61. Our Morphing Species...>>>

Used to be you could trust your fellow being. When it was about physical survival. "There's a lion prowling the village; watch out!" Keeping your community safe meant you were pooling your forces to be stronger. Concerns were about the extended family, the group.

Then we began living in cities; the nuclear family broke up; we became a community of strangers. Flying became affordable; you could escape from a shitty home scene and opt to live in peace elsewhere. The global village was created; the have-nots supplied the haves with cheaper goods, and felt better. Multiplication increased numbers. Just give us what we want - now!

We're all in the head - now. Computers slowed us down, only to speed us up for instant gratification. In hand, we click: Gimme that  - NOW! We don't look up; we look down. We don't earn it; we demand it.
But there's still a lion lurking in our village; so watch out!

This time it speaks in forked tongues. Smiling, it bears gifts, encourages you to sign up; cause it's your friend. Nature's in your face, beckoning from a screen. The lion's cute, but in disguise; it devours you at leisure.  

We're all in the head - now. Believe us. Trust us. 100% guaranteed, it's on special with up to thousands of dollars off. But quantities are limited, so call NOW! Get your free trial, our receptionists are standing by! You never meet your suppliers. Tactility is in the speed of your fingers, not your feet. It's a new reality, a new truth. Trust me!

Still there are the Rules. Stop at a RED light; pay your taxes; don't be abusive in public! And we still obey! In law, the experts created the Rules of Civil Procedures. Created, yes, but like the lion, what's their purpose? To uphold? Or sit in disguise, while pretense is the new reality?      

I'm not keeping up. I'm not getting it. The power lies with the few, not the community. Why can't I embrace that rhetoric? Why can't I just accept it? This is my dilemma, I'm stubborn and paying for it.

Due process is being re-interpreted by our public servants. The rules are morphing.