A Language Older Than Words

From The Beginning, This Culture - Civilization - Has Been A Culture Of Occupation.

Civilization Is Based On A Clearly Defined And Widely Accepted Yet Often Unarticulated Hierarchy. Violence Done By Those Higher On The Hierarchy To Those Lower Is Nearly Always Invisible, That Is, Unnoticed. When It Is Noticed, It Is Fully Rationalized. Violence Done By Those Lower On The Hierarchy To Those Higher Is Unthinkable, And When It Does Occur Is Regarded With Shock, Horror, And The Fetishization Of The Victims.

Writing Is Really Very Easy. Tap A Vein And Bleed Onto The Page. Everything Else Is Just Technical.

A Culture That Values Production Over Life Values The Wrong Things, Because It Will Produce Things At The Expense Of Living Beings, Human Or Otherwise.

I No Longer See Descartes' Statement As Arbitrary. It Is Representative Of Our Culture's Narcissism. This Narcissism Leads To A Disturbing Disrespect For Direct Experience And A Negation Of The Body.