Human worth
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Human values
The value of a human being is debatable and like any other commodity the value will fluctuate with need, not demand. Those who need humans will set the price that a human will sell for, simple stuff. If there are enough humans to go around (surplus humans) then the value of a human will be low, if humans are in short supply then the value of humans will be dictated by those who need them the most. Most of this is basic finance but it is not often that corporations, religions and nations actually talk about how they value a human. Some industries set the value of a human very low and are willing to scour the globe to secure humans who will tolerate the abominable working conditions that they offer to low value humans. The value of a human is right at the heart of this crisis. As defaults in many key areas are going to drive collapse in the real over the upcoming weeks and months the giant constructs we have created to ensure human values will shred. In Alberta the humans who provide medical services to the population are not valued at all by the ideologically driven elected officials. The government demonstrated their complete disdain for not only law but the profession of medicine in general, even before this crisis had started. The lawsuit by the provincial medical association against the provincial government for a quarter of a billion dollars is a sign of animosity. Going forward it won't matter if you are red or blue, it really won't. The battles are not going well and supply chains are under great pressure, it is going to get worse. Most of our meat industries value humans as low as any industry can value a human. These companies have to get humans from around the globe as no locals will work there and they treat them as they value them, as poorly as local law and regulation will allow. Large COVID19 outbreaks at two Alberta beef packing plants were fueled by company policies, sick workers keep coming in if they want a job. Attempts made to simply fire up the old engines of commerce are going to be made in the next few weeks and the cost will be a certain number of humans. I like to think I value humans quite highly and not in a abstract way, I cry at funerals. I simply refuse to dwell on the tears I shed each day as I see scenes that wound. I was working the other day on a move order, a family going into a rental unit, a quadraplex. Social distancing wasn't a concern, things needed to be moved and I could see others showing up to help. As I was there a truck from a rent to own furniture store showed up, two people in the cab, again, no social distance possible. As I watched two young men got out of that truck and proceeded to carry furniture into that house amongst all the other in and out traffic. I am not sure why the sight of one of those men, a slightly overweight young man in mirror sunglasses and cap, trying to look tough, clearly just starting down the road of adult life, would cause such a deep upwelling of sympathy. How like my own sons he was, a deep realization of our shared peril, the tears rose unbidden. I got a deep sense that even if I could not personally experience it directly, he was deeply loved by someone. If love of money is the root of all evil, then what is the need of money?
As SItizen's we are insulated in a specific way to the real, a coating or membrane with a certain type of permeability, it has been this way for almost a generation. To the new mind and in the new land we are the real illionaires, we have the wealth of the future. The matrix that supports our keyboards is a global construct. We are going to see this play out in a way that will likely cost many human lives. The basic principle is going to be about the value of a human. In places where the value of a human is low the harvests will be large. As collapse occurs it is possible to ensure that certain constructs stay flattened by putting weight on them and not allowing them to spring back. When the weight is lifted off of certain pylons they can be moved. The current event is bringing forces to bear that were completely out of reach sixty days ago. The claim that a great job is being done and there was no lack of preparedness allows us to infer that there is absolutely no preparation being made for the next wave and the new deaths. Right now the desperate simply don't care how many humans they throw into the fire if it can offer them a chance to keep being the way they were, it is zealotry at it's worst. If you really think that a great job is being done and there was no lack of preparedness then I will offer my sympathy in advance. When the next wave of deaths occur you will likely accept the same counterfeit currency and be much poorer than you are now. Ideology should not trump intelligence. |
