The Nightmare in Utopia

In the beginning all animals devoured each other without guilt, but then we discovered agriculture and the future looked brighter.

No longer confined to eating one beast at a time, we could plan a bit for the future.

Thinking that some day there could be enough food to feed everyone and cures for whatever ailed us must have seemed like a utopian dream.

The dream is coming true, but it has turned into a nightmare. The predators are ahead a thousand to one and their god walks among us, a shapeshifter made of gold with deep pockets and short arms.

No food for the poor. No medical treatments for the poor. No safety nets for the poor. No decent housing for the poor. No living wages -- to keep them poor.

But wait!

If we get rid of the poor who will clean our bathrooms and pluck the fruit from our trees?  Who will take care of our children and prepare our meals?

Maybe that is why abortions and birth control are being banned. We need enough poor to make them disposable.

Serving up people without guilt.