Random Thoughts: The Sequel, Perspectives Too

Belief in such things as hope and fate are for the young. To stay young is to still believe in them, despite inclinations to the contrary.

Fun celebrity names to say: Benedict Cumberbatch; Imogen Poots; Engelbert Humperdinck; Zooey Deschanel; Randolph Mantooth.

The year is 2022. Everyone knows by now, or at least they should, that websites use cookies (unfortunately, not the freshly warm, delicious kind). Please quit asking us to accept them, and default either to none or only necessary ones, if you must, for conditions of proper website operation.

We are living in an era of unprecedented access to knowledge and information at the literal blink of an eye - the downside being an equal amount of distracting inaccuracies and outright falsities. Perhaps future generations actually will comprehend, and not be misled by, all that is seen in that blink.

Dogfight football might be Hollywood make believe in Top Gun: Maverick, but it actually makes sense for real-world application. Illustrating the simultaneous offensive and defensive aspects of aerial combat, one always must be aware of both when engaging enemy forces - otherwise, your body will quite probably bounce a check.

When does transubstantiation occur between “chips and salsa” and nachos? Is it the initial act of spreading chips about all at once, or does change only happen upon pouring ingredients over them rather than dipping? (Could this also possibly explain the phenomena of seeing Jesus on chips?)

Ventriloquists are simply talking out loud to themselves by other means. Audiences must suspend that understanding.

One never has any indication of the accumulation of “junk” and other miscellany over the years until packing it up for a move. Yet, it is difficult to part with any due to its significance no matter how minor - each item a reminder, time capsule, etc.

Veterans - especially disabled and homeless - always should take precedence over illegal immigrants; the former defended the country, while the latter invade it. Throughout history, an imbalance in this equation has never ended well for any sovereign nation-state leading to its collapse.

Know what you believe, and believe what you know. Yet, true awareness is not knowing what you do not believe, and not believing what you do not know.

©2022 Steve Sagarra

Rock 'n' Rollerball A Go-Go

In honor of the late James Caan, I recently rewatched the 1970s cult classic Rollerball. Largely panned upon its initial release, it nonetheless offers an intriguing and evocative story with themes never realized when first viewed way back in my youth. Multinational corporate state vs. individuality - no one is above the former, under the auspices of the titular game, and anyone attempting to upend that status quo must be eliminated. Elitists manipulate the mass populace by presenting and supporting a false utopia, using distractions in the form of violent entertainment to reinforce that illusion for their own gain. Controlled, centralized knowledge that has been altered and skewed in favor of the corporate agenda, and routinely inaccessible to the masses - particularly to those individuals who might cause trouble.

 

Does any of this sound vaguely familiar? While the fictional story may take place in an alternate “futuristic” 2018, it easily could be placed in our current present-day 2020s. Who truly runs the world, and, as such, society as a whole? Corporations like Apple, Google, Microsoft, to name a few, whose services are used on a regular basis. Who has manipulated and distracted the masses these past few years, especially during the pandemic? Elitists - from business leaders in board rooms to politicos in halls of government - in their delusional utopian bubbles, far away from the daily realities of average citizens. Who has attempted to control and withhold valuable knowledge from the masses? Social justice activists like historical revisionists, media censors and anyone else involved in the ongoing cancel culture onslaught.

Millions of people throughout the world have lost everything and suffered greatly because of these circumstances. A vicious cycle that has and will continue if nothing is done to further thwart it. Are you awake yet? Or, are you still waiting, in vain hope, for someone else like Jonathan E. to agitate and challenge this real-life Huxley/Orwellian nightmare?

©2022 Steve Sagarra