The After Shock of the Corporate Kragen

While reading The Blue World by Jack Vance, I couldn't help thinking how the Kragen creature he describes that rules the story's water society by taking what he wants and destroying what he doesn't is similar to the stories on our home planet, Earth, of us paying homage to the church, the mafia, and most recently in our human development, the generous, omnipotent corporations who give us jobs and throw us bones and take our tax dollars and destroy any who get in their way.

I have several friends who were making good money last year and some who have been on the decline for a while. Some have been couch surfing and others near homeless. So many people can not even afford to fix their cars; my mechanic can attest to this. He was once over busy.

This is the after math of our visit with the Kragen, only this monster is not a hideous sea creature, but is in fact a well orchestrated corporate entity consisting of banks, the big five, and big corporations mainly those that make war materials and oil companies that have charged many times the amount for their product in order to bleed society of all of it's money. These creatures reek a similar havoc of the Kragen that destroys homes and businesses and eats the fruits of society at his will while the "Intercessors" pay homage to him with their pretty words and fancy robes. These noble intercessors who we have rightly elected to protect and serve our society have unfortunately just as those in the book, a primary purpose which is to serve the giant monsters, the corporations and banks, those that pull the strings in Washington and around the world. And when this monster decides to unleash his power he does so with many more tentacles than any sea creature you could imagine.

Are they as benevolent as the Kragen described in this 1940s tale of a society created on a water planet after escaping the tyranny of Earth. Yes, they destroy at their will, and possess the same soul, mainly none, yet they have their minions of followers and believers. A human can have a soul; a corporation is merely a machine with an eternal hunger. How does this monster feed and what does it eat? It eats the souls of humans by stealing their land, their time, their labor, and ultimately their dreams.