“But we try,”
Jake said.
“We struggle to improve ourselves.
That is the human condition.”
Pinem’e bunched his lips into a pucker.
“Awe, that is so
adorable.
Do you believe it is science and reasoning,
or spirituality that
improves this
‘human condition’
you speak of?”
“Both,”
Jake replied.
“We learn and adapt to our world by
confronting our souls,
by confronting our intellects.”
“But you’re all flawed.
Your idea of science is only proven
until it is proven wrong.
You’re idea of spirit is based on arguing
until someone
gets angry enough to declare war.
All of this you do for us
to keep you
bothered about questions
that will never be answered.
All the while,
we are
running your businesses,
and grinding away at foreign affairs,
pretending we
have solutions to keep you in check.”
“There are still some who know what’s happening,”
Jake said.
“There are people all over the world
who go out of their way
to make it known
that
this type of corruption exists.”
“And they are declared insane,”
Pinem’e laughed.
“They are
seen as lunatics
because everyone is more concerned
by finding the next star to
shine,
the next top 40 hit,
by murder and violence
the like
we have seen
countless times
through perceived history.”
“Perceived history?”
Jake asked.
“Do you honestly believe
what you've been told
is true?
It
has been said
that history is written by the winner,
and that is as honest as
it gets.
Since the dawn of Christ,
Christians have destroyed anything
that could
harm their interpretation of Creation.
Science tries so hard to make
calculated
guesses
based on evidence that has been tarnished
or simply doesn't exist any
longer
because it was destroyed centuries ago.
To even out the fight,
we
created money so you would
have something else to squabble over.
It has been
truly miraculous.
Now the poor have someone to blame
when they cannot afford their
simple pleasures,
and the rich have someone to blame when
they are taxed at 2%.
It’s quite laughable, is it not?”
“So you enjoy it when we’re at each other’s throats?”
“I would only enjoy it more if you began ripping them out.”
“You’re disgusting!”
“That’s relative,”
Pinem’e said.
“It all depends on who you
ask.”
“Who could possibly enjoy what you and your kind do?”
“Those who follow us,”
he said.
“Those who create laws
to keep
poverty high
and job growth low.
Those who sue one another
over trivial
incidents.
Those who worship the deities of fame and fortune.
Those who flock
to our way of life
in a Hell
that is only another step closer
to another Hell,
just a breath away.
“You live,
you die,
and you live again.
Over and over
through eternity,
Amen.
It has been this way for eons
and yet you still believe
there is a promised land when your heart fails
to beat
and the sleep takes you
into
another birth
where you come back so we can beat you all over again.
“The nature of humanity
is to help the individual first and
society last.
You see it every day and yet you pretend that it doesn't exist.
Let me ask you,
Jake,
how many times have you passed
a homeless person on the
street
without even glancing at them?
How many times have you looked
the other
way when someone
was being bullied?
How many times have you watched
the news
and seen people murdered
in the name of democracy
and progress
only to flip off
the television with the understanding
that you can’t do anything about it?”
Jake remained silent.
“And that is my answer,”
laughed Pinem’e.
“You have done it
too often to even recall,
and that is how it will always be.
Because,
you see,
as soon as someone decides
to do something beneficial for mankind,
we’ll turn
the channel and distract you.
We’ll give you Evolution versus Creation.
We’ll
give you Pro choice and Pro life.
We’ll give you gay marriage,
birth control
issues,
and fabulous new wars
to keep you huddled in the dark forevermore.
And
that is just the beginning.
We have so much more suffering to give,
and your
hands are always open to receive it.
As much as your kind wants to be happy,
you all feed on the dark that we supply.”
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