THE PROTESTANT ETHIC

Protestant ethic, in sociological theory, the value attached to hard work, thrift, and efficiency in one’s worldly calling, which, especially in the Calvinist view, were deemed signs of an individual’s election, or eternal salvation.—Britannica

In the book, Weber wrote that capitalism in Northern Europe evolved when the Protestant (particularly Calvinist) ethic influenced large numbers of people to engage in work in the secular world, developing their own enterprises and engaging in trade and the accumulation of wealth for investment.—Weber

Most people are aware that

 The Protestant Ethic is causing the extinction of all life

At a very young age I couldn’t understand why only money mattered

I presumed that there was something wrong with me

The person who is supposed to love a child when no one else does

Told me for 63 years and 8 months that I was

“Useless; a failure; a disappointment; cannot do anything right; neither use nor ornament”

So i had no self confidence.

When I was in primary school we were asked to write an essay entitled “My wish”

I wrote that I wished that people cared more about the environment and other life forms than money —despite being embarrassed about thinking differently to others

Money has never been important to me

You may presume that I never had to go without —but this isn’t so

In the 1960s I  had to give up my job working with computers when I got married

 –Married women were not allowed to hold government jobs-

My husband fought with the boss and quit his job on a regular basis

There was no social security in those days so if you didn’t work you didn’t eat

Aspects of our culture that I disagree with

Ownership of land –taking  land away from other life forms

Hierarchical structure

Putting  other life forms or other cultures  below W.A.S.P s on this hierarchy

Presumption that humans are more intelligent because they talk

Presumption that other life forms aren’t sentient

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sentient

/ˈsɛnʃnt,ˈsɛntɪənt/

adjective

able to perceive or feel things.”

Our culture cares more about helping the criminals rather than the victims

People make comments –

“You get what you pay for”

Before I did a reading for a lady a few years ago she told me that anyone who charged less than $80 was no good (afterward she was very happy with her very inexpensive reading)

I wrote a paper on Karl Marx when I majored in sociology

Karl Marx is portrayed as an evil person:

Yet he advocated sharing:

China  and other so called Communist countries do not have communism:

they have state capitalism.

Communism is  sharing.

Humans in modern cultures don’t share with one another or other lifeforms.

This will eventually cause all life to become extinct— and not that far away.

I wrote and published this sci fi short story on the 4th April 2017  when the human population was only 7.4 billion:

It is now more than 8 billion

I wrote this short story as social satire and sympathetic magic

The idea that we were genetically engineered is from Mayan writings plus my belief that humans are not indigenous to the planet

The concept of translocation was once a practice pre Roman Empire and apparently still is in some so called primitive cultures

The idea that humans were livestock for the gods is mine but am sure others have thought this

I chose Ophiuchus because I was I was drawn to this constellation

I chose Kunapipi because I respect and admire the wisdom and spirituality of indigenous Australians

I started writing the prequel the same year 2017 –but I still haven’t finished it – I lose my motivation because I don’t like scary stuff and it is where humans are grown as live stock by the “gods” –maybe I’ll finish it this year