Community versus Commodity/It's Money That Matters

The U.S. Presidential Conventions and Election has invaded "my world".

I attempted to block them out because to me,they are to chose the manager of "commodities".

Commodities,to me,means a world where everything(living and/or dead)is for sale.



I can't listen to casual talk about War(any war)because in my experience(from Vietnam)it means kill or be killed.

I live near the Veteran's Hospital in Tampa and also near the University Area Transit Center.

I have been here a few years,in which I helped to set up a support group for Combat Veterans.

The participants are veterans,who can't or won't get help from the VA,which was my experience after I got back from Vietnam.

The Veteran's Administration fought the idea that PTSD(Post Traumatic Syndrome Disorder)was real at that time.

Robert Jay Lifton,who supported the Vietnam Veterans Against The War(VVAW),helped to set up "rap groups" for those the VA "spit on".

His work provided the basis for the support group that I helped to set up.

I mention the support group as an example of" community".

Community,to me,is where life is valued for itself or the opposite of a commodity.



I don't expect what passes for media or politics to be anything except promoters of a commodity world.

It is a world that I find toxic to life but how do you help others to value life over death.

I would hope that it wouldn't require skills that I learned in Basic Training at Paris Island.