Zack's thoughts today

Just another day with me and the maze

think of your career and be filled with fear
gunna be fine, or so the rest always say
work so hard that you can't see yourself clear
wish I could get out, but alas I can't
never known anything but the hive
because I was born just like an ant
at this point, all I know is I'm alive
and that conformity is no longer an option
in spite of their mind numbing concoctions
the soul will slumber, but never die
trapped in this maze of men and sin
so when I look on modernity I don't cry
regardless of effort, their is no way to win
but you don't have to completely give in

I love how my fellow Americans view themselves as inherently intelligent. To do so requires a level of historical and geopolitical ignorance on such an unfathomable level that it almost impresses me. It's like talking to a Mormon who really thinks they are going to get their own planet or a Muslim who is counting on 72 virgins upon arrival in paradise- just no arguing with the devout. Napoleon once commented that the worst vice of a fanatic is their sincerity. Such is clearly the case in Imperial America. The faithful toil endlessly as the decadent aristocrats hatch plans of daring, destruction and profit. It is becoming progressively more evident that the government has the situation well in hand, and that the years of forced indoctrination (public schools) has yielded the desired harvest of completely subservient hardworking politically unorganized dependents. American history is like watching a new artist mold the familiar stone of humanity into some new and frightful form. Powerful, ignorant, arrogant and utterly rapacious in all ways... hell of a production. Not really sure if the person that has been created is a mutant or the next stage of civilization. I'm hoping we are anomalies and will serve as a warning to history of the folly of our ways, but something about our society seems to work a little better than most others. It could just be that our greedy love of possessions when coupled with the worlds best resources and a militaristic tradition was the perfect mix for world domination. Such is probably the case, but the subculture of this mighty Empire seems to still have art, soul, brains and heart- which have ever been the only tools capable of combating powerful centralized authority. In a very real way, most Americans are brainwashed beasts that hold nothing sacred and fear no consequence for their behavior. Luckily the universe has a bad ass sense of humor, so I'm confident that we will suffer in proportion to our excesses, and we will probably bitch like no other people in history. Allis well that ends well I guess.