we’re ruled by dangerous old men?

The wizened old gnomes of Zurich have always been talked about in conspiratorial circles, and now that Marina has emerged angry and betrayed after living respectfully for sixty years in the shadow of the Golden Generation – born during the heady days of the 1920’s and coming of age during WWII, when the times were dangerous but terribly exciting – she now believes there is credence in the belief that we are, indeed, ruled by dangerous old men.

“Think of the Pope, the Duke of Edinburgh, George Bush Snr, Fidel Castro, Ian Paisley, Alan Greenspan, Robert Mugabe and the many, many filthy rich warmongering old string-pullers behind the scenes,” says Marina, “and you get an inkling of how this generation still runs the world, even though they stick Boomer puppets like George Bush Jnr out front to bear the flack generated by their decisions.”

“This is the generation that pioneered medical experiments on institutionalized children and adults, and did unspeakable things to animals,” says Marina. “Sure, some advances in medicine came from these horrible experiments but do the ends always justify the means?”

“This is the generation that trashed the environment and had the good life without any censure whatsoever,” says Marina, “and yet it’s the same generation that - behind the scenes using useful idiots as mouthpieces - has imposed every conceivable restriction upon us to screw us over.”

“This is the generation that unleashed the atomic bomb and promoted endless wars that have entrenched it in positions of power, wealth and privilege,” says Marina. “Not a drop of their blood has been spilled since WWII, but their blood lust knows no bounds when it comes to younger generations,”

“I fear that they are unlikely to pass on without unleashing another monumental horror,” says Marina. “When death is knocking at their door and they have nothing to lose – and everything to gain in terms of immortal remembrance, good or bad – I truly fear that they will engineer an absolute catastrophe to ensure that as many people as possible depart the world at the same time they do.”

Read more by Marina on this issue:

golden generation v boomers

life extension on welfare

the gods of war

war hero frauds

dispelling myths

who invented nursing homes?

generational shadows

goodbye WWII

our 1960s or their mid-life crisis?

being young in an old workplace

revered wise elders or frauds?

the spoils of war vs survival

the gods of war

We see them in old movies when they were young and fighting for freedom, now we see them in veterans’ marches, adorned with medals. At cenotaphs around the world we worship at their altars. Marina’s gods of war are not mythical gods but real life men now well into their 80s and older who fought in WWII - and like to be compared with Olympian gods - and the war they fought in has achieved a reverence similar to that of a religion that previous and later wars never achieved.

“I attribute this religiosity surrounding WWII to the artful manipulation of those who fought in that war, in combat or behind a desk, whose coincidence of birth at a critical time in our history endowed them with spectacular opportunities after the war that they have milked non-stop ever since at our expense,” says Marina. “And, just like the early Christians used Jesus’ death to inspire guilt and line their pockets – he died for us, you see – the gods of war used the death of their fallen mates to do likewise.”

“The gods of war enjoyed unprecedented hero status and respect after WWII,” says Marina. “Their war films, veterans’ marches, war medals and endless stories about the war assured them respect and reverence that it is totally out of proportion to the achievements of earlier and later generations, as if WWII were the only war ever fought or the only war worth remembering.”

“My generation, the Boomers, held the WWII vets in awe, opened doors for them, offered seats for them, called them sir and m’am, never spoke out of turn to them and never questioned their right to the best of everything from our taxpayer dollars,” says Marina. “They deserved it – they fought for our freedoms – or so we were forever told!”

“Compared to the freedoms the gods of war had after the war – no censure on drugs or family size, no politically correct speaking or environmental restrictions – our lives are so circumscribed by their rules and regulations, far more than the simple Ten Commandments they grew up with, that I don’t feel very free at all.”

“WWII was an abomination caused by greedy old men and should not be revered,” says Marina, “and those who fought in it were pawns not gods and should be exposed as such before they wreak even more damage upon us.”

golden generation vs. boomers

The Golden Generation appear to be outliving their Boomer children and now that she is 60, retired and has time to think, Marina has come to the conclusion that her parents’ generation used WWII as emotional blackmail to justify massive exploitation and used her generation as the scapegoats for all of the world’s ills that they, not the Boomers, caused.

“With apologies to the few real war heroes, who truly deserve our respect – like my dad, who returned injured and died before his time -- I want to expose the rest of this generation as undeserving frauds, peddling endless war films and veterans’ marches to glorify themselves at our expense.”

“The Golden Generation never suffered unemployment throughout their lives as we and our children have – there was no globalization, their jobs were protected by tariffs and the union movement – and most important of all, they had very little competition because the world was a smaller place back then and millions of talented people had been wiped out by the war.”

“The Golden Generation never suffered housing or land shortages when they were starting a family. Many were given land grants for free! They built ranches; they had holiday homes, and double garages. They paid off their mortgages early and easily. They had drive-in movies, supermarkets a block long; vast tracks of wilderness to escape to and more recreational facilities per person than we can dream of. They deserved it – they fought for freedom!”

“The Golden Generation never suffered prohibition in their working years – they drank, smoked and did drugs with impunity, on and off the job. They deserved it – they fought for freedom!”

“The Golden Generation never suffered population control or family size worries in their fertile years – they procreated freely and easily, producing the unlucky Baby Boomers, a generation the size of which has never been seen before or since. They deserved it – they fought for freedom!”

“The Golden Generation never suffered racial or religious or other PC prohibitions in their working years – they called a spade a spade, so to speak, and protected their suburbs and borders from outsiders. They deserved it – they fought for freedom!”

“The Golden Generation never suffered environmental prohibitions in their working years – they slashed, mined and burned merrily, destroyed forests, polluted the land, air and waterways, hunted other species to extinction and littered the world with discarded motor vehicles which they still insist on their right to own and drive into dotage. They deserve it – they fought for freedom!”

“In fighting for freedom, are they proud of the overpopulated, under-serviced and horribly polluted world they left us necessitating loss of OUR freedoms?”