Like - Now, the Most Useless Word in the English Language

The word Like used to be quite useful.  It has the general meaning of similarity, or approximation, and also used in a simile. 

They are like minded. - Similarity / Approximation.
It smells like roses.  - Simile.

Nowadays, the word Like denotes stupidity in the speaker.  Like has become a space holder in a spoken sentence, taking the place of 'Uhm'.  Like is also a spoken coma, or mental break in the sentence. 

While I complain about the vast incorrect overuse of this word, it is so pervasive I find myself guilty of using it incorrectly as well.  Those who put it to use too frequently, and incorrectly, sound like this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FSQYBjkGq4

I find myself unable to listen past the 10 second mark.

Parasites & Taxes

Parasite is almost always used in a derogatory manner.  We refer to individuals as 'Parasites', sometimes even government.  The definition below is a slightly tweaked version of what I pulled off Wiktionary:

2.  (biology)  an organism that lives on or in another organism, deriving benefit from living on or in that other organism, while not contributing towards that other organism sufficiently to cover the exertion of energy by that other organism.

In my mind, everything is an exchange of energy.  To function at the human level in today's society, we have mechanisms in place for that energetic exchange, money.  You exchange your energy, time, skills, and labor, for money.  The most obvious parasite is Government.

I agree with Chris Rock when he said, "You don't pay taxes, they take taxes".  Every government reason for taxing the population is of a collectivist mindset, or "for the greater good".

By way of Merriam-Webster.Com are the multiple definitions for Tax:

1: to assess or determine judicially the amount of

5: to make onerous and rigorous demands on

 

And by way of Wikipedia :

 

A tax is a financial charge or other levy imposed upon a taxpayer (an individual or legal entity) by a state or the functional equivalent of a state such that failure to pay is punishable by law.

 

Instead of Tax, think Energy Syphon.  In this context, the The Parasite "taxes" The Host.

Individuals on welfare and food stamps are derided as parasites, as are illegal immigrants.  Government redirects the money you earned to people who didn't do anything to earn it.  All in all, not a top priority in my mind.  There exists a much larger parasite that goes unseen and the government is just a front for it.

The System itself is the largest parasite on the planet.  The System includes:

The Banking Industry, which creates money through fractional-reserve lending & through the printing presses of any nation's Central Bank.  Central Banks criminally engage in inflating currency, thereby stealing the value of what you earn. 

The Military Industrial Complex, which steals your money to kill people you have no issue with.  Then they want more money to fix the country they just destroyed.

Corporate Welfare, which is too huge to try and break down beyond pointing out that massive, multinational corporations pay no taxes, receive tax breaks, and bailouts paid for by tax payers.

To wrap this up, the biggest parasite of all is the one that owns virtually every government, every central bank, every military, every leader of every nation and uses those fronts to its own end, stealing energy from you every step of the way.  The number of horrible things that happen in the world, in your name, are only possible because The Parasite, the system itself, has convinced you it is not a Parasite, and that you need it to exist.  The exact opposite is true.

How much money would you actually HAVE if The System wasn't taking it?

The Parasite cannot live without the host.  In 1984, George Orwell said, "If you want a vision of the future, imagine a boot stamping on the face of humanity - forever".  The boot in this quote is The System.  When an individual is being attacked, they are also being energetically drained.  The individual must exert themselves, to some extent, in self-defense.  They are being physically taxed, their energy is being stolen.

In Henry David Thoreau's Civil Disobedience,  the phrase, "That government is best which governs least."  To that I would add, "And when Mankind is ready, there will be no government." 

I believe Mankind is ready to rid itself of its Parasite.

Pacifism and Pacifists

Unfortunately, the discussion of words does require definitions.  This time around, I'm putting to use http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pacifism :

Pacifism - 1: opposition to war or violence as a means of settling disputes; specifically : refusal to bear arms on moral or religious grounds  2: an attitude or policy of nonresistance

 

The second definition is more accurate.  A Pacifist is the individual who never engages in a physical confrontation, for any reason.  The Pacifist could never employ a method of non-violence as this would allow for defense of the self and another.  Nonresistance does not allow for self-defense, but it may allow for defense of another.  The Pacifist opposes more than just violence.

 

In any physical confrontation one can imagine, The Pacifist will only use words and never engage in self-defense.  The Pacifist will defend another using the method of nonresistance, giving up his body to prevent, or limit, damage done to another.  The best example of this would be The Civil Rights Movement.  The following is only 16 seconds long, but MLK Jr. wraps up The Pacifist and Nonresistance quite efficiently:

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhIifbJq6d4

 

The Pacifist has a moral objection to the use of violence itself.  This is why The Pacifist always opposes war.  The Pacifist is no coward.  The Pacifist of such a powerful nature that even Hermann Goering was forced to acknowledge them, and said at The Nuremburg Trials:

 

The people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same way in any country. 

https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Hermann_Göring

 

To bring a quote back:

 

"The man who strikes first admits that his ideas have given out."   ~ Chinese Proverb from http://www.quotegarden.com/violence.html