Chapter 47 in the serialisation of the book 'Insurrection' 4th book in the 'Corpalism' series

47

The revolution is not an apple that falls when it is ripe.
You have to make it fall.
Che Guevara

The Preacher stood at the edge of the stage and stared out, "The time has come," he said, "we are perilously close to the tipping point. If we don't take back our world soon then we will never be able to because the inheritors of our planet, our children, have no idea what they should take back."

He started to pace slowly, "Our world is defined by greed, we are led by acquisitive individuals, seduced by beautiful and airbrushed images of damaged souls. Our minds have been corrupted and we see only the desperate need for more, a remorseless quest to own this or that, to live vicariously in this PS game, this or that soap, mimic this celebrity or that, use this perfume, have that phone or iPad or tablet. Even more devastating is the fact that the souls of our children have become corrupted from an early stage in their development; they have no concept of life before greed and selfishness, before self-aggrandisement at the expense of others, at the expense of nature and of our very world."

"This has been nurtured by our leaders for they are the most avaricious amongst us. It is our leaders who have allowed this disease to infest our society where our children are unable to empathise with the each other, with nature, with mankind as a whole. Where our children live their lives via the internet, watching porn, or texting and tweeting nonsense back and forth, where they are unremittingly seduced by adverts on TV, on their PCs, on their tablets or on their mobiles, where they are encouraged to engage in mindless drivel such as 'text your name and your boyfriend’s name and we will tell you if your relationship will last' for which they end up paying a fee, ad infinitum."

He paused, "Our leaders have allowed total commercialism to engulf humanity and they have fostered our basest instincts and our most corrupt urges. They have allowed the high priests of the commercial world to invade our minds and the minds of our young with images of superiority, images that will appear to make us better than others when all the while our actions are making us the worst generation of humans to have ever existed on this planet."

He ignored the gasps of denial that met his words and stopped in the centre of the stage, "Our leaders have created this egotistical world of the diseased mind and corrupt soul simply to enable them to rise above everyone else like gods. They have allowed the devil to roam free upon the land, the devil who stokes our most evil emotions and desires. Our leaders have encouraged our fall from grace."

He started to pace again, his voice loud, "They have consorted with those who would foist greed and selfishness not just upon us but also upon our weak and developing young, so much so that if we were to try and change our world it is possible that the young would resist us."

He stopped pacing, saying more quietly, "Our leaders have created the religion of consumerism, nurtured its growth within the belly of society, pandered to the high priests in advertising, and prostituted themselves to the bankers, the energy giants, the business consortiums, the City. They have sold our future and the future of our children who don't know, and may possibly never know, what they have lost."

He started to pace again, "Our leaders have created a religion that has now become greater and stronger than even they imagined. This evil beast is now more powerful than its high priests, than its managing directors, than any banking community, than the city itself, for this beast lives off its own energy."

He turned, "It is alive and will resist its destruction, it will send our children out against us, to fight and resist every change that we try to make, every effort at self-discipline, every effort at self-improvement, every effort at changing and improving the world, every attempt to assist the helpless and downtrodden will be crushed by the forces of consumerism, of the forces of greed, of the forces of EVIL."

He raced to the front of the stage, "For be assured the beast does indeed walk the earth," he shouted, "but it is not as some biblical horned creature, it is as the seed of contempt and selfishness planted deep in the minds and souls of every one of us and it is made manifest in the form of pride, envy, gluttony, lust, anger, avarice and sloth."

He stood and raised his arms, "These deadly sins are no longer considered to be such, now they are held aloft as goals and ambitions, they are sold to us daily, hourly and sold to our children the minute they can sit and watch a TV, the minute they can operate a smart phone or play on a tablet."

He raced across the front of the stage, "All the evil of the world exists in our new, government approved and government endorsed, religion. So I say to you it is our leaders who have failed us. It is our leaders who have lead us down this path. It is our leaders who we must hold responsible and it is our leaders who we must remove forthwith."

Then he was gone.

Barry was shaken to his core; this was a call for revolution and it was on camera. 

Cheers

Arun








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