Stampede

..."if the circumstances are so bad, then why dont the people rise up and revolt?"

—for the same reason that cattle do not simply flee from their captors...we too are a global collective of generations bred in bondage, conditioned from birth to always obey the masters in a strict adherence to the schedules that these self-serving tyrants have mapped out for our entire existence.

wake at this time. graze here, not there. eat what is given, not what is desired. pray this way, to this thing, at precisely these times. mate in this manner, not that, and only with the "best matches" as predetermined by the masters will, timing, and desired traits in the resulting offspring.

move; here, there, now!, never inside or outside of this imagined boundary, and not over there where the masters have reserved immense spaces of "private property" for themselves...(larger than they could ever actually need or even use).

the programming is so deeply entrenched into our mindless thinking that most of us never raise the question of why is this the "only way to do things" or if life should and could be lived differently and independently of the regulations and rulings forcefully and violently imposed upon the trained herd. in fact, those who attempt to leave the pasture of status quo become shunned outcasts from the compliant masses and too easy prey for the tyrants seeking to maintain their control. the outliers who employ free thought are quickly isolated, contained, and often culled, so that our ideas do not "infect" the rest of the herd –NOT because we are inherently defective or dangerous to the herd, but because spreading our 'what if' archetypes would activate too many other minds for the masters to preserve their governance...

"do what and as you are told, not what you think is right, and dont ask any questions or step outside the pre-drawn lines."

the verbal confines are a yolk with which each of us are fitted from childhood under the guises of education, morality, and "duty to community and state" that is enforced with threats and punishments against anyone of any age who dares to balk, debate, or refuse to conform and comply.

sleep deeply in a stupor that makes believe the delusion is your only possible reality and all will be fine.

sleep, and pay no attention to the on-goings on the sidelines.

we, like the cattle, have forgotten our birthrights of the freedom to thrive and move freely...that we too were born on this planet that is thus inherently home to us all (without having to "earn it"), and not just for those who deem themselves the controlling classes of "privileged few". instead, we remain submissively confined in our rusty cages behind the high walls of identity politics that are used to keep the herded masses warring amongst ourselves, divided over fears created by lies, and tearing one another apart for not being exactly the same...all so that the maliciously greedy minority can freely drain every aspect of our lives and gorge on the efforts of our combined ensnarement.

yet if the cattle all moved together with all of their strength there would be very little their captors could do aside move, or be run down. the vigor of a stampede is so powerful that the earth quakes for miles and no fence, boundary, or framework can withstand it...

...but we and the cattle have forgotten our strength, our power, and the tremendous force of our united efforts. so we cast our heads and eyes to the ground, keep to the schedule of the masters grind, and march silently together toward our own collective slaughter.

...the slaves all weep as the masters all feast, but while the masters all sleep the slaves will all leap. break the chains and be free...you plus me is an unstoppable we.