{"id":37116,"date":"2018-08-29T06:02:25","date_gmt":"2018-08-29T11:02:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=37116"},"modified":"2018-08-29T06:02:25","modified_gmt":"2018-08-29T11:02:25","slug":"rebel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=37116","title":{"rendered":"Rebel"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 class=\"entry-title eltd-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/caitlinjohnstone.com\/2018\/08\/25\/rebel\/\">Rebel<\/a><\/h3>\n<div class=\"eltd-blog-single-share\">\n<div class=\"eltd-social-share-holder eltd-dropdown\">\n<div class=\"eltd-social-share-dropdown\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<article id=\"post-5166\" class=\"post-5166 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-article tag-caitlin-johnstone tag-life\">\n<div class=\"eltd-post-content\">\n<div class=\"eltd-post-image-area\">\n<div class=\"eltd-post-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-newsroom_elated_post_feature_image size-newsroom_elated_post_feature_image wp-post-image\" src=\"https:\/\/caitlinjohnstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/fist-cropped.png?189db0&amp;189db0\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 756px) 100vw, 756px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/caitlinjohnstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/fist-cropped.png 756w, https:\/\/caitlinjohnstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/fist-cropped-300x194.png 300w\" alt=\"\" width=\"756\" height=\"489\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"eltd-post-text\">\n<div class=\"eltd-post-text-inner clearfix\">\n<p><em><b>Bert:<\/b>\u00a0You know, begging you pardon, but the one who my heart goes out for is your father. There he is in that cold, heartless bank day after day, hemmed in by mounds of cold, heartless money. I don\u2019t like to see any living thing caged up.<\/em><br \/>\n<em><b>Jane:<\/b>\u00a0Father? In a cage?<\/em><br \/>\n<em><b>Bert:<\/b>\u00a0They makes cages in all sizes and shapes, you know. Bank-shaped some of \u2019em. Carpets and all.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>~ Mary Poppins (1964)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This is not a sane way for people to live. You\u2019ve always known this on some level. We have all always known this on some level.<\/p>\n<p>It just doesn\u2019t feel right.\u00a0They herd us into classrooms where our minds are pressed into uniform shapes learning lessons which organize clean-cut, authorized thoughts into neat little boxes, then they herd us into cubicles where we turn gears to turn millionaires into billionaires. We go home and our minds are herded into advertising that makes us want to consume, news media that makes us believe our government is virtuous, and sitcoms where fake actors play out scenes which convince us that capitalism is working out perfectly fine. Try to get away from the phoniness by talking to a real person, and it turns out they\u2019ve been processed through the same system. It feels pinched, like trying to wear an outfit that\u2019s too small your entire life.<\/p>\n<p>But the rewards of moving inside their painted lanes are so great, and the penalties for stepping outside them are so severe. The closest most ever come to authenticity is learning how to fake their way through society while secretly knowing it\u2019s all bullshit. The marginalization, alienation and shame which can come with climbing over the rails of the slaughterhouse queue and running free are so difficult to live with that the herd mostly stays in line and keeps pouring its lifeblood into the fuel tank of the machine.<\/p>\n<p>\u2026click on the above link to read the rest of the article\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rebel Bert:\u00a0You know, begging you pardon, but the one who my heart goes out for is your father. There he is in that cold, heartless bank day after day, hemmed in by mounds of cold, heartless money. I don\u2019t like to see any living thing caged up. Jane:\u00a0Father? In a cage? 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