I took the tree down last night. I think I did very well this year to even make an effort with it, even though the thing was a total piss take of the whole modern Christmas thing. It was giving me the shits looking at it, and starting to connect to very bad memories.
I mean maybe Christmas 100 years ago was some kind of meaningful thing for us adults around 50 years old. But today for me it's just a long load of Capitalist bullshit. I don't think I will do the tree thing ever again. At least I tried. It's just not me anymore. I can't handle the hypocrisy of it all, or the notion that because Western countries want "peace on earth" for one day out of the year, then that is what's going to happen. There will never be peace on earth as long as religion is involved. Never.
And nor will there be "peace on earth" when Capitalism plays any kind of part in Christmas. All that means is people competing against each other for Christmas supremacy. It has nothing to do at all with any of the traditional Christmas ideals. It's about competition, not goodwill to others. Although I don't believe in god or Christ, I do consider those traditional thoughts meaningful. A holiday worth taking, no matter what religion you consider as part of your life.
We lost any kind of traditional meaning of Christmas when Capitalism took it over. Now it has no meaning at all.
Merry fuckin Christmas darlings. This is what we've become:
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