If Only You Knew How Bad Things Are

I've heard this statement many times, usually about aliens, war, whatever. I have never actually heard anything that I thought would really rock modern humans.

Aliens? shrug War? We, like, do that constantly. Even human atrocities don't seem to generate the kind of outrage they should.

But when I read the Rhea disclosure, I had an aha! moment.

I have been a breeder of prized livestock for nearly two decades. The goal is always to improve upon previous generations and to reach that goal you experiment in various ways, like creating specific breeding pairings, influencing environment, nutrition, etc.

So when I read that the entities breeding humans decided to run a split test and see what we'd do in a world of abundance, it resonated in a way that I think most managers of genetics in any species will immediately grasp.

I have considered something similar myself. Would goats raised on a dry lot outside my warehouse respond differently to the stimuli and feeding setup than they would in my lush pastures around my home? Of course they would.

Keeping in mind I don't claim belief in the disclosure, only interest in the points it makes. The part I think is most interesting is how advanced the split culture is.

Which is exactly what you might expect to happen without the crushing pressure of survival.

And is exactly the opposite of what we're taught would happen in such a scenario.

That's what makes this conversation important to be having right now, as humanity on this planet faces the potential of just such a world.

If you were to go up to the average person on the street--assuming you could catch them between jobs and the busyness of trying to survive--and tell them that scarcity was a choice and we could've existed in another way, how do you think they'd react?

Because if there's a grain of truth in the story of the Erids, in a time when humanity is realizing the sheer limitlessness of the universe and all that that implies, the thing that would actually cause rioting in the streets and shake humanity to its core is the realization that it didn't have to be this way.

Little Megan never had to trade her body for a place to stay. Susie didn't have to work three jobs and let the school raise her children just to survive. Grandma didn't have to die because she couldn't afford medicine.

That's something worth a worldwide meltdown. And that's what makes those in charge so afraid.