10 Sep
2010
10 Sep
'10
7:45 a.m.
Ken Restivo wrote:
On Wed, Sep 01, 2010 at 05:14:59PM +0400, Louigi
Verona wrote:
Greed AKA the love of money afflicts people of all income levels.
--
David
gnome(a)hawaii.rr.com
authenticity, honesty, community
"It is my considered opinion and that of a
large number of musicians and
artists throughout the world that pop music is being used as social
control."
I would agree with Patrick on this one.
It is not a conspiracy, it is just a matter of common interests of large
corporations and powerful people.
Maybe this control is not too big, its effect does dry out as I mentioned
before, but it is certainly there.
Twas ever thus. Music is a social emulsifier, and has been so at least as far back as the
days of tribal drumming and chanting. It affects us powerfully, physically, and at an
emotional level that is very difficult or impossible to contain via rational thought.
That has not changed. What has changed is the structure of the society in which the music
exists.
I agree that this social structure has changed in a way that is toxic to humans-- a world
run by zombie undead corporations that are not even alive (maybe the sci-fi books were on
to something, and the evil robots that have taken over the world now have Inc, SP.A, Gmbh,
and LLC in their names), to the benefit of a comparatively tiny elite minority of humans
(comparatively: to 7 billion people, even hundreds of thousands is tiny) of uber-wealthy
families.
What I don't buy is the conspiracy theories that seem to permeate the right wing and
left wing of politics, so Patrick's argument lost me at "Rothschilds" and
'QEII". Nah, the uber-wealthy back-stab each other and look out for themeselves,
and they have no problem stealing from each other as easily as stealing from the rest of
us. Plus, there are numerically a LOT of them around-- good luck coordinating hundreds of
thousands of people.
So, I very much doubt that the rich elite are acting in any kind of organized conspiracy.
Shared interests and shared goals, perhaps, but I see any coordination they might be
doing, as being loose and with a great deal of mutual mistrust. The rich elite have always
been a back-stabbing, venial, loathesome lot, at least as far back as the days when an
English bard documented their courtroom intrigues in some rather well-written plays.