Ants and Crickets - a fundamental tale for the new classes

Author: Gratsian Kolev

Wooden philosophy has repeatedly given specific characteristics for the phenomenon called the intellectual* and for this reason I will not emphasize today the dissection of this phenomenon. Today's talk will be directed to one (also considered by wooden philosophy)
A burning question that can be called: WHAT ARE THE NEW DIVISIONS IN SOCIETY?
Since this is, after all, fundamental work, it's not a bad idea to grab a pencil and paper (as my grandfather Ivan used to say) and take notes, which you will most likely need in the future:

Redistribution of functions:

The classifications we know from Marxism are becoming more and more blurred in the new economic realities today, and those classes whose life-and-death struggle the ingenious Jew predicted have long since diffused and formed new, more survival-friendly relations. As always, society follows Darwinian principles of survival, and the individual metamorphosis of its members (survival tactics) has smoothly shaped the new socio-economic dissonances in society.

The observant reader, if he carefully dissects the relationships in today's society, will notice increasingly unorthodox schemes and models of relationships, increasingly pastel tones in the definition of surplus value, increasingly ethereal outlines of what Uncle Karl called exploitation, and a sharpened aggressiveness of the unproductive forces - parasitic on the back of (let's call it) the AUTONOMOUS ECONOMY.

If we were to identify any new classes today, the main criterion would be – does this class produce anything material or are its functions purely cosmetic?

Immediately before your eyes, these two general multi-billionaire crowds are stratified, and you can clearly distinguish the unifying and divisive features of these TODAY'S ANTAGONIST CLASSES.

On one side are the ANTS: a mixture of former (according to the categorizations in force so far): leftists, rightists, centrists, intellectuals (a handful), lumpen, disenfranchised, etc....whose function in today's realities is to produce and deliver to society the so-called GOODS.

On the other side are the CRICKETS: a mixture of mostly former leftists, the dominant part of what is called the intelligentsia, a bunch of free and integrated intellectuals, anti-globalists, peace fighters, civil servants, police, army, teachers, students and in general all those whose existence is possible only on the back of the TAX SYSTEM. These people do not produce physical goods! Their function is REDISTRIBUTION and consumption of goods.

Synopsis:

Now that we have reached the formulation of the two modern classes, it is now necessary to explain how and why they are in constant (albeit bloodless) struggle.

Since prehistoric times, a certain (more crazy) part of society, thanks to its unorthodox qualities, has risen above the average person and has exchanged its UNIQUE ABILITIES for goods. In the beginning, these were the stronger ones, who instead of going and struggling to hunt fast-footed predators or harvesting with primitive tools a somewhat attractive harvest of various legumes and vegetables, they simply took them from the weaker ones and that's it. And go tell him that it's not fair, since he can crush your pithicanthropic muzzle like "wait and see".

After developing some of the brain's folds and starting to think more abstractly, man (again, we're talking about the more depraved, right) invented various more sophisticated methods to feed himself and generally satisfy his material needs. As evil tongues say, the most primitive replacement of IMAGINARY GOODNESS for REAL GOODNESS was initiated by the so-called PRIESTESSES OF LOVE (or as we call them in our area - whores). Then, of course, also based on instinct, those who, through mumbo-jumbo, instilled various taboos, religious dogmas and absolutions on mere mortals - various shamans, rainmakers, sorcerers and other such PRIESTS OF FEAR - entered the game.

Slowly, humanity found more effective methods and tools to increase yields, ants became more and more productive (of course, for the purpose of profit). However, crickets also began to grow in geometric proportions - initially - the military (whose concern was the conquest of new arable land and the protection of existing ones), politicians (those whose function was also SACRED REDISTRIBUTION), tax collectors (those who collected the product for REDISTRIBUTION), artists, athletes, poets, playwrights, clowns and musicians (those who supplied the second part of the equation BREAD + SPECTACLE).

The more productivity grew, the more cricket-like professions appeared, and today they are so numerous (I expect crickets to outnumber ants soon) and so diverse that the present study can hardly encompass all those branches and inventions of human thought in the marathon of inventing new ways of transcendental experience. And so they appeared – fashion designers, PR consultants, people-metricians, modern ballet dancers, hip-hop musicians, fitness instructors, television journalists, ventriloquists, philologists, BAS workers and manicurists.

Antagonism:

If the producer of imaginary goods demanded a corresponding imaginary reward for his labor, antagonism would not exist. It appears when the producer of a superlative good demands that it be paid with SOMETHING by which they can acquire real ones.
(money in this case is the universal equalizer)

Of course, the producers of real goods – the ants – need some of these cricket goodies. We have repeatedly noticed how they stick five-cent coins on the sweaty foreheads of clarinetists, how they stuff tens into the bikinis of exotic dancers or how they go to see “The Bartered Bride” in their new costumes. Not to mention that they are sure that their children will get a better start in real life if they have a diploma from a prestigious faculty (run by HYPERCRICKETS), not to mention that they gladly listen to the jokes of the modern humorist of the day from the small screen and read the readings written by the QUASI-CRICKETS in their favorite daily newspaper, explaining to them how screwed up they are and how lucky they are to have artists of such magnitude who can pull the meatballs out of their eyes and explain to them the things of life, in general. Some of the more prosperous ants can even afford to take yoga classes, learn ikebana, and even have their own psychoanalyst.

Everything is fine so far: dad carries, mom washes, sort of. Division of labor, here – this, that.

Yes, but when the increase in the mass of crickets is not directly proportional to the increase in the mass of ants, society begins to suffer.

The huge number of crickets (in whose ranks, in addition to the bureaucrats described above, those who are openly parasitic have also multiplied epidemically: the scoundrels, the pickpockets, the beggars, those who depend on unemployment benefits and the idle drug addicts) want to have a STANDARD! So, what kind of DEMOCRACY is there without a STANDARD. Pfft... and since this standard can only be achieved thanks to the TAXES SUCKED FROM THE ANTS, then the pressure on the ANTS to increase their efficiency and not SCREAM so much when they start increasing their taxes!

After all, the capital needs a monument to the anti-communist, the amateur dance troupe “Rakoyka” is looking for a sponsor, the book publisher “KNIGA” wants to publish the poetry collection of the poet Dumopletov, a new climbing wall needs to be built in front of Block 45, the trams need new rails and more, and more, and more... I shudder to think how many and varied responsibilities are being placed on the shoulders of the poor ants, who are wondering how to fill the budget pool with the demands of the ever-hungry crickets. Give, give, give!!!

And no one wants their standard to erode – not even a cricket or an ant. Give us free education and healthcare, give us new roads, give us decent athletes, give this, give that.

And so the classes begin to be outlined and shaped more and more clearly and tangibly: where once there were the exploited LEFT, the CRICKETS WHO WANTED MORE AND MORE FOR REDISTRIBUTION appeared, and where once there were the nasty exploiters - the RIGHT , the ANTS WHO DID NOT WANT TO FILL (more than they themselves think is necessary) the bottomless throats of the ever-crying and demanding crickets appeared.

Conclusion:

No matter how humorous and gullible the above theory may sound to you, it wouldn't hurt to think about it a bit and rethink your behavior when you head out to cast your ballot, start cursing this or that politician, or sit down to explain to me how "just like that" I myself have been. Right. But ha...

*for the more curious: somewhere in the author's file you can find various works on the subject, such as: "What is a prominent intellectual and
"Does it have a place in our country?" (or something similar...I don't remember the title verbatim)

The article is republished with the author's permission from his personal blog.

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