EDH: The Existentially Degraded Human 1

Away from the Lone Path Home

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A Few Words About My Style

Please note that the pronoun /he/ along with its accusative, dative and genitive form, is used in the neutral sense and includes both the male and female members of our society.

Is the human being the crowning jewel of creation? I doubt that, now, very seriously. Looking down the timeline of history, we the humans have done more damage than good to the world we occupy. We have, indeed, become the threat not only to our own species but also to every other species upon the planet.

An Impotent Sediment from the Titration of Time

What factors led the supposedly highly evolved human race to progress so fast to the edge of destruction? The human race has metamorphosed into an impotent sediment from the relentless titration of time.

We have turned the process of evolution into a melting pot of catastrophic dimension that threatens, even at the time of my writing, the entire earth to go up in a cataclysmic smoke.

Money, Fame, Greed and Avarice

The animals of prey only kill to satiate their hunger. The satiated hunger stops their instinct to kill further until the next hunger. They follow the natural law and are not driven by greed or avarice.

They are, in all probability, conscious of the truth that nature is the framework within which they need to live and thrive.

Humans, on the other hand, are driven by greed and avarice. We covet what is not ours. We have been crowned as the destroyer of civilisations. We are the only animals that have used colonialism to invade, conquer, enslave, loot, maim, rape and slaughter other civilisations.

Money and fame feed the fires of lust and greed and modern forms of slavery are thriving and are also being promoted.

Graphic by the author Mantralayam Srinath

Colonialism is a Crime Even if You Quote the Scriptures or Literature

There is, definitely, no doubt that colonialism was, is and will always be a crime. Crimes of colonialism will remain what they are and there is no pardon for it. Murder committed in the name of whether religion, state or whatever the argument be, was, is and will always be murder. Unchanged it will remain, even it be called by any other name. The terminology will not absolve the sins committed.

Years back, I read somewhere many a crime has been committed in the name of god and gold. The sentence is indelibly imprinted in my memory, the name of the book has disappeared into oblivion.

The Criminals Unpunished

The criminals of the nineteen thirties, in Europe, were brought to justice after the World War II. Was that all? Yes, that was all. All the other other criminals went unpunished. There are more criminals out there who need to brought to justice. It has not been done and it will never be done.

However, history will not let any criminal go unpunished.

Justifications and Collusion

Every form of justification has been put forth to justify colonialism and crimes against humanity. The high and mighty believe in absolute power. Humanism, compassion, justice and honesty do not exist in their vocabulary.

Rights, he spurns as things not made for him, claims all by arms — Horace

Intellectuals, scientists, politicians, and the clergy have all co-operated and colluded in practising colonialism and justifying any act contributing to it.

Unpardonable Crimes

Some of the crimes are so macabre that the human spirit will get a jolt. The brutalities meted out to the innocent people are so macabre that I am not detailing it here. Enough resources are available with reference to

1. Africa
2. India
3. Indonesia
4. South America
5. the Natives of current USA

and many more! History will see that justice will be dispensed.

The Modern Disaster

Am I painting a dark picture? Yes, I am, but that is not my intention. A writer has a social duty. A duty by the society is his calling too. I need to call the attention of the public to open its eyes to see the modern disaster happening right before our eyes.

My open question to all is here. Before I post the question, I must say that the question is directed at myself, as well. In addition I must say: There are absolutely no excuses. No excuse holds any water. There is no use in referring to the positive aspects. The negative aspects are far more catastrophic. Question: Are we really closing our eyes the mega catastrophe unfolding before our eyes?: political expansionism, dictatorship, a farce called democracy, medical disasters, exploitation of humans, especially women and children, Africa is being exploited by every single method available, religious extremism, proselytising, industrial exploitation….a whole set of pages can be filled.

The Subjugation of the Human

The era of artificial intelligence is here. Many people have fallen prey to it. I notice that a large portion of the so called “educated” people have sold their soul to this modern menace.

Even people who call themselves writers have fallen prey. My personal opinion I shall state here without any remorse and I stand by my opinion. A person who uses a robot for generating articles is just a slave of the computer, but NEVER a writer. He has sold his soul to a machine lock, stock and barrel. There is NO second opinion to it. Such a person is not a writer. End of debate.

Many people are not the custodians of their own intelligence. That is what it is in good old plain English. Swallow it or spit it out, the label remains.

Those Who do not Learn from History are Doomed to Repeat it

Vietnam, the atomic bomb over Japan, Windscale catastrophe (UK), Chernobyl, Covid, the vaccine catastrophe, Monsanto, IG Farben, rBST, Alloxan, BPA, Zyklon B, and more.

We have a very long list of military, chemical, political and other catastrophes.

No apologies, go ahead and read how Patrice Lumumba of the Congo died. He did not die. He was murdered.

Do you know what comes to memory?

Dr. Faustus (Faust in German)

This soul should fly from me, and I be changed Unto some brutish beast!all beasts are happy,For, when they die, Their souls are soon dissolved in elements ; But mine must live still to be plagued in hell. Doctor Faustus, Christopher Marlowe, Scene 19, Verse 164–168, 1897