Secret Weapon

 

Before The State demonized me to death, i foot-soldiered until i was 48 - hailed as:  a war hero   

According to the historians, i’m tall, strong, courageous - cool in pressure situations - known for my endurance

If that sounds sexy  - sorry to ruin it:  i’m … ugly as sin

 

Now that i find myself re-embedded  in civilized society, i still feel like an outsider

Of course, the horrors of war follow you home, but a side-effect of accepting that as a reality, is: it dissolves a lotta other bs in ya head 

Leaving a residual ability to detect:  fake projecting 

An active interest in it.  It’s this same inquisitiveness that provoked the furious headwind of intellectual hostility. 

Ironically,    i’m an  ignoramus    -   first to admit it  -   just some bloke -  thirsting to learn - by conversing with: The Experts  

How bad can that be …?

 

As it happened … quite early in my journey of inquiry - a pattern formed:  our elites, are, seemingly, not as wise as they would have us believe

Initially, i thought: they might be glad to discover the error of their thinking … in the spirit of human endeavour … !  Together lift the lid on it !

 

See, told you i’m an idiot

 

I don’t seek conflict, the opposite, but inevitably, i end up contributing to it

Therefore i am … reporting live from:  the-thick-of-it.

In this .. hostile .. struggle/mess, my secret weapon is:    

a Question

Life is, in my (imperfect) estimation, a wondrous Investigation

A mystery … to be unravelled …   One question, one (valid) answer, one piece of the puzzle at a time 

I’m somewhat anal re: nailing down the details  -  stripping back the hypocritical crap - to illuminate:    actual truth

Which’ll usually bear, in my experience, no resemblance to:  The Official Version

For making that observation,  The State narrated me as:  an activist nuisance  -  a corrupterpolluter of youth  -  a disease to be eradicated

 

I say The State, but the main-man stage-managing the case against me* is a wealthy son of an industry mogul - which is   the reason   he’s now a powerful politician 

Before that, Dad’s-dough was integral in making him: General of a War Fleet 

How did he handle himself in the heat of battle?  Well … 10 years ago, he was charged with: treason - for: failing to fire a shot when everyone was relying on him to complete his mission

But here’s the real beauty of money - he got off.  Coz ... : he bribed the jury - literally the first human to ever do it.   A true visionary 

 

Once the verdict was in,  i was given a chance to:    Beg  The Mercy of THE Court  

What punishment ought you get for your crimes, then, in your opinion?

I was meant to recant, say: exile.   Give everyone a way out

But to hell with that.  I replied: 

How ‘bout a small government-paid stipend,  in perpetuity … ?  

Enough for meals is fine.  I'm already seventy … so ….great deal financially for ya tax-funded ORG entity

Make it:  In appreciation of how well (redacted) fought - for free - to reveal a threat to public health & safety.  Namely:   The Establishment’s Thought-Control  mentality…

 

They don’t care for that, as we’ve covered. Too intoxicated by their love affair with their own roiling malice (Guesses)

Fittingly, the end was:   a poisoned chalice   -  hemlock   -  concocted by the resident alchemist - he’s nervous, trembling as he holds the cup 

But i’m not.  The scene is … exactly like i’d pictured it. The way it was always gonna be.  With a steady hand, i cheerfully accept it - drain it in one gulp

By so doing, i transcend death 

With my dying breath i say:  i owe a cockerel to Asclepius. (the last person to become a God*)   Don’t forget to pay it

My friend, Crito, doesn’t forget, & … it works!   

Lurking from beyond the grave, I still play a pivotal role in:   THE Golden Age of Philosophy

Schools of which’ll run fine for:  another 900 years after i’m bodily gone

Right up until the Dark Ages

(Guesses)

Ans: Socrates

* Anytus - born to money princeling - failed military leader charged with treason - jury briber - political elite - driving force in the case against Socrates

* Asclepius - Greek God of Medicine (son of Apollo) was a mortal who became immortalized as a God.  Gifted doctor in real life -  could reputedly resurrect the dead … (possible if you knew CPR)

At length Zeus, afraid that Asclepius might render all men immortal, slew him with a thunderbolt