalties and excessive fines/requirements for their wrong-doings.
Lower class citizens are often forgotten, or taken less seriously. They are usually considered less trustworthy/responsible, and often their voices get left unheard. Whereas those of higher financial status almost always get prioritized over everyone else, and receive preferential treatment in almost every situation.
The role that skin color has played, in the past and today, is quite insignificant when compared to that of the roll of ones wealth. And that is a fact. Full stop.
It is because of this fact, that the wealthy get wealthier, and the poor get poorer, every single day. ‘Equity’ will NEVER work, because of this sole factor.
Whenever there is a “work-around” that allows a person to pay a fee to avoid consequences or punishment, there will always be inequality. It is not fair to offer a bypass, that only certain people will be able to afford. Having more money does not make someone more worthy of a certain outcome. Yet, we see this sort of thing happening everywhere.
For example, the World Economic Forum's website says:
Carbon offsets occur when a polluting company buys a carbon credit to make up for the greenhouse gas it has emitted. The money should be used to fund action somewhere in the world that remove the same amount of carbon out of the air, or to prevent carbon emissions.
The option to buy a carbon credit, instead of forcing companies to change their production methods ensures that the only companies who will be effected by this, will be those that cannot afford to buy their way out. The way it should be, is larger companies should have to pay more of a penalty, because they are the companies that can afford to use better materials, or better methods, etc., that don’t end is as much carbon being pumped into the atmosphere. Small scale, family owned, and startup companies don’t have the funds available to prioritize carbon output above other things. Plus, these smaller scale companies don’t ever pump out near as much as large companies. They manufacture significantly less products, and their services are substantially limited, compared to what large companies produce and offer. Not only that, but companies that are well established and have a far social reach, have far more ability to obtain materials and methods that are more carbon friendly, because of the network of resources available. But if you are trying to start up a small business in a tiny rural town, you probably don’t really know too many people you can go to, to source your materials and/or machines needed for production. Plus, the building you end up using is less likely to be newly built, and therefore less energy efficient in this sort of scenario, compared to the brand new facilities that large companies often build these days. And small companies shouldn’t have this stuff used against them. There is no excuse though, for some multi-billion dollar company like Nestlé to be using poor manufacturing processes, and environmentally un-friendly materials. AND THEY SHOULD NEVER BE USING INGREDIENTS IN THEIR PRODUCTS THAT ARE TOXIC OR HARMFUL TO HUMAN HEALTH. But that’s not the way it is, is it? Nope. Not even close.
And why is that?
Money.
When you have the financial ability to afford lawyers to fight your lawsuits for you, and to buy out regulators, and to change restrictive policies, the rules essentially don’t apply to you. You’re basically allowed to poison people to death with harmful chemicals, and never have to face any consequences for doing so, while someone else defends your choices for doing so — so long as you have the money to afford it. And it’s wrong.
As a human, I want to live in a fairly healthy way. I don’t need the most luxurious and expensive products the world has to offer, but I would like to at least have the option to eat food that’s good for my body and mind. That doesn’t seem like too much to ask, does it? Something like this doesn’t sound all that hard to do, does it? Well, unfortunately, that's not the case.
There isn’t a single aisle, in any grocery store, anywhere in the world, that you wont find some sort of food that contains ingredients that are toxic and harmful to human health. And if you can prove me wrong on this, please don’t hesitate to let me know. Because at this point, I'd pretty much bet my life on this.
Even the fruits and vegetables in the produce section are unhealthy. They are sprayed with all kinds of toxic chemicals, and the seeds used have all been genetically modified. Plus, if it’s something that sits out for a prolonged period of time like apples, it also has a waxy coating that’s been sprayed on it, to keep it looking shiny and vibrant for longer. And that coating is also not good for you.
The deli meat has been doused in pink coloring, to make it more visually appealing, and the animals it all comes from have been vaccinated to the max, and the food they were fed was literally designed to make them bulk up, so that they would weigh more (and it wasn’t selected because of it’s nutritional benefits), and therefore more money could be made. Chickens are literally dunked in vats of bleach. Chemical preservatives are added, so that it takes longer for stuff to rot. Ingredients get included to enhance flavors, or so simulate flavors completely. Dyes are used that come from insects and other unhealthy sources. Metals like mercury contaminate so much of the food that’s in the grocery store, especially meat like tuna.
