Peace Family....Good Morning. Yesterday was a very reflective day for a brotha. I've always tried to stay up on current events and I've been watching and reading what's going on in the world especially from an economic standpoint. It's fair to say that people are suffering across the board except for that smaller percentage. I've also read reports over the past few months on how many recent self-made successful entrepreneurs have also felt the pinch, meanwhile there is a movement an almost forced global capitalism where many countries who were already disenfranchised especially African countries or where people of color reside never even really caught up to the old paradigm and are essentially being forced to accept the new paradigm without being placed on an even playing field.Don't we find it kind of interesting also that where people of color thrive often times they are sitting on some type of natural resource and the evil powers that be somehow are either meddling in these countries affairs or making some type of attempt to overthrow or make these leaders look like terrorist threats. Are these leaders wholeheartedly the problem or are they seeking to acquire the natural resources that they're sitting on such as oil or I don't know maybe some popular crops like opium. You do the math. What's inherent in the word "capitalism" is simply this one must capitalize on another in order to reap benefits. Hence the idea of the rich getting richer and the poor getting poorer. If we could envision this last statement as the conclusion or the end result on the other side of the "=" sign in a math problem then there is something inherently wrong here. Does " the rich get richer and the poor get poorer" even equate to equality. Often times when individuals or groups bring Light to these disparities there are some who are quick to scream " you're a socialist!". Now really I mean really I never knew there was something wrong with shedding light on the hypocrisy of wanting a globalized world yet still attempting to implement capitalist principles.
Personally I will not knock any man/woman for seeking to attain wealth. In some of my previous comments on the social network I've stated, There's nothing wrong with attaining wealth Source has given you the ability to create it, share and give thanks. So then the counter argument may come where "I can't help if some people just want to be lazy. So when I think of this I automatically revert back to a quote I've come across which says "The difference between one man and another is not mere ability it is energy" by Thomas Arnold. The implications in this quote may be related to poverty consciousness. The struggles of poverty can be a damper on any man or woman's energy or spirit period. Now when you have that compounded with a lack of know how in order to rise up the "Hidden Ladder" like I spoke of in my Soul Survivor Vol. 1 as well as social welfare programs which serve to assist those who are struggling which are almost necessary in a "capitalist" society to help some people stay afloat in a cruel system. Yet, there is a hidden effect that many who benefit at the top may not always want to speak of or acknowledge and this is that many claim they can't stand these programs yet, simultaneously rely on them in order to keep the disenfranchised dependent upon them to further the gap. So yes you are giving a man only a piece of fish while putting up systematic socio-economic roadblocks for them to learn how to fish. So in essence instead of pushing for better education and handing some the keys to success so they can come up let's keep them dependent on these programs because otherwise we cannot capitalize on the disenfranchised and thus maintain the ever growing disparity of the rich get rich and the poor get poorer which obviously is now transcending race or cultures etc..Those who are already disenfranchised are feeling it more than those who have never even had a taste of poverty in their lives and are still trying to overcome the shock.
Let's go just a little bit deeper here where one can see the system was designed to capitalize on others or keep people down in simply looking at where public school education receives it's funding from here in the States. This funding comes primarily from property taxes. Look "governing bodies" we're on to you we get it. It's not a coincidence that the property taxes are lower or home values are lower in the disenfranchised communities. As a result the communities do not get the best of resources, inferior textbooks, underpaid teachers which seemingly results to an under-educated youth in these same communities with high illiteracy rates. If the right resources and connections aren't in place how can we remove this poverty consciousness which will in turn allow for one's energy and spirit to be filled abundantly within and will in turn allow for them to manifest what it is they need in order to thrive abundantly and leave that positive legacy for their families like those at the top already implement in their families. When you combine all of these other negative elements with the placement of guns and narcotics in these same communities of course people are going to use these as a means of economy to survive and put food on the table and because these areas are only but so big it lends itself to competition which in turn lends itself to territorial wars led by gun violence because the poverty consciousness has some abusing these narcotics to try and supplement that lack of energy temporarily so there is now a demand for these narcotics and quite frankly where there's a need there's always going to be a supplier. I'm referring to drugs like crack which is a byproduct of cocaine or heroine which is a by product of opium. In other countries people will use these drugs legitimately for things as small as healing a toothache or other types of pain relief. Yet when they deliberately manufacture by products for the decimation of people that's just plain wrong. This is the problem- reaction- solution I speak to. Create the deadly drug introduce it to a community you want to control and then pretend to provide a solution by proclaimimg a war on drugs and locking the people of the community behind bars. These insights were behind the writing of the poem "Quicksand Man" also in Soul Survivor Vol.1 : Life is Poetry. The ugliest outcome to this vicious cycle or formula is the use of the weapon in this forced competition which leads to the self-genocide of these communities. Now where there is killing, murder, and poverty there is also a high rate of imprisonment for those in these same communities especially among Black men. My Haitian brethren Wyclef in his song "Industry" has the hook that highlights all of this where it goes...
