I have been giving much thought and contemplation to this whole situation, especially as to how it may relate to Revelations. I believe it was established that the Lizzies were the authors of Revelations. If that is true, it would seem that they would indeed act to have these horrible events come to pass.
I finally completed watching the 4-part documentary,
Century of the Self, as referenced in this
thread. This documentary was extremely eye-opening not only as it applies to society in general, but one's personal sense of self as well. I did draw a connection between my sense of self/ego/machine/predator and the psychological manipulations put in play via Edward Bernays establishment of public relations (the politically correct term for propaganda). In part 4, there is an examination of how Freud's/Bernay's principles were adopted by politicians, first by the conservatives, with the resultant elections of Reagan and Thatcher, and then the reluctant, but inevitable adoption by the liberals resulting in the election of Clinton and Blair. As it was, the Clinton campaign made promises to the swing voters in order to win the election. Upon taking office, Clinton discovers that the actual federal deficit created by the reckless policies of the Reagan administration is so huge it makes it impossible to fulfill these promises. Clinton then decides the best course is to alleviate the economic stresses of the least well off of our society including implementation of healthcare. The swing voters (most likely consisting of those who profess to be Christian) were outraged by this and responded by returning Republicans to office and embracing Newt Gingrich and his contract with America. So, what this showed, in glaring terms, was that individuals' self-interests (as described by Freud and utilized by Bernays) were the determining factors that prevailed over any sense of what was good for the population as a whole, that these "others" did not deserve a break, they were just a bunch of lazy welfare cheat parasites sucking the hard-earned resources of the real workers who had worked hard and long to amass their own wealth. Out of this came the Clinton welfare to work program that overturned the welfare system as it had been up to that point.
Even though I lived through the above events, it wasn't until I viewed this documentary that I could see the realities associated with it especially in connection to the awareness that I have garnered through all things Cass. God yes we are a STS reality with a significant portion of our population so inured of self-interest that they have no regard whatsoever for the well being of their fellow man, the animals and plants, or the very earth itself. Instead, for these people the ONLY thing that counts is MONEY!!! And besides, the fact that the world is going to hell just means the end times are manifesting and the rapture will be soon be manifesting as well, so what, me worry? All those non-believing heathens deserve what they will be getting!!! Yeah, doesn't get more selfish and unloving than that!
Certainly, the BP disaster was about cutting corners to quicken the process of removing the rig to its next location thus limiting expenses and maximizing profit. All the wars perpetrated by the military-industrial complex have run-away profit as their base. The totally selfish all-consuming pursuit of personal wealth drives the corporations to greater and greater abuses of our laws, our rights, and our very health and that of the planet. And up to this point, the populace has been in such a deep slumber of self-interest, they have let these abuses go on with little to no objection. The magnitude of this disaster, however, may be the turning point. This isn't some far off war in the middle east that seemingly only affects the the lower economic strata of our citizens who are deployed repeatedly to "spread democracy". Thousands of Americans are going to be personally affected by this disaster, not only from the loss of enjoyable activities associated with the beach and the sea, but the devastating economic consequences of lost jobs, livelihoods, and just ways of life. This will not be something that can be fixed easily, quickly, or cheaply. There are going to be long-term and far-reaching consequences to this disaster.
And what a shame that it will take such a catastrophic event for people to finally get that their individual self-interests are counter-productive to what is beneficial for us all. That we have sat back and allowed psychopathic corporate interests take control of everything with the resultant destruction of all - life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness - because no amount of money is ever enough for them. And the core group that really controls all that happens on this planet also believe their self-interests will be preserved on the other side of the cataclysms that they are well aware are coming. Perhaps they figure that since the planet is going to be destroyed anyway, why care about getting the destruction ball rolling early with this gigantic oil spill.
I really don't know what we can do for all those creatures being drowned in the oil. It's too late for them and possibly, too late for us. The Lizzie script is playing out in front of our horrified eyes.