And although it’s technically legal for me to consume truly organic, home grown, grass fed & grass finished foods, it’s pretty much illegal for anyone to sell this good stuff.
I grew up eating a lot of wild game meat like deer, elk, bear, etc., because I come from a family of hunters. We lived in a very rural area of southern Ontario, and so buying meat off of locals and farmers was easily done. We grew many different types of fruits and veggies every year, and we didn’t consume fast food very often at all. I have pictures of me, from when I was two years old, eating an apple, and being held by my grandfather, beside a deer that we had hanging in our garage during hunting season that year, and I am entirely unfazed by the fact that there is literally the corpse of a dead animal, less than two feet away from me. That was my normal. And boy, do I miss it.
Take it from me, that the milk you buy in the grocery store is no where near as good as raw, unpasteurized milk, fresh from the farm. And guess what else? Raw milk contains a wide variety of essential nutrients, fats, proteins, anti-inflammatory and digestive enzymes, bioavailable vitamins, and minerals, all in a natural form which is most easily utilized by the body. In addition, raw milk facilitates production of lactase enzyme in the intestinal tract, allowing many people who are lactose intolerant to digest raw milk with no problems. But that’s not all. Early life consumption of raw cow’s milk reduced the risk of respiratory infections and fever by about 30%. Allergy protection ceases when raw milk is heated to 149 °F, which is the same temperature at which the whey proteins are denatured. It is likely that the raw whey proteins are responsible for raw milk’s beneficial effects on allergies, asthma, and inflammation. And on top of that, benefits of raw milk are independent of the environment, such that these benefits are observed in both farm and urban settings. All of this, and many other benefits come from consuming raw milk. So if you’ve been led to believe that it’s no good or dangerous to consume, I’m sorry to tell you that you’ve been lied to.
Check out the above link, to learn more about the benefits of raw milk, coupled with the science to prove it!
I have wondered, from time to time, if there would even be things like “flu season”, if we all still drank raw milk. Why? Well as much as there are many things that could play a contributing role in why my health and my body's ability to fight off illness has changed substantially over the years (seemingly all relating to my location, and therefore what foods I consumed), milk and cheese have always been an important and consistent ingredient in everything, all my life. Whereas other foods have come and gone, or they phase in and out regularly. Milk is something I use in just about anything I cook, that most people put water in. My tomato soup is milk based, instead of water. Mashed/whipped potatoes are my favorite, but when im mashing/whipping them, I add milk so that they are more creamy. I literally put cheese on everything.
Okay.. maybe not actually everything — but close to it!
And when the most obvious changes occurred with my health, my milk/dairy consumption habits directly correlate.
By now, you’re probably wondering what in the world this has to do with people being addicted to power, aren’t you?
Don’t worry, I will wander back towards the main topic. I just thought I should provide a somewhat detailed, yet clear example of the ways in which we are all effected, on every level, by people that never consider how their choices could one day end up negatively impacting people, because they are too busy indulging in their lust for power and prioritizing profit over beneficial outcome.
If you aren’t sure how my story does that, remember that the Canadian federal and provincial governments have passed laws making it illegal to sell or distribute unpasteurized milk to consumers.
Many other places have made it illegal as well.
The reason why is a debated one. The claim that “consuming raw milk is dangerous” doesn’t exactly add up, when you read the vast amount of scientific research that shows otherwise. If you’re asking what I personally think about why raw milk is illegal, I’d say that it’s likely that something similar happened there, that happened with Covid, but on a much longer and drawn-out timeline.
There was probably an opportunity for money to be made, and so the dangers of consuming raw milk were used to push for the requirement that all milk needs to be pasteurized, plus then also using laws to punish anyone skipping this requirement, eventually shut down everyone who had their own thing going selling raw milk locally. All that’s now left is the major companies. It's the classic destruction of the little guy.
You ever notice how it’s never a big company that gets shut down? You ever wonder why that is?
It’s because once small goals are achieved, and then larger and larger goals keep getting surpassed, you get careless, and you stop caring about how you achieve goals, so long as you keep achieving them.
The goal could just be getting more customers, or selling more product. Well, what has to happen there then? You have to either take customers from someone else, or sell products that appeal to those who don’t yet buy that sort of thing. And when it comes to milk, practically everyone already buys it, so that means your goal is to steal someone elses customers, and have them buying off of you. So what can you do to try and achieve this? You could go with more/better advertising. But something like that isn’t likely going to have the impact on milk choice, that it would have with other products. Most people buy the brand of milk that their parents always bought. Either that, or they buy whatever is cheapest, in the percentage that they prefer (if I’m buying grocery store milk, its always homo milk). So it doesn’t matter how loud you scream about your milk being better than everyone elses. You’re likely to go almost completely unheard. What would land you more customers though, is taking out the competition. Limiting the available sources of milk would guarantee you customers from now until the end of time. Afterall, who doesn't buy milk? And one sure fire way to limit the public on where they get their milk, is by using regulations that negatively impact anyone that doesn’t have the means to jump through financial hoops --a.k.a. the small time farmer down the road, who has only a couple dairy cows. After that, you just need to make sure that the consequences for not following the regulations are severe enough, that the farmer doesn’t consider it to be worth the risk to sell raw milk. Something like forfeiture of their farm, or hefty fines and and even jail time. Small time farmers don’t have time to go to jail, they have to tend to their animals and crops. They don’t have the money to just pay off fines without batting an eye, they have to maintain their equipment, feed their livestock, and buy their seeds and everything else they need. And they sure as hell don’t want to lose the farm that’s been in their family for however many generations. They want to leave it to their kids, as their parents did for them.
And just like that, the competition is essentially wiped out.
And milk is far from the only thing that this happens with. I just used milk as an example. But I could have used anything really.
Take marijuana for example. Paper products could all be made from hemp plants, which would stop the deforestation of the planet, and is much better for the environment because it only takes 90 days to grow, versus however long it takes a tree to grow. By now, we all know that weed isn't the deadly substance that it was once advertised as — except maybe unless you are like 70 or 80 years old, and set in your ways due to the propaganda you were programmed with when you were younger. Hemp could literally save the rainforests, and help with removing carbon emissions from the air (because that’s what plants do), and it could all be easily done, for cheap. But that would mean that the companies leading the paper product game would lose customers (and therefore money and power), because it doesn't take as much to harvest and mill/manufacture as trees. And that means that new paper product companies would start up. And that simply cannot happen. They won’t let it. And so, marijuana stays illegal in a lot of places, and even after its decriminalized, there are limits to what you are allowed to do with it, and how much of it you grow.
Are you starting to see the bigger picture?
Not everything that is made illegal by law is dangerous. If that were the case, every country would have sex offender registries that the public can easily access and check up on who lives in their neighborhoods. Because they are in fact, a danger to your kids. But that’s not what we see.
Instead, we get only a handful of mega-corporations that are at the head of the small number of companies that make literally every single thing we buy. From food, to entertainment, and everything else in between. Because no one was satisfied with only making a little money, and so they needed to make more, but unfortunately, it’s never going to be enough.
And I still don’t know where I stand when it comes to what’s next for these mega-corporations. I can't decide if the few that are left just keep passing the title of “winner” around the circle to each other, to give the appearance of competition. Or if once were left with only one single source for every single thing we need, that mega-corporation will then have to move on and expand their consumer base to those of extra terrestrial origin, and market their products to potential alien customers. Because even if a single “winner” was deemed, that produced all the things, for all the people, it still wouldn't be enough for those in charge.
They’d need more, just as a fiend needs another drug fix.
The difference there is, the drug fiend harms a lot less people than a mega-corporation does, when they chase their high.
And to touch back on how humans are supposed to be equals — why then, is the drug addict shunned and pushed out of the community, when the mega-corporations brands can be found in every nook and cranny in your household?
You aren’t buying toxic chemicals and unhealthy ingredients falsely labled as healthy food, off of the drug addict, that will later make you sick, and maybe even kill you.
You’re after the wrong “villain”.
Thanks for taking the time to read this, and please don’t hesitate to share your thoughts and opinions in the comments below.
Often times I feel like I have so much that I want to say, but have no idea where to start. So if I got too far off into the weeds with this one, I’m sorry. Im a far better artist, than I am a writer. Haha!
Thanks again,
-Davis