IRC-Galleria

The Earth is a very small stage in a vast cosmic arena.
On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of,
every human being who ever was, lived out their lives.
Thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic doctrines,
every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every hero and coward,
every creator and destroyer of civilization,
every saint and sinner in the history of our species,
think of the rivers of blood spilled by all those generals and emperors so that,
in glory and triumph, they could become the momentary masters of a fraction of a dot.
Our posturings, our imagined self-importance,
the delusion that we have some privileged position in the Universe,
are challenged by this point of pale light,
and underscores our responsibility and to preserve and cherish the pale blue dot.

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Welcome to our new war,
Where the rich sell their lies to the poor.
WeÂ’re dying but we donÂ’t know what for,
Welcome to our new war.

In a troubled time - in an age of fear.
We place our trust - in the insincere.
As the waiting minds - are misinformed.
The ones in charge - are just adding to the score.

The war profiteers watch as their numbers rise,
Their private contracts push profits through the sky the rest will struggle -
Just to survive while special interest goes to those with the highest dollar sign.