"Shots go off, mother's cry
Death since rise, homicide
Black on black crime needs to stop
Y'all can't blame it on hip hop
Cause what we say is what we see
What we see is reality
The ghetto's the ghetto you got them livin in sorrow
Soon they won't live to see tomorrow"
Now with the world economy on a decline soon this is not going to be the case for only disenfranchised people but this can actually become the state of the World when resources are scarce people will do what they have to do to survive. However if we can see the consequences of simply letting things go in this direction well in advance then we must do everything in our powers to prevent it as this is and was part of the evil agenda. Now to tie it all up one of my favorite poets Amiri Baracka has a line where he states "If capitalism don't kill me, racism will." Let's accept this for what it is because this is why many of my brethren will refer to these circumstances as " The Trap " which is not seen only here in America but worldwide.You know the deception of pushing the American dream to everyone knowing full well some may not have the fundamental resources to get there so they take "shorts" where they can to achieve it in a system where these very shortcuts are considered illegal. At the end of the day it is all what we consider a different grind relative to a community where some need to find ways to eat and put food on the table despite the circumstances. Yes free will is at play and you may not have to take that route but for some in a society where they find themselves as predicate felons where society will not hire for a legitimate job they are almost left with no choice and end up being eaten up by this vicious cycle like the "Quicksand Man" indeed being placed behind bars not being able to tend to the very families they were attempting to take care of in the first place.
Awareness of this as well as Loving everything yet belonging to none can very much be an antidote...Now it may not be the only way to eradicate these disparities but it's a Universal perspective that may even change the mindset of those who originally set forth this agenda and use their power to reverse it in a genuine fashion and if not the disenfranchised community will do it as a brotherhood or sisterhood regardless because we are in the season of Light and the awareness is ever present. Suffering to this magnitude should be a thing of the past You could only keep us in boxes but for so long. Spread the resources as truth be told the World will benefit from it through efficiency and Love as the drive
Now I know the question may come but B.Poe "What happened to us not using the excuse of being held down by "the man" in order to rise up?" My answer to this is that evidently some with icy hearts still don't get that some socio-economic systems have been put in place for divisiveness and straight up subliminal population control. Yes I'm speaking namely to these new movements like the 53% or the 1% who still show they could care less. So a message can be fluid and adapt to circumstances especially during a time where events are moving so rapidly. Also the man isn't just going after certain groups anymore, they're going after Humanity. The man isn't only an Earthly figure if you feel me as they operate above and below. So yes there will be times where a microscope will have to be placed on the plight of people so not only the people who are suffering are aware of what's going down but it also generates a sense of compassion from those that simply still don't get it in a world that's shifting globally because they just simply haven't walked in suffering shoes for that long and want to call others lazy. There is very much a psychological war in addition to spiritual war being fought here. In my next post I would like to speak to some principles from the Motherland that if they were put in place introduced on a worldly or Universal perspective then these disparities may actually be no longer or they can be at least minimized. Lastly, spiritually in the perpetual wheel we now understand that some are born into some circumstances for the experience yet on the cusp of a Golden age things are going to be different. Get familiar as shallow perceptions will be penetrated and faith and oneness is soon to be radiated. In this paradigm shift it is a beautiful start and we thank Source.
Peace & Love Family
-B.Poe
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