The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing

Thursday 18th January

Actually a line form Frank Zappa, and a corruption (re-interpretation maybe) of the famous quote from the Bible – “The Meek Shall Inherit the Earth”.  Well folks, it sure don’t look that way.  The Strong, the Rich, the Powerful have not only appropriated the Earth, they have brought up every scrap of land, they own everything – and their children will inherit it all.  The meek will inherit nothing.

And it isn’t only Religion which peddles this nonsense, but most Political parties too.  Even the current Labour Party.  They have no inclination and certainly no stated policies to give the meek very much at all.  Possibly a few more crumbs from the table, but not the cake itself.

And we keep being sold pups.  They really are cute and cuddly, aren’t they?  That wonderful idea of Thatcher’s, the dream of Home Ownership.  Well, for some of us, the dream happened.  Aided by the Sale of Council Houses (still one of the most disastrous policies ever dreamed up) many of us got a foot on, the then not so expensive, housing ladder.  But now look around at that little pup.  It has grown into a rabid dog, greedily consuming everything in sight.  Home Ownership is slipping – for many Twenty and Thirty-Year Olds, the very idea that they might one day be able to stop renting is just a silly dream.  Maybe their Mum and Dad can help them, or die even – but the buggers just keep living longer.  If I were in my twenties I would be so pissed off at the older (that is me) generation.  They had free University education, an NHS largely uncorrupted by Private providers, pretty secure employment, and the chance, or even the almost inevitability, of one day owning their own house (oh, and the right to go and live and work anywhere in the EU).  All of that and more has been taken away from them by the Capitalist System.

Because Capitalism always ends up enriching the powerful, the already rich, the clever ones who can manipulate the system.  And it is always at someone else’s expense.  For centuries it was the Third World, those Shithole countries who were exploited.  But now it is our own ‘meek’ population.   And with Automation just around the corner the whole thing is destined to accelerate at a pace Governments will struggle to contain – they may well be reduced to simply giving lower and lower taxes to companies, just for the privilege of them employing at least some people.

Meekness will get us nowhere.  It is only Anger, and fighting back which will achieve anything.  Welcome to Brave New World…