tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2482451413021840738.post6318179558396987676..comments2024-03-29T20:01:34.283+11:00Comments on Observations of the Fox: Fame, Fortune and the Vagaries of FateVulpinoidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04511600075328621953noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2482451413021840738.post-13505142411180561402010-08-02T13:36:25.342+10:002010-08-02T13:36:25.342+10:00On the whole it's frustrating. There are just ...On the whole it's frustrating. There are just so many levels of hypocrisy in the world that I don't know where to start.<br /><br />The old ways of fixed castes are gradually falling apart, the upper classes are actually at risk of being toppled on a whim. Stock markets suddenly fall and the rich become poor...some overnight sensation hits youtube and we have pre-pubescent teens being adored by millions.<br /><br />But what if the structure of the old is simply being replaced by randomness and anarchy?<br /><br />Its an interesting point to state "don't run around in their rat maze with no exit. Just be happy." The problem is that everyone else seems so fixated on the money/fame treadmill that they don't understand happiness beyond it. It's hard to be happy when everyone says that you shouldn't be. It's hard to drop out of the rat maze, when society has a vested interest in keeping you a part of it.<br /><br />If you're a part of our culture we expect you to behave this way. If you live in a consumerist society, we expect you to be a consumer...we know it's damaging the environment, that's why we're charging you a bit more. <br /><br />Once you drop out the pressure might be less, but as I see it your ability to influence others caught within the cycle also gets diminished. They lose their ability to communicate with you because the memes start to deviate.<br /><br />Is it all a dharmic/karmic trap? <br /><br />Does true enlightenment mean escaping all bonds?<br /><br />I don't know, but at least I can admit that I don't know. many people I ask seem to have "the answer", but every answer is a very different opinion on the issue.<br /><br />I guess I can be content that my stuff is being read, my website is regularly perused and occasionally my books still sell copies.Vulpinoidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04511600075328621953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2482451413021840738.post-77493186138346341092010-08-02T04:18:57.527+10:002010-08-02T04:18:57.527+10:00You wrote: "There are performers and actresse...You wrote: "There are performers and actresses with more talent in their little finger than Paris Hilton has in her entire body...but they'll never get anywhere"<br /><br />Where should they get? Man, I don't want to lay my commie hippy ways on you, but other than accumulating privilege tokens, I didn't notice specific criteria of "success" or "making it". Don't run around their rat maze with no exit. Just be happy.<br /><br />We're living in the fantastic Marxist future in which the means of production have been handed to the people, sort of, a little bit, as long as you are producing mass media. For everything else we need the dole or whatever BS job we can get.<br /><br />But mass media is a good start. Your ability to get kudos and respect is not tied to your ability to accumulate privilege tokens. Although I'm not sure what respect from Brits, Scots, Mexicans and Americans does for you way over there.<br /><br />And if we give you a few privilege tokens for writing an article or when some of us buy your time pirate game, that's pretty cool too.Sheikh Jahbootyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08353865881591884445noreply@blogger.com