What's In A Name?

I'll take for granted that you've noticed the chosen wording in the above image.

In this moment, I'd like to take it back for a moment. ("Bring it on Back by Jet playing in background.)

Because we've enacted this story of becoming rulers of the world, and because we seemingly have no higher power to answer to, what now?

I don't believe anyone argues that we aren't rulers of the world. There is no doubt that we have conquered, but the question is- Are we meant to be the conquerors?

I'll depart from my usual from my usual gregariousness, and truncate the blabbing here: Because we have become the rulers of the world, has the world, or at least some parts of it, become dependent on us?

You can relate to our society if you like. Take the poor man who has no job, collects unemployment, and survives solely on the social security system he have in place. You could also look to the institutionalized convict who has been imprisoned so long that he, just like the poor man, has become dependent on "the system," and would be lost without it. Actually, following DQ's philosophy, that's a half-decent analogy. The world is like the convict, and has been imprisoned under our rule for so long, does it still remember the days when we were no different than the dog? Does it still remember the days where it flourished by its own knowledge, or has it become dependent on this life-support system that we've set up for it? It's similar to the brain-dead patient whose real self is gone, but whose body remains due to the tubes and machines that keep its processes "alive." The body still produces urine and gases, takes in oxygen, the heart still pumps blood, and the lungs still expand, but is the real life still there? I think not. We have the world on a life-support system that is keeping not only the earth alive, but also providing what we need to keep us alive. However, a life support system can only work so long. The thought here is a bit too philosophical for my taste, but no less valid. Chew on that, dear readers.

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