the modern savage

i should really write something today...even though this is only meaningless prose, i worry that after a few days my six readers get a little antsy and maybe will not return...there have been some things i have wanted to write about but when i begin they never come out correctly...the first thing i wanted to examine was the effect that capitalism has on every aspect of society...i've been thinking deeply about this lately, however whenever i try and put my thoughts into words the result is pretentious drivel...as i mentioned in my last paragraph, i do not dislike capitalism, and it is a perfect institution for humans because of their innate selfishness...however, it lends itself to many problems and pitfalls as well...it is essential for capitalism to make everything a commodity and it therefore devalues entire aspects of life...there is a side of life that contains health, art, music, and spiritual belief...these are dangerous things to commodify...i will deal with health in another rant but today will stick to true mysteries which in their perfect forms exists outside of the realm of materialism...capitalism, which pushes its nose into all aspects of existence, corrupts these things and produces a bland and sauteed version of these gifts...the result is the deterioration of society...by embracing vastly imperfect forms, one dulls the senses and closes the door to a more perfect life...ahh, the question then becomes, if this guano sells, it is by nature more popular, and because it is embraced so readily by the masses, it must be good...and that is the fallacy of democracy...democracy is majority rules...you can shape it anyway you like, but the notion that the majority is always correct is quite frightening...letting "the great unwashed" as jefferson called them decide and dictate to the rest of us is patently ridiculous...and to assume that because they embrace ashley simpson she is a recording artist is equally as laughable...she is a recording nightmare...now i am not condemning these ashley simpson lovers or lovers of other mind-raking bubble turds, what i am saying first is that this is not art, and these people are not artists, which is simply a matter of semantics and secondly that all of this crap should not be pushed, peddled, and prodded onto us like we are rats in a cage...these celebrities should not be envied and emulated, they should be seen for what they are, two-bit hack entertainers...i enjoy mindless entertainment too, but i do not revere these people...the cult of the celebrity has grown to mammoth proportions...it has become a monster that is eating its way through the heartland like saint paul's misguided teachings about jesus...and simply because these folks, along with their fellows in the south, are controlling this country and likewise my life with the iron grip of a masturbatory teen, does not make them right...now do not get me wrong, i am also a talentless hack with nary a good idea...that is why i am ranting to a loyal six readers (whom i love of course)...however, i do not flaunt myself on m.t.v., in easter parades, or in some pretentious little coffeshop (nor would they let me, to everyone's relief)...however, there are many people with talent that can't get a break, and their studio time, publishing presses, arenas, and churches are being clogged with the coagulating remains of the beautiful, the vacant, the talentless, and the vapid...i suppose this rant went on too long and some of you might find this somewhat pretentious, but i assure you that was not the intention...and maybe the majority of the folkals are correct and i am wrong...if so i will recant on my deathbead...i guess i will see you there...