Ok, let me see if I can describe "the western pasture" to you. I live in "The Tibetan Pasture" myself... which is high in the mountains... where humans and mountain sheep cooperate... thru giving.

Ok, someone or something with a WHOLE LOT of powerlessness feeling... started "the western pasture"... but that name is TOO LONG. Lets call it... "Controllersburg" or even shorter... cburg.

Now, the children that are tantalized into "looking at" cburg... are brought there by "glitter drool". The COOLEST, SHINIEST, MOST-TANTALIZING toys in the entire farmyard... are "corraled" by SOMETHING... and put on display for all to see. The kids all say "ooooh, I want that! I want that too. And that. And that thing there. And that servant to serve ME steaks. And that servant THERE to serve ME those cinnabuns!"

With me so far? It is a "giant display room of all the coolest toys" and... the kids can even TEST DRIVE them!!!

Now, one child asked... "How can I get this so that ONLY I... get to use it ANYTIME I WANT-TO?" And the evil archbishop answers "By learning about OWNERSHIP... and by joining our controlism/regimentation pyramid-building team. OUR pyramid team... is what BUILDS these tantalizers... so... you need to sign-aboard our pyramid... and work as a pyramid support-structure ass-kisser (slave) for OUR GOD! OUR SUPREME CONTROLLER AND TOY PROVIDER! IT... is to be worshipped AT ALL TIMES... so one NEVER argues-with... "the team vision".

Now... all the children who GALLOP TO JOIN TO GET TOYS... learn that they must "march to the capitalist's beat" in order to remain members-in-good-standing... of the capitalist's pyramid.... or in other words... be accepted in cburg. SO... they all "hand-over their power" ... to layer bosses/henchman... who whip them when they don't "align properly" with "the corporate vision". This "corporate vision"... is... a perfectly-aligned, non-brick-sticking-out(wingy)... pyramidism. So... the evil archbishop... and the capitalist "local God"... discovered... that the best way to keep ANY LAYER of the pyramid... IN-LINE (regimented and dutiful)... is to make the layer COMPETE BRUTALLY with others OF THAT SAME LAYER. AND... they make it so... a given layer ENVIES and "looks up-to" and "seeks"... any layers ABOVE THEM. They (the slaves) see the "MORE TOYS" (artificial happiness) of the layer above... and they have labeled "more toys" as "success"... and thus... they seek to climb-up to the layer above... and beyond.

Another thing that the "local God" learned to teach his disciples... is to "frown-down-upon" layers BELOW any given layer... and think of those lower layers... as "lessers" and "servants to your layer". And... KEEP LAYERS BELOW YOURS BROKE AND SCRAMBLING FOR BUX... (good for dutifulness) and... MAKE THEM BLAME/FIGHT-WITH EACH OTHER ON THEIR OWN LAYER over the problem(s).

The objective here... is to cause DISTRUST in the layers in ALL DIRECTIONS (including your own)... but DO NOT DISTRUST THE LAYER ABOVE YOU... for THEY are your bosses/heroes! Seek to take their places! It matters not if they "up-class" to leave a slot open for you, or if you KNOCK THEM OUT-OF THEIR SLOT... just GET THAT SLOT ON THE LAYER ABOVE YOU... NO MATTER WHAT IT TAKES! UP-THERE... UP-CLASSED.. is where YOU want to be... in order to get that new tractor you seek so droolingly. Your parents and boss PET YOU for "getting the slot above you"!! They call it "success" and "big wig" and "doing real well". You WILL BE APPROVED and REWARDED... if you brutally march toward the slot above you... with ALL YOUR MIGHT!!

Us folk, in the Tibetan pasture... are watching all you capitalists DO this "Sousa March For The Bux"... watching you all order each other around with money, and make each other march to the tunes of each others' bank accounts and anvil-drop threats. It is... a pasture full of controlism, that cburg "business district". You have labeled the attaining of toys and cinnabuns... as "success" and normal/ok/good/right/beengoingonforyears/cantchangeit/etc, etc.

We watch you guys in cburg... do this. We DON'T DO that stuff... but your pasture is causing a WHOLE LOT OF DEAD LIGHTBODIES that us "Christian/Buddhist" folk... are having to DEAL WITH!! The lower-folk of the residents of cburg... are CRYING OUT IN PAIN!!! AND DYING!!! DO YOU HEAR THEM???? DO YOU SEE THEIR DEAD BODIES??? WHY ARE YOU TORTURING THEM OVER SOUSA MARCHING CERTIFICATES of false happiness?!

Ok, this is probably so far over your head... it looks beyond the sun to you. But try to understand it, eh? Consider stepping back away from cburg and LOOKING AT IT AS A WHOLE THING!! I promise... you WON'T lose your place/layer on your marching pyramid... if you just "step out for a minute" to take a look. I promise!!!