{"id":1177,"date":"2020-11-14T08:46:16","date_gmt":"2020-11-14T16:46:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.luterra.com\/blog\/?p=1177"},"modified":"2020-11-14T08:46:17","modified_gmt":"2020-11-14T16:46:17","slug":"escape-from-the-narrative-matrix-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.luterra.com\/blog\/?p=1177","title":{"rendered":"Escape from the Narrative Matrix"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Part IV: A Transmission from the Nebuchadnezzar<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
 Far from the frenzied cacophony of talking heads
 The people are waking up
 \u00a0
 No longer willing to listen to authority
 To \u201cexperts\u201d
 Flailing a bit at times
 Straying into conspiracy
 But thinking, pondering, exploring, reclaiming our narrative filters.
 \u00a0
 Power still reigns
 On the vast playing fields
 Of nations
 And multinational corporations
 And media narratives
 But the people are beginning to tell different stories.
 \u00a0
 If Power controls the food system
 Then we will feed ourselves
 Turning abandoned city blocks into gardens
 Supporting local farms
 Giving freely to friends and neighbors in need
 \u00a0
 If Power controls the medicine
 Then we will care for ourselves
 Offering our skills freely and willingly
 To those who need them
 \u00a0
 If Power controls the money
 Then we will stop using it
 Trading among our communities
 Creating local currencies
 Building a resilient economy of real exchange
 Outside the gates of Wall Street

 The people are waking up
 And soon, I hope
 We will leave the talking heads behind
 In a barren and empty dreamworld:
 The narrative matrix
 A decaying husk
 Of distortions and lies
 The narrative matrix
 No longer in control
 Of our stories
 \u00a0
 Then the people will say
 I do not choose to live in a world
 Where illness or injury
 Leads to lifelong debt
 \u00a0
 I do not choose to live in a world
 Where human beings
 Are unhoused
 And unfed
 And uncared for
 \u00a0
 I do not choose to live in a world
 Where human beings
 Are destroyed by bombs
 In the name of strategic interests
 \u00a0
 I do not choose to live in a world
 Where our children\u2019s futures
 Are sacrificed on the altar
 Of profit and progress
 \u00a0
 I do not choose to live in a world
 Where a few human beings live in luxury
 While most simply survive
 \u00a0
 I do not choose to live in a world
 Where human beings
 Are the only beings
 That have a voice
 \u00a0
 And then the people will ignore the talking heads
 And choose a leader
 Who is not of Power
 Who is not an actor
 Who is not a demagogue
 But who speaks for the farmworkers and the caregivers
 The teachers and the counselors
 The cashiers and the carpenters
 And the forests and the prairies and the oceans.
 \u00a0
 And who can say with great conviction
 And without caveats
 We hold these truths to be self-evident
 That all are created equal
 That they are endowed with unalienable rights
 That among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
 \u00a0
 Amidst all of the chaos and confusion
 Conflict and conflagration
 Gridlock and anger
 Fake news and alternative facts
 We have the option
 To step out of that story
 \u00a0
 Indeed it may be our only option worth considering
 The alternative being descent 
 Into the sort of dystopian Gotham
 Of cinematic imagination
 \u00a0
 The time has arrived
 To awaken
 \u00a0
 The time has arrived
 To escape from the narrative matrix <\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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