Speak your way to the top

Not alone

It is quite likely that on planets some way away, other life forms will evolve or have already evolved too. Communicating with them won’t be easy. By the time a message is sent back and forth one will be in decline. Will it send the religious into a tailspin? Quite the opposite. Suddenly a long-forgotten scroll will be unearthed and upon it will be a severe message; God has given two sets of people a chance to prove their devotion. The ones who manage to convince every living soul to hold absolute belief and are abiding by certain instructions will be saved. Ideologies are cunning and are adaptable when they need to be.

What has evolution brought us? The bourgeois perhaps? The idea of there being us and the bourgeois is largely fictitious. Nevertheless, all fiction contains a tiny bit of truth.

Some of the bourgeois start life on an even keel, with rich parents. However, this is not a prerequisite for living the bourgeois premium life. Given that they are formed in an attractive outer suit, they will be showered with a great deal more cash for less input than the rest of us. Your job, your function, your duty, is to serve the bourgeois. Sometimes you will be given a bowl of rice in return for showing up. A party is not a party unless there are lots there. Your duty is to make up the numbers and assist in building the atmosphere. You may be shmoozed and lightly thanked for clearing the dishes, growing the crops, delivering the goods. You will earn a little, pay some tax, spend a little to fool your reward system. The bourgeois need a functioning economy to revel in their senses.

The bourgeois have the most satisfying, gratifying, enjoyable time. They tend to elicit sympathy and attention via tales of high drama. They will arrive late in the belief that you will wait expectantly for their arrival – nothing important can start until they are in the room. People sidle towards them. It is poor form to have it the other way around.

You may believe that your invention, your creation, your empire is going to set you apart. It won’t. You invention will be used by the bourgeois. Your creation will be used by the bourgeois. Your empire provides a service for the benefit of the bourgeois.

You need the body shape, body beautiful, body respect. If you have enough of that you may qualify to begin using people, fooling people and false promising. You learn to be a fluffy type on the surface, full of praise and flippant charm. You learn to stick the knife in and twist hard, metaphorically speaking. Your insults go for the jugular. These are snide insults using cleverly crafted arguments. The bourgeois give a little with the one hand and take vast amounts away with the other. They will keep you in your place via popularity competitions. You have little chance of fighting back. They enlist armies against you.