The Kingdom Of Peasants: A Parable

[cyborg]

Long ago, a kingdom between two others fell upon hard times. The people grumbled, the surly underlings who outnumbered their king and his soldiers, although each soldier could probably slaughter a thousand before he fell. "This king has let us suffer, while he lives well," they snarled. The priest -- who had only one King in some place called Heaven, rumored to be just over the next mountain range -- had to agree. Kings, he felt, caused men to suffer, and wasn't there enough suffering in life, as it is?

The king heard from the ear of kindly merchant, Mosai, who told him of the grumblings. "They're not going to hold much longer!" he said. "My shop, my life, is in danger. You have to do something."

Read Brett Stevens' latest article: The Kingdom Of Peasants: A Parable (http://www.corrupt.org/articles/politics/brett_stevens/the_kingdom_of_peasants_a_parable)

[Sulla the Dictator]

Uh......I don't see how that is particularly valid.

[cyborg]

Google video.

Script written by the infamous anti-industrial terrorist Theodore Kaczynski. This parable describes how modern society is falling apart from within due to lack of consensus and direction. Special individual interests are replacing the long-term focus on where humanity is heading, and even though we're closing in on self-destruction, we're all too busy to make our voices heard. This short film sums the problem up better than any other similar film I've seen so far. Enjoy!

http://www.corrupt.org/news/brilliant_parable_of_modern_society_ship_of_fools

http://www.corrupt.org/data/files/unabomber

[ogenoct]

Yes, but why is this in the Imperium section?

Constantin

[Petr]

Uh......I don't see how that is particularly valid.
Yes, it's pretentious crap like almost everything else that comes out of Corrupt.org.

Is the old king supposed to represent the pre-French Revolution order? And why is he then portrayed as "efficient" (as versus the inefficiency of revolutionists) when the reality was anything but that?


Petr