By Scott Bailey © 2015
Clawing
Avarice
Pouncing
Insidious
Taxing
All
Lies
Politics
Charity
By Scott Bailey © 2015
There are 164,889 charities in the UK
164,889 ways
The government is failing in its duties
164,889 ways
The people are not
The Few
By Scott Bailey © 2015
On a dark peak
In a lofty castle tower
Firelight glints on gold
The flames are the consummation
Of a million dreams
The gold is the gifts
That the few exchange
As they gather
To sharpen their swords
Hone their skills
Readying
To chase away the wolves
Release the hounds
And take control
Of the docile cattle herds
The Dark Side
Capitalism’s dark side unveiled in ‘Mankind Limited’. A story of hope and rebellion. #ThoughtProvoking #MankindLimited
Dive into a gripping dystopian world where every aspect of life is measured and controlled. In Mankind Limited, follow the journey of four individuals who break through walls of deceit and propaganda, igniting a revolution against oppressive forces.
Witness their personal battles against the state and self-doubt as they embark on a dangerous road, converging on the discovery of an ancient secret.
This isn’t just a story about rebellion; it’s a powerful critique on the darker side of capitalism and the relentless pressure of everyday oppression. ‘Mankind Limited’ explores how we can reclaim our humanity and questions if we still have the capacity to change our course.
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Peter, Paul and Joe.
By Scott Bailey © 2024
Peter:
So I had this idea. Let’s end the scum off! Send them to the hellish places of our darkest memories and guilt.
Paul:
Well, you know I am going to have to fight you on that one! Can’t turn away from that!
Peter:
It will cost hundreds of millions to stop us!
Paul:
That’s OK, Joe will pay.
Later
Paul:
So, I think you have reached the end. We fought for a long time but your time is over, the end of what you can do has been reached.
Peter:
So it seems. So your promise?
Paul:
Of course! You drove billions into our pockets. Come and join us – time to have your cut!
A proverb of modern times or the completely efficient transfer of wealth to them
from me and you
In plain view
What’s to do?
What’s to do?
Read It! Don’t let it come to pass!
Humanity reduced to a bottom line.
Trapped. In a world where everything is measured and control pervades every area of life, four people begin to break down. Instead, they break through the walls of deceit and propaganda and into a world of revolution.
Each, in their way, vow to overthrow the established order. They embark on a journey against the forces arraigned against them, forces of state and self-doubt.
Ultimately their paths converge on a dangerous road and the discovery of an ancient secret.
One one level this is a story about how different people react the ever growing and relentless pressure of everyday oppression. It explores their journeys as they are broken and rebuilt and investigates their modes and motivations for rebelling.
At another level it is a critique on the darker side of capitalism and free markets and how that has driven us further and further away from the evolutionary advantage that gave us supremacy in the first place. It questions whether the human race has doomed itself or whether we still have the capacity to wrench ourselves from the track we have so tightly committed our society upon.
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Abstract
By Scott Bailey 2017
Abstract
That seems to be the government’s plan
Absent
And
Subtracting
Taking away
From those who need it most
With a complete lack or guilt
Or morals
Swarm
By Scott Bailey 2017
Around the towering icon
The overgrown child
The mad fool with power
They swarmed
Bringing their stings
And their anger
Buzzing at last!
On the sidelines
Stood the keepers
Ready with their smoke
Ready to reap their honey
Mankind Limited – Nothing Changed
Mankind Limited – Pebble
My dark dystopian vision is starting to look like a brighter alternative!
Humanity reduced to a bottom line.
Trapped. In a world where everything is measured and control pervades every area of life, four people begin to break down. Instead, they break through the walls of deceit and propaganda and into a world of revolution.
Each, in their way, vow to overthrow the established order. They embark on a journey against the forces arraigned against them, forces of state and self-doubt.
Ultimately their paths converge on a dangerous road and the discovery of an ancient secret.
One one level this is a story about how different people react the ever growing and relentless pressure of everyday oppression. It explores their journeys as they are broken and rebuilt and investigates their modes and motivations for rebelling.
At another level, it is a critique on the darker side of capitalism and free markets and how that has driven us further and further away from the evolutionary advantage that gave us supremacy in the first place. It questions whether the human race has doomed itself or whether we still have the capacity to wrench ourselves from the track we have so tightly committed our society upon.
Read an excerpt here.
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from Amazon
Kids
By Scott Bailey © 2021
What am I? A stat? A pawn in political games? The means to fast gains? Am I to be educated? Or protected? Am I a spreader? A killer of the old? Vulnerable? Nobody has asked me. About my heart. My lungs! My emotion! My whole life, Is in the hands of the greedy and corrupt.
The New God
By Scott Bailey © 2018
There was
This civilisation
That worshipped
A God
A new God
Not a water god
Nor a sun god
Not a god of the earth at all
But like all gods
Before
This one promised
Safety and security
In return
For absolute
Fealty
When times were hard
Lives were demanded
And lives were given
Though tears were shed
It was accepted
And the God was given a name
To ease the pain
And make the people
Forget
They were enslaved
Made them think
They were a part
Of something bigger
They called this new God
The Economy
Seemed appropriate for today – after all keeping the schools open demonstrate’s exactly this thinking.
Mankind Limited – Fascinated
Dancing Disaster
So this is a direct quote from Theresa May’s speech at the Tory Conference.
Leaving without a deal – introducing tariffs and costly checks at the border – would be a bad outcome for the UK and the EU.
It would be tough at first, but the resilience and ingenuity of the British people would see us through.
Was that supposed to be inspiring somehow? All I got from that as is this.
Doesn’t matter how bady we fuck it up – doesn’t affect us. You poor sods can bear the brunt of it.
Again
She is literally dancing on the graves of her victims.
Victims of Spite
By Scott Bailey 2018
Oxfam and the Government
Feels like tit for tat
A fight of spite
All the while
The hungry still go hungry
The victims remain
Victims
The very existence of charity
Condemns those who rule
Guest Poem – Mankind Limited
I was surprised to get a message from a friend and colleague – a rap poem – inspired by my novel Mankind Limited.
I thought I would share it here;
Also, check out their music on their own site https://urbanhippies.bandcamp.com/.
Here is the poem.
Mankind Ltd
By J McKay
Where the kindness of man is limited
Capitalist cooperation that will see your dreams diminishedI see humans but no humanity
Just vanity
Losing my sanity
People escaping to virtual reality
Because reality
Is is now a dark place
Lives taken because of their race
Deals done with a cash filled suitcase
Suit and tie
Led by
The pied piper
on a never ending Rat raceMankind LTD
Where the kindness of man is limited
Capitalist cooperation that will see your dreams diminishedWhats wrong with the world Mumma?
Rehiring the war drummer
Reigniting feuds with a different Color
Future hasn’t looked glummer
Worlds heating up like an Indian summer
Enough money to fight, nothing done about world hunger
So I wonder
Is the war drummer
Just An opportunity to showcase the chopper gunner
To damage infrastructure,
To take lives from a culture
Take fathers from youngsters
Circling above like vultures
Targets are hidden deep under
bombs are nothing but a stain on a water colorMankind LTD
Where the kindness of man is limited
Capitalist cooperation that will see your dreams diminishedSensationalised snippets
Bunch of hypocrites
With a hidden agenda to make your opinions fit
Emotional counterfeit
Drink down the whole truth, don’t just sip it
Don’t read a headline and then just skip it
Hounding hashtags like a whippet
Tweet tweet
But you ain’t no pipit
Reference to a bird incase you didn’t get it
Daily disposable media, how you gonna fill it?
Click bait
To get those click through rates
Hooked on a headline
Served up on a plateMankind LTD
Where the kindness of man is limited
Capitalist cooperation that will see your dreams diminishedAt war with Nature
Where is this the legislator
It’s not out governments, there just a manipulator
Facilitators
For the rape of our lands by dictators
Hard to be inhalators
Of these demonstrators
Because trees are our main respirators
Think there an accelerator
For improving nature
But there blinded by a broken alternatorMankind LTD
Where the kindness of man is limited
Capitalist cooperation that will see your dreams diminished
Dark Truths
By Scott Bailey © 2016
It is dark but true
Uncomfortable evidence
When we dig deeper
Mankind Limited -Selling Off Society
Want to know where we will end up when we have finished selling off society? Read on..
Read an excerpt here.
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Where is my country?
The town where I work has – in the past – been the host of Asylum seekers – it is also a port of entry for visitors from abroad. It’s fair to say that it has seen its fair share of social tension. Where I worked before that and lived for a while – Dover was even worse. The flashpoint of many a protest and news story.
In the nearly 15 years of living and working in this area – of working in the immigration sector – I have never seen – first hand any direct racial abuse.
Today – my first day back at work after Brexit – I saw it twice. Twice I saw people just shouting at other people who looked foreign – to go home.
To all those people who voted to get their country back – I am sorry – we seem to have mislaid it. Instead, we have imported the seeds of Nazi Germany.
Let’s all grow up a bit. Even while the politicians are backstabbing and playing chess with our lives – let’s show them we can do better.
One step closer to this …
Humanity reduced to a bottom line.
Trapped. In a world where everything is measured and control pervades every area of life, four people begin to break down. Instead, they break through the walls of deceit and propaganda and into a world of revolution.
Each, in their way, vow to overthrow the established order. They embark on a journey against the forces arraigned against them, forces of state and self-doubt.
Ultimately their paths converge on a dangerous road and the discovery of an ancient secret.
On one level this is a story about how different people react the ever growing and relentless pressure of everyday oppression. It explores their journeys as they are broken and rebuilt and investigates their modes and motivations for rebelling.
At another level it is a critique on the darker side of capitalism and free markets and how that has driven us further and further away from the evolutionary advantage that gave us supremacy in the first place. It questions whether the human race has doomed itself or whether we still have the capacity to wrench ourselves from the track we have so tightly committed our society upon.
Read an excerpt here.
Available as
or hardback
from Amazon
Big Man, Pig Man
Now I don’t normally like negative politics stuff – but. I was listening to my songs on shuffle the other day and a classic Pink Floyd one came up.
Now – don’t these lyrics and image just belong to each other?
Big man, pig man, ha ha, charade you are
You well-heeled big wheel, ha ha, charade you are
And when your hand is on your heart
You’re nearly a good laugh
Almost a joker
With your head down in the pig bin
Saying “keep on digging”
Pig stain on your fat chin
What do you hope to find?
When you’re down in the pig mine
You’re nearly a laugh
You’re nearly a laugh
But you’re really a cry.
Mankind Limited – Quote 2
Welcome to the Machine!
So it seems today that our Government some other governments have quietly, secretly, without our consent or consultation sign the Trans Pacific Partnership.
One of its aims if to make it a crime to report corporate wrong doing through a computer system!
What the actual fuck!
It’s now a crime to report on a crime if it’s committed by a big company!
Welcome to the machine people! Bend over and prepare to be rogered good because there’s damn all you can do about it!
I think this just shows who rules the world now.
And it gets worse – quote from an independent article.
Others require that online content providers — such as YouTube and Facebook — must take down content if they receive just one complaint, as they are in the US. That will be harmful for startups looking to build such businesses since they’ll be required to have the resources to respond to every complaint, experts have pointed out.
So if one of those large corporations doesn’t like my rant about this then they could force WordPress to take it down!
Welcome to free speech! Enjoy it while it lasts!
Welcome to the Machine!
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