TRUTH TELLER — A PRECARIOUS LIFE

Rip Parker
4 min readNov 12, 2021

History shows two things typically happen to those who speak great truths. First, they are worshiped. Next, they are murdered.

Yes, telling truth can be difficult and dangerous depending on the magnitude of the truth you tell. This is especially true in a culture that lives on lies, one in which people come to expect to be lied to, so they lie as a matter of routine. The geers of capitalism are greased with bullshit.

So, for those of us who seek to bring truth back into fashion, what are we to do? Simple. Tell the damned truth, whatever the cost…

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Rip Parker

Geophysicist, lawyer, mediator, student of Jung, phenomenology, semiotics