Land of the Free*

There was a time when everything could be done at no cost with a little work. If you wanted to eat, you could grow your food, and hunt for your food. If you wanted to blow your nose, you blew it in a rag, or "handkerchief" and then washed it. If you wanted to amuse yourself, you'd go outside and do things. If you had to take a shit, you could go in the hole, and then wash your ass. Getting into everything that hemp could do for you is a whole other issue, but it caters to many tasks, it's relatively easy to grow, and it is very resilient, or as the gardeners say, "hardy".

Then came a wave of people who decided that everything you do should cost you something. They felt that eating should only be available through corporations. If you wanted to eat, then they would give you the food, and you would give them money. If you wanted to blow your nose, then you use a Kleenex, which is a disposable tissue that costs money. If you want to be amused, you watch your television that you purchased. If you wanted to even take a shit, then you sit on your porcelain toilet, wipe your ass with purchased toilet paper, and flush away the excrement with water provided by the water services, that your government sets you up with.

Nothing is free anymore, and some people want to make sure it doesn't become that way again. Corporations grow your produce, and in many areas it is illegal to grow your own. Factories butcher your meat, and there is no way that you can have cattle in your manicured communities. There are corporations that cater to your every need, and forbid you to try to do these things independently. When I accuse America of this, I don't mean specifically the United States of that continent, I mean Canada too, and the UK as well, I am sure. Everyone is a customer.

Every "indigenous" tribe that is not dependent on the merchant society is a threat to this way of living. They are proof that the merchant society has never been necessary, and that people could choose to live without them. There are still aboriginals all over the world who may eventually show the consumer society how they could alternatively live. We know that merchant society would not encourage this on television though, and the majority of the customers would not like this idea, because they are lazy and hate the idea of more work just to live. They just want to be entertained, and spend money. Things probably won't steer away from this new way of living, because not enough people want that.