Dear Friends,
It seems to me, the story of how the asshole got to rule the body, is illustrative of our reality. If you haven’t heard the story yet, here it is. When the human body was first built, all the parts argued who should be the boss. The head’s position was it should be at the top. The arms said, “not so fast!” They did the work, so it followed, to them, they should be the boss. The heart chimed in and said, “I am merciful so I should run it.” Then the asshole said it should be the boss. All the other parts laughed at it. So the asshole got angry, shut up, and let nothing pass. Soon, the head grew dizzy, the arms weak and the heart palpitated… and they capitulated. Letting the asshole be the boss. The moral is said to be, you don’t have to be smart, strong or compassionate to be boss, just an asshole.
One thing we get from this is that the asshole was in a position to shut down and cause the rest to suffer. A skin pore doesn’t have that option. It just becomes a zit and is forced open with a pop. The arms could have used a strike, but the head and heart couldn’t, for if they stop the body dies immediately. Showing that immediate mortal consequences, have less utility in persuasion, than the slow suffering caused by an inflamed asshole. This tactic then, is only useful to assholes in a position to create real suffering. A good asshole will spew crap to get to a position to do harm. That is another thing that separates assholes from the rest of us, they scheme to get into positions of power… to get more power. Obviously, when assholes get power, they perform their function.
You not only have to be in a position to shut down the works, but be asshole enough to do it. Many people wouldn’t have made the rest suffer for a minor insult. An asshole does though. You see, most people are at least a little bit human hearted, we try to live our lives, contribute where we can, and hopefully go to heaven when we die. Not so for assholes. They see the rest of us as chattel, tools, and cattle. Someone who sees their fellows as human beings, equals, with immortal souls, is not inclined to use power to create suffering, even if it results in more power. An asshole will though. As explained by the fable. In truth, assholes are good at one thing only… expelling crap. Nevertheless, assholes always want to run the show, even though they are merely assholes, and a perpetual moon is not that romantic.
Most importantly, you have to want to be the boss, and that is something assholes always desire. While power over others makes most people uneasy, especially unearned power, assholes see it differently. If power is good, unearned power is better… to an asshole. Harming people for fun and profit is something only an asshole would do. Like, using a disease to force political change, replacing a population because they don’t vote for you, or shutting down the economy to wring small businesses out of it. What asshole things to do. You have to admit, anyone who makes others wear dehumanizing, disease inducing, and polluting political iconography, like face masks, is a total asshole. Especially if she enforces her edict with criminal penalties. I ask you, could there be more of an asshole?
Clearly then… those in charge are assholes. They act like assholes, they speak like assholes, and while I haven’t been around any, I bet they smell like assholes. One thing an asshole doesn’t need to be… is aware. An asshole may connive, cheat, and fart, but they need not be smart. In fact, dementia is no impediment to being an asshole. Biden for example. While Nadler has lost the shape of an asshole, he is filled with gall. I’d wear a mask too if I had Pelosi’s anal like lips. Kamala is the asshole who put people in jail for decades over minor pot violations. Schiff is named after what he expels on the floor of the Senate. Assholes have no class. So today we have learned about assholes. Assholes want, scheme, and will harm to rule, that’s why we have assholes reigning. No wonder the world is becoming a sewer.
Sincerely,
John Pepin